Modern Languages and Language Teaching (MA)
The main language of instruction of this course of study is German. All language subjects are also taught in the respective language; almost all English courses are taught in English. Languages: English, French, Spanish, Russian, Polish, Portuguese and/or Czech
As of the winter semester 2019 / 2020 no new applications for admission will be accepted!
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| Master of Arts (MA) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 4 semesters - 120 Credit Points (CP) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| since 21 August 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| The MA course Modern Languages and Language Teaching continues the established tradition of the Gießen diploma degree course "Applied Foreign Language and Language Teaching". The success and the popularity of this course of study results from its consistent opening up of a field of application that covers the teaching of foreign languages in private and public institutions, in particular in the adult and vocational education. Another reason is the development of respective didactics as a precondition for preparation for professional work in this area. In this way the course of study takes up the necessity of a multilingual education which is - also politically and socially - demanded on a European level. Furthermore, the course of study includes the opportunity for the development of research-based didactics of teaching modern languages - and thus a professionalization of teaching and learning foreign languages, achieved through the study of foreign language teaching (eligible as major subject in English). In this way the course promotes the distinct Gießen tradition of innovative, theoretically highly-developed and empirical foreign language teaching and also multilingual teaching or the teaching of tertiary Romance languages. |
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| The requirement for acceptance into the Master`s course is a completed Bachelor`s degree with a relevant subject profile. Preceding studies must have produced an academic profile which provides the basis for acceptance in the chosen course of studies. Furthermore students must provide proof of certain language skills: information about language requirements. |
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| Only possible in the winter semester | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Composition of degree programme
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The course consits of a major subject (50 cp + Thesis 30 cp), one language ancillary subject (20 cp) and one didactical ancillary subject (20 cp). The following regulations apply:
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