This volume, now in its 4th edition, introduces the didactics of German language instruction in primary schools. It conveys essential scientific insights into the foundations and various areas of teaching. Throughout, it maintains a connection to concrete teaching practices, often starting from them, so that readers can recognize the practical relevance of the questions and discussions currently taking place in German didactics and related humanities disciplines. The volume is structured - following a general section on the fundamentals - into major chapters on language didactics, reading and literature didactics, and media didactics. It is aimed at students in their initial training phase, at trainee teachers including their mentors, and at all educators who wish to learn about recent developments in German didactics for primary education.