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BA Deutsch als Fremd- und Zweitsprache (German as a Foreign and Second Language) at Leipzig University

Leipzig University, Germany

Programme overview

Gives knowledge of the structure and use of German, German culture, interculturality, foreign and second language acquisition, and the didactics and methods of teaching German as a foreign language.

Faculty: Philologische Fakultät  |  Department: Herder-Institut  |  Duration: 6 semesters (3 years)  |  Study mode: full-time, part-time; taught in German  |  Intake: Winter semester  |  Location: Leipzig, Sachsen, Germany

What you will study

Introduction to German as a foreign/second language, vocabulary and word formation, didactics and methods, phonetics/phonology/rhetoric and cultural studies perspectives.

Career pathways

Teaching German as a foreign or second language (e.g. language schools, adult education centres, in Germany and abroad) and language and cultural mediation in cultural work.

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Application information

Entry requirements

General or subject-specific higher education entrance qualification (Allgemeine or Fachgebundene Hochschulreife). Language requirements: German at CEFR C1. Open admission (no numerus clausus). Application period: 02.05. – 15.09.; portal: AlmaWeb.

Intake: Winter semester

Duration: 6 semesters (3 years)

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