Teacher Training: Language in Professional Communication

• The programme is designed having in mind the specifics of contemporary education: e-learning, multilingualism, multiculturalism and constantly changing employment landscape
• The teaching is provided using the Dhoch3 platform developed by DAAD (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst) in cooperation with the leading German universities
• We offer a comprehensive study of the German language, which includes both practice of German and delivery of other courses (lecturers, seminars) in German
• The learning outcomes are assessed using materials developed by TestDaF-Institut (Germany) and Goethe-Institut (Germany)
• A number of courses are taught by instructors from Germany
• Students are encouraged to take part in academic exchange programmes and have the opportunity to spend one semester at a university in Baden-Württemberg
• Students also have the opportunity to take part in an international project by Germanistische Institutspartnerschaft (GIP)
• The programme offers school placement (internship) in the leading educational institutions (professional education and additional education for children and adults)
• Alumni who wish to proceed to a research degree are encouraged to apply to a PhD programme (Germanic Languages)

Alumni are employed by:

• state-owned and private secondary schools
• vocational schools and universities
• language schools and courses
• a variety of organisations, whether as language teachers or in other jobs requiring foreign language proficiency

Alumni have all the competences necessary for starting their own language school or educational programme.