To make studying the digital content as simple as possible all ten to fifteen topics or sections of a course have the same structure and consist of:

  • an introduction (The "How to proceed" activity), 
  • the digital content (several topic-specific activities to be worked through),
  • a mastery test to document one's knowledge,
  • the suggestions for in-class activities.

This award winning teaching and learning concept has served thousands of students from all over the world during the last 20 years.

The digital content involves sound material, animations, interactive and synchronized movies, and is packed with graphics. Furthermore, it is supported with educational videos where necessary. 

Each course can be used in two ways:

  • as a pMOOC (permanent Massive Open Online Course) 
    where the course does not involve any tuition. The "Suggestions for in-class activities" can then either be ignored or be taken as additional exercise material.
  • as the digital component of inverted classroom scenarios
    in which case the content should be mastered prior to the respective in-class meeting. The "Suggestions for in-class activities" may but do not have to be used in class.

All these options are administered via the Virtual Linguistics Campus and its additional options, such as the glossary, various databases and timelines, and a direct link into the language index. However, the latter require that you have a (free) account on the VLC.