Proceeding from a presentation of the present state of discussion as well as of the unsolved or only apparently solved problem, the article attempts, in the light of curricular-based need for internally individualized types of work, to give suggestions for the organization of content for individualized instruction. In this connection, a theory, as comprehensive as possible and which can be put into effect subsequently, dealing with the teaching of foreign languages and its aims, contents and methods, is taken as a basis. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)