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Bachelor Anglistik: British and American Studies (Fach, Lehramt Grundschule) at Bielefeld University

Bielefeld University, Germany

Programme overview

Teacher-training subject for primary-school English. It prepares students for child-appropriate English teaching and builds knowledge of the English language and how it is taught. The subject variant covers 40 credit points within the Bachelor teacher-training structure and leads to the Master of Education.

Duration: 6 semesters (3 years)  |  Study mode: full-time; teaching degree (Lehramtsoption); Numerus clausus  |  Intake: Winter or summer semester (teaching is organised for a winter-semester start)  |  Location: Bielefeld, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

What you will study

English language and its teaching, with three didactics courses aimed at the primary level (central contents and concepts of primary English teaching, working in heterogeneous learning groups, media and methods), plus practical language courses and international experience.

Career pathways

Graduates normally continue with the Master of Education. Chances of appointment are good especially in Haupt-, Real-, Sekundar- and Gesamtschulen, in primary schools and in integrated special-needs education; the Bachelor also opens other educational fields of work.

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Entry requirements

Higher education entrance qualification (for example the Abitur); special rules apply to applicants with a foreign educational qualification and to those qualified through vocational education. Local admission restriction (Numerus clausus); apply within the published application deadlines and enrol after receiving an admission notice. English at least at CEFR level B2/C1 is expected of beginners. Bildungswissenschaften is a compulsory component of any study programme with a teaching option.

Intake: Winter or summer semester (teaching is organised for a winter-semester start)

Duration: 6 semesters (3 years)

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