Course: School Practicum and Training in Teaching German as a Foreign Language

ECTS credits: 3

Language: German

Duration: one semester

Status: obligatory

Course type: 2 hours of seminar

Course description: The aim of the course is to qualify students to apply the theoretical knowledge of teaching German as a foreign language acquired during the 1st year of their graduate studies. In this course students will plan, analyse, conduct and evaluate lessons in German as a foreign language. Through expert guidance of their mentors and teaching staff they will develop competences and skills needed for a successful conduct of lessons in German as a foreign language of different proficiency levels and age groups as well as in different teaching environments.

Learning outcomes: Students will be able to: plan, conduct and critically analyse their own and other students’ lessons in a foreign language classroom, write a lesson plan in a tabular form according to the contemporary theoretical knowledge in the field of glottodidactics, choose and use suitable teaching forms, activities, media and materials as well as to create their own teaching materials; they will have acquired competences and skills for teaching German as a foreign language of different age groups, proficiency levels and in different teaching environments.

Teaching methods: teaching through seminars and teacher-led demonstrations in the classroom, presentations, cooperative learning, classroom discussion, E-Learning (Omega, etc.), in-school-training (observations, microteaching, demonstration lessons)

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Evaluation Methods and Grading: class attendance, observation diary, presentation of activities, demonstration lessons