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.
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 304 Third-year German: German Media
GRM 325: Third-Year German: Oral Communication
GRM 460 Linguistic Analysis of Modern German
Projects
Interactive Video Tools: A Comparison
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 Annals, 53(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 German, 51(2), 156–174.