The acquisition of foreign languages is a pivotal offer in continuous professional development. This publication looks at the acquisition of foreign languages from the viewpoint of learners and highlights the adult learners with their particular requirements and needs as central to the learning process. Based on the example of the acquisition of English the author develops a four-phase teaching concept, during which the adult gains centre stage as the learning individual. She advocates the recognition of adults as a separate target group as well as the improved inclusion of adult-pedagogical insights into the teaching of foreign languages.weiterlesen