You will find on these pages information about a system that was very successfully propagated in Germany a few years ago, but disappeared as a result of a take-over. We will now gradually reconstruct the information and refine its presentation. Eventually the information will be compiled in a book about the subject.
We start with a series of tips, which will be helpful to learners even if they do not yet have access to the complete, comprehensive and extremely balanced, system.
To be uploaded on 2010-09-05:
"First Steps in German" (to be followed by Spanish and French)
To be uploaded on 2010-08-30
Klaus Bung: "Problems of task analysis for language programming"
New (2010-08-14)
Klaus Bung: From word to discourse: A lesson with SENTAL, or:
How to absorb new vocabulary and grammar
New (2010-08-07)
Klaus Bung: "Help for intermediate and advanced language learners: How to eradicate your mistakes systematically" (SENTAL)
New (2010-07-08)
Dr Prabhu Shastry: "Learn to chat in Sanskrit" (with many useful links to resources, Sanskrit chatrooms, news broadcasts and newspapers in Sanskrit, and offer of conversational Sanskrit courses in the UK)
Posted on 2010-06-25
Klaus Bung: "What use is Latin?"
English summary of a German newspaper article on the state of Latin learning in Germany's secondary schools. Link to the original article. Discussion of a study to determine whether German students did better in learning Spanish after having learnt Latin or after having learnt French. Klaus Bung explains how he personally benefitted from knowing Latin when learning several other foreign languages. Information about present-day teaching and use of Latin and of Sanskrit as a conversational language. Link to a Latin chatroom.
Posted on 2010-06-22
Klaus Bung: "A stroll amidst the languages of Europe" (The philosophy underlying a series of language courses now being developed by rtc-Books: "At ease in Europe", or: "Passport to Europe")
"Skeletons in the cupboard:
European languages reveal their family secrets"
Find out what names have been invented in English, Welsh, French, German, Spanish, Arabic, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Austrian, Czech, Russian, Bulgarian, Latin, Greek, Hindi, Urdu,
Sanskrit - for common victuals such as apples, tomatoes, oranges, peaches, turkeys, maize and common words for books, emperors, Czars, kings and charlies etc. -- Sheer entertainment with linguistic curiosities, or a great help for people
learning foreign languages.
News and links: 2010-06-08 - If a citizen of Pakistan, India or Bangladesh marries a British citizen, she/he has to pass an English language test before her/his spouse visa to the UK is issued.
Posted on 2010-05-30
Klaus Bung: "The foreign language needs of waiters and hotel staff 1" ("The long waiter study"). (First published in 1973 by The Council of Europe")
Posted on 2010-06-07
Klaus Bung: "The foreign language needs of waiters and hotel staff 2" ("The short waiter study"). (First published in 1973 by The Council of Europe")
News and links: Guinea pigs wanted:
Can squeals be made human?
Posted on 2010-05-12
Seminar prospectus: More efficient language learning. Languages for business.
27 Questions and answers.
Posted on 2010-05-09
Klaus Bung: "The specification of objectives in a language learning system for adults" (First published in 1973 by The Council of Europe").
Posted on 2010-04-20
Klaus Bung: "The input-output relation in language behaviour" (First published in 1973 by The Council of Europe")
News and links: Chinesisch an einer deutschen Grundschule (Chinese lessons at German primary school). Article in German. 2010-04-20
Posted on 2010-04-08
Klaus Bung: "Inside the shell. Programming and the language laboratory". First published in 1965.
Posted on 2010-04-07
Sample pages of Dr Bung's correspondence course "English for Germans"
/ Probeseiten von Dr Bungs Fernlehrgang "Englisch computer-orientiert" (Christiani Publishers, Konstanz, Germany, 1991)
Posted on 2010-04-03
Klaus Bung: Dynamische Lernalgorithmen (Dynamic Learning Algorithms) (Deutscher text, German text)
Posted on 2010-03-21
German is child's play (List of German and English words closely resembling each other)
Posted on 2010-03-17
Keep fit with Hindi-Urdu numerals (HUNs)
Posted on 2010-03-12
List of Publications by Dr Klaus Bung (1963-1990)
Posted on 2010-03-11
Learning with the Pen-and-Paper Algorithm (PAPA)
Klaus Bung: How to learn numerals (in any language) (to be posted on 30 July 2011)
The death of the last speaker of an ancient language in India's Andaman Islands highlights the fact that half of the world's 7,000 languages are in danger of disappearing. Linguist K David Harrison argues that we still have much to learn from vanishing languages. ...
Johnny (last speaker of HIS native American language) has tried to teach his children and others in the tribe. "Trouble is," he sighs, "they say they want to learn it, but when it comes time to do the work, nobody comes around."
It will take at least a year to cover all the topics listed.
If you are particularly interested in one of the topics listed below, e-mail The Language Doctor to tell him so, and we will then move this topic up on our list of priorities. Those topics most in demand will be tackled first.
