Basic Global English (BGE) for Autodidacts

Deutsche Version

Target: Development of BGE Teaching Materials for self-educated learners in order to allow a rapid acquisition of communicative competence

Already available:

• Welcome to the World: material in English for learners of any native language, with free download of the basic book here. Also available are 2 audio CDs and an accompanying book for German-speaking learners of English (sample) (available via ASEcoLi).
• Specific self-teaching material for German-speaking learners of BGE is available via ASEcoLi. The material is entitled Tickets to Basic Global English - Englisch in 111 Tagen. It works with Sebastian Leitner's system of a learning box. It consists of computerized flashcards for the learning box program Phase-6, a textbook, and audio files.

Further material:

• brief description of BGE in German (BGE-Skizze)

Team Members and Contact:

• Joachim Grzega (joachim.grzega@ku-eichstaett.de) (head of project, University of Eichstätt)
• Marion Schöner (deputy head of project, University of Eichstätt)
• Bea Klüsener (University of Eichstätt)
• Academy for Socioeconomic Linguistics (ASEcoLi)

Our thanks for financial support of this project go to Sparda-Bank München.

To the general BGE website: here.

Last Update: 22 October 2009