Adam Gacs

gacs@msu.edu
(517) 884-6317

B480 Wells Hall
619 Red Cedar Rd
East Lansing, MI 48824

FacultyLinguistics, Languages, and Cultures

Instructor
Technology Specialist

German

Biography

Adam Gacs teaches language courses in first-, second-, and third-year, and developed first-, second, and third-year German courses online. He also regularly supports new online instructors and teaching assistants. His interests include instructional technology support, L2 conversation exchanges, and integrating spoken language corpora for authentic material development. He is also a Quality Matters (QM) Certified Peer Reviewer.

Projects


A model for scaffolded technology-enhanced oral communicative tasks

Kaufmann, A., Gacs, A., Giupponi, L., Van Gorp, K. (2023). A Model for Scaffolded Technology-Enhanced Oral Communicative Tasks. In: Suárez, MdM., El-Henawy, W.M. (eds) Optimizing Online English Language Learning and Teaching . English Language Education, vol 31. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-27825-9_7

Planned online language education versus crisis‐prompted online language teaching: Lessons for the future

Gacs, A., Goertler, S., & Spasova, S. (2020). Planned online language education versus crisis‐prompted online language teaching: Lessons for the future. Foreign Language Annals53(2), 380–392.

Audio-Lingua: Searchable Audio Database of Native Speaker Recordings for Your Language Class

Assessment in Online German: Assessment Methods and Results

Goertler, S., & Gacs, A. (2018). Assessment in Online German: Assessment Methods and Results. Die Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German51(2), 156–174.

Courses

GRM 101 Elementary German I Online

GRM 102 Elementary German II F2F, Online

GRM 201 Intermediate German I F2F, Online

GRM 202 Intermediate German II F2F, Online

GRM 301 Third Year German: Global Germany

GRM 311: Business German

GRM 325: Third-Year German: Oral Communication

Oral Communicative Tasks in Online Language Teaching