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Bachelor Deutsch als Zweitsprache und Mehrsprachigkeit (German as a Second Language and Multilingualism) (Deutsch als Zweitsprache und Mehrsprachigkeit) at Bielefeld University

Bielefeld University, Germany

Programme overview

Teacher-training subject on German as a second language and multilingualism for primary-school teaching, studied in combination programmes with or without integrated special-needs education. The aim is to support all pupils' overall language competence as a bridge to educational success. 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)  |  Intake: Winter or summer semester (teaching is organised for a winter-semester start)  |  Location: Bielefeld, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

What you will study

German as a second language and multilingualism from linguistic, language-acquisition, diagnostic and didactic perspectives, with emphasis on everyday multilingualism, multilingualism in school and language-sensitive subject teaching.

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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Application information

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. No Numerus clausus; applications still go through the published application deadlines before enrolment.

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

Duration: 6 semesters (3 years)

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