The Nuremberg Recommendations on Early Foreign Language Learning

The child-centred language programme

The Nuremberg Recommendations on Early Foreign Language Learning, published by the Goethe Institut in 1996 in collaboration with experts from 22 countries worldwide, were drawn up to make early foreign language learning the most widely acceptable curricular basis possible.

They present a contemporary perspective on the intricate web of factors involved in early foreign language learning, illustrating the potential and needs of a four—to ten-year-old child during learning.

According to the Recommendations, any foreign language programme tailored to childhood learning must address the child’s developing personality as a whole. It must foster the child’s emotional, creative, social, cognitive and linguistic capabilities to communicate in the foreign language.

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