To the language training section
Would you like to learn English at the highest level and get to know its structures and functions better? The Section of Language Training has set itself the goal of teaching oral and written language skills at the highest level (target level C2). In our language courses, you will become a fluent speaker of English, receive pronunciation training and also learn how to write English-language texts of various genres.
You will be taught by our dedicated team of editors and academics who will familiarize you with varieties of British and American English.
Our core competencies in research include
- Learner autonomy in language teaching
- English for Specific Purposes (Business English, English for Academic Purposes)
- Critical discourse analysis
- Content and Language Integrated Learning, CLIL (CLIL is a method that aims at the simultaneous learning of content and language)
- Reading and comprehension research,
- Computer-assisted analysis of learner language with special consideration of didactic relevance for foreign language teaching
Further research projects in the field of language training
LEAP INTERFACE - Living English Awareness for Professionals
Connecting & Supporting new English Teachers
Project management: Dr. Ulla Fürstenberg
In the LEAP Interface project, we investigate the language awareness of English language teachers, with a particular focus on novice teachers in their first year of teaching and student teachers in the Master's programme who are gaining teaching experience in internships. We are particularly interested in the special characteristics of English that are owed to its status as a global language, and we examine how these affect teachers' attitudes and teaching practice. We see English as a dynamic, living language that poses particular challenges for teachers - hence the project name Living English Awareness for Professionals.