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We run special training courses for non-native teachers
of German. The courses are an opportunity for you to update your language
skills and exchange your experiences of various teaching methods with
international colleagues and teaching staff of the language school.
You will also receive information on the latest geographical, political
and literary developments in Austria and the German-speaking world. The
course is designed to provide you with suggestions and new ideas which
you can then put into practice after returning home.
| Lessons:
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20 or 15
per week: group course (20) or individual tuition (15) and cultural
and leisure programme (5). |
| Group
size: |
5-12 or
individual tuition. |
| Duration |
| Group course: |
50 lessons
in 2 weeks. 20 lessons tuition and 5 lessons cultural and leisure
programme a week. |
| Individual
tuition: |
40 lessons
in 2 weeks. 15 lessons individual tuition and 5 lessons cultural
and leisure programme a week. |
| Starting
dates |
| Group course: |
Jul 31,
2006 / or on request. |
| Individual tuition: |
every
Monday. |
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AIMS
- Brushing up your own German skills.
- Information on new and modern teaching materials.
- Information on Austria and its geography, politics
and way of life.
- Expanding your teaching tools and teaching
methods.
PROGRAMME
Language aspects:
- Work on language structure.
- Improvement of personal expression and fluency.
- Exploiting texts, working with writing stimuli,
reading techniques.
- Spelling reform.
Teaching methodology aspects:
- Looking at and discussing various teaching
materials.
- Getting to know new language books.
- Using communicative methods in lessons.
- Variations on teaching grammar and vocabulary.
- Use of authentic materials at different language
levels.
- Using audiovisual media in lessons.
- Computer-aided learning.
Cultural aspects:
- Getting to know Austrian culture.
- Political, geographical and historical developments.
- Teaching Austrian customs and culture.
- Using contemporary Austrian and German-language
literature, politics and issues in the classroom.
CULTURE AND LEISURE
Participation in the cultural and leisure
programme (2-3 times a week) is included in the price: city walks, lectures
on various topics, video night, a visit to a traditional wine tavern
("Heurigen") or a welcome party. On one evening, a visit to a theatre
or concert or a joint dinner for all German teachers is arranged.
On weekends, you can take part in an excursion organised by the school
at cost price (e.g. Salzburg, Graz or the Wachau region in the Danube
valley).
GRANTS
For participants from EU member states
and the following countries: Bulgaria, Island, Liechtenstein, Romania,
Norway and Turkey.
The Lingua/Comenius Programme of the European Union
awards grants towards the costs of the course, accommodation and journey
to Vienna.
Information is available at your local Comenius office.
The following teachers
are eligible to apply for a grant:
- Qualified and active teachers of German as
a foreign language.
- Instructors and trainers of foreign language
teachers.
- Teachers who are being retrained to teach foreign
languages.
- Teachers at primary or preschools who teach
foreign languages or will have to in future.
- Teachers who teach other subjects in a foreign
language.
- Foreign language teachers who have interrupted
their career and wish to resume their jobs.
- Supervisors or consultants in charge of foreign
language teaching.
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