• idiomaddict@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    I don’t know if it’s just my field or if I’m searching wrong, but I get almost nothing when I look for papers about German grammar and language instruction. Is this mostly for more mainstream/hard science papers?

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      1 day ago

      Idk if itll help but have you tried annas archive? It mirrors multiple science piracy sites.

      Edit:do you mean pedagogical materials or research? Cause I don’t think you’ll be lucky if it’s the former.

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        24 hours ago

        I have tried it, but also not had any luck. I am looking for research, but it’s still a really narrow field, tbh. Even in Germany, I think there are only a handful of DaF/aZ postgrad programs.

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          19 hours ago

          So yeah it’s probably your field! Sorry about that. Fwiw I don’t think the problem is that it isn’t ‘hard science’, I find it easy to find philosophical works (German, English and French language ones). It’s probably just too niche.