Abstract：Abstract: In practical teaching guided by the production-oriented approach (POA), how to design the enabling phase to achieve successful language production has been a great challenge. With the aim to addressing the problem of “separation of learning and using”, the author explores the possibility of application of POA in teaching beginning German language majors and demonstrates how to design effective enabling activities by adapting teaching materials taken from a language skilled-oriented textbook in use. Based on the author's adaptation practice, this article provides a detailed description of the designing process with illustrative examples in terms of grammar point and text exercise design and gives reflective suggestions on the teaching design of POA enabling phase for compiling the German textbooks.
Key Words: Production-oriented Approach, teaching of German, adaptation of teaching materials, step-by-step design of enabling activities
