The new foundational volume provides a compact and clear overview of the current state of foreign language research and foreign language didactics in the German-speaking world. The authors focus on the most important foreign languages for schools. The articles offer an overview of the respective subject area or topic while simultaneously clarifying theoretical foundations and implications for classroom practice. This way, the scientific findings of individual foreign language didactics are brought together, documenting theory, empirical research, and methodology in one volume. Suitable for foreign language teachers at all school levels.