Workshop Series "German as a Second Language and Language Sensitive Teaching as a Cross-Cutting Issue in Teacher Education"

1st Workshop
"German as a Second Language and Language Sensitive Teaching as a Cross-Cutting Issue in Teacher Education - Needs and Potential in the View of the Actors”
Thursday, February 9th, 2017, Wilhelmstr. 50, Room 215, 72074 Tübingen (per invitation)

2nd Workshop
“German as a Second Language and Language Sensitive Teaching as a Cross-Cutting Issue in Teacher Education - Focus: Language Sensitive Teaching”
Thursday, May 18th, 2017, Wilhelmstr. 50, Room 215, 72074 Tübingen (per invitation)

A component of the workshop is a guest lecture from Junior Prof. Dr. Inger Petersen (Chair German as a Second Language and Subject-Specific Language Acquisition in the German Department at the University of Kiel), entitled “Language Acquisition through Writing in High-School Subject Courses? Prospects and Challenges.“

3rd Workshop
“German as a Second Language and Language Sensitive Teaching as a Cross-Cutting Issue in Teacher Education – Focus: Language in Specific Subjects”
Thursday, November 9th, 2017, Wilhelmstr. 50, Room 406, 72072 Tübingen (per invitation)

For this workshop, Dr. Erkan Gürsoy, project manager of “ProDaZ: German as a Second Language in all Subjects” at the University of Duisburg-Essen, delivered a lecture on “Subject-Oriented Language Education: Irritating Research Findings and Concrete Examples from Practice” discussing concepts of supporting linguistic competencies in high-school subjects and sharing how his many years of experience at the University could be applied to Tübingen’s teacher education program.

Following the talk, the University of Tübingen’s newest additional qualification, “Language Coaching for High School Subjects” was celebrated in Room 027. The qualification was supported by the Doners’ Association (Stifterverband). Prof. Dr. Doreen Bryant and Junior Professor Dr. Kristina Peuschel successfully took part in the announcement of “Strengthening Language Acquisition – Teacher Candidates Gain:” 40 dedicated teacher candidates were trained in both practice and theory to accompany children and young adults on their educational path, assisting both in language development and subject-specific content. Furthermore, by virtue of this new additional qualification, the University of Tübingen has now been integrated into the newly-emerging network “Strong through Diversity – Fostering Intercultural Competencies in Teacher Education” and will contribute to accompanying research into the concept of Culturally Responsive Teaching.

Organization of the Workshop Series: German as a Second Language (DaZ) Department / Language Sensitive Teaching (ssFU), Prof. Dr. Doreen Bryant, German Linguistics / DaZ; Prof. Dr. Kristina Peuschel, Language Sensitive Training in High School Education / TüSE Field of Inclusion, Diversity, Heterogeneity; Slavica Stevanovic, M.A., Coordination TüSE Sub-Field of Language Sensitive Teaching.