History teachers must be aware of the specific content- and language-based requirements of the subject matter at issue, and they must be able to enhance their students‘ competencies as far as possible in accordance with these requi-rements. Otherwise, poor learning outcomes are likely to happen. How these objectives can be implemented in a ‚language-sensitive‘ history lesson will be outlined in more detail in this article by focusing on text difficulties from a linguistic and subject-specific point of view. In the light of this analysis, a framework of ‚language-sensitive‘ text work in history lessons is provided.
