GMF Gesamtverband Moderne Fremdsprachen

The GMF Gesamtverband Moderne Fremdsprachen e. V. (GMF) is the umbrella association (Dachverband) for the associations of foreign-language teachers in the Federal Republic of Germany. It was founded in 2006 and is registered as a non-profit association (eingetragener Verein). Its members are the various German subject associations for modern foreign languages, and through them it represents the interests of foreign-language teachers across the country. The association describes its tasks as advising educational administrations and organisations, institutions and individuals involved in the teaching of foreign and heritage languages; engaging in the initial, further and continuing education of foreign-language teachers; promoting scientific research into language acquisition and language teaching; supporting a multifaceted foreign-language classroom that takes account of cultural diversity; addressing the language-policy and educational-language consequences of a multilingual society; and promoting the further development and quality assurance of foreign-language teaching in all areas of language education. GMF publishes the periodical Die Neueren Sprachen as a yearbook (Jahrbuch). It also organises conferences and issues calls for papers, and maintains a Geschäftsstelle (office). In autumn 2023 it elected a new board: Prof. Dr. Daniel Reimann (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin) as spokesperson, Dr. Mario Oesterreicher (Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg) as deputy spokesperson, and Andreas Schabl (Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg) as treasurer. As an umbrella body rather than a commercial company, GMF operates in the field of language education policy and teacher professional development in Germany. Its website is gmf.cc.

The GMF Gesamtverband Moderne Fremdsprachen e. V. was founded in 2006 as the umbrella association (Dachverband) for the associations of foreign-language teachers in the Federal Republic of Germany. Its creation reflected a desire among the various German modern-language teacher associations to coordinate their work on language education policy, teacher training and research. According to its statutes, the association pursues a broad set of tasks: advising educational administrations and organisations, institutions and individuals involved in the teaching of foreign and heritage languages; engaging in the initial, further and continuing education of foreign-language teachers; promoting scientific research into language acquisition and language teaching; supporting a multifaceted foreign-language classroom that takes account of cultural diversity; addressing the language-policy and educational-language consequences of a multilingual society; and promoting the further development and quality assurance of foreign-language teaching in all areas of language education. GMF publishes the periodical Die Neueren Sprachen as a yearbook (Jahrbuch). It organises conferences and issues calls for papers, and maintains a Geschäftsstelle (office). In autumn 2023 it elected a new board: Prof. Dr. Daniel Reimann (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin) as spokesperson, Dr. Mario Oesterreicher (Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg) as deputy spokesperson, and Andreas Schabl (Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg) as treasurer.

• 2023

  New board elected in autumn 2023: Daniel Reimann (spokesperson), Mario Oesterreicher (deputy spokesperson), Andreas Schabl (treasurer).

• 2006

  GMF founded as the umbrella association of German foreign-language teacher associations.

Umbrella association for German foreign-language teacher associations, focused on language education policy, teacher training and research.

• Die Neueren Sprachen

  Periodical published by GMF as a yearbook.

1. 1GMF – Gesamtverband Moderne Fremdsprachen e. V.gmf.cc
2. 2GMF Gesamtverband Moderne Fremdsprachen – Wikidatawikidata.org