Education for Teachers

Would you like to obtain a certificate in German language teaching within just one year? The Goethe-Instituts in Damascus, Amman, Ramallah and Beirut offer training courses for German teachers -to -be. Apply now!

Target group
Prospective German teachers living in Syria, Jordan, Lebanon or the Palestinian Territories.

Goals of the training
The participants will be given the ability to plan, to realize and to reflect upon a course of German as a foreign language, based on a communicative learning approach.

Content of the training program
The training is based on distance learning modules from the DIFF (Deutsches Institut fuer Fernstudien), the university Kassel and the Goethe-Institut. The following subjects will be treated in common, both online and in the seminars phases.

• Classroom observation
• Lesson planning
• Grammar
• Vocabulary
• Oral skills
• Verbal skills
• Listening skills
• Reading skills
• Error correction
• Group work and personal differentiation

The participants will be sitting-in on classes of the Goethe-Institut and they will take over different sequences of these classes under the supervision of an experienced professional. Their progress in theory and practice will be tested on a regular basis in exams and assessed teaching sessions. On successful completion of the formation period, the participants will be awarded a certificate in German language teaching, with the option to expand this certificate into a Goethe-Diploma (“Green Diploma”).

Date
The training will begin beginning of April for a period of one year. It includes following phases:

• 6 attendance phases at the Goethe Institute
• 6 online phases to be followed at home
• A practical training period of about 6 months at the Goethe-Institut in Damascus, Amman, Ramallah or Beirut for sit-in sessions and assessed teaching sessions. The duration of the practical phase will depend on the courses offered by the Goethe-Institut as well as on the degree of intensity of the course.
• 2 exam phases

Application
The conditions for application are:

• A University degree
• Excellent knowledge of oral and written German: native fluency or Goethe-Certificate C1 graded with “very good” ( Goal: ZOP ( Zentrale Oberstufenpruefung), KDS (kleines Deutsches Sprachdiplom),or GDS ( Grosses Deutsches Sprachdiplom)
• Solid knowledge of German grammar
• Media skills
• Internet skills
• Availability: for the duration of the attendance phases, you will be expected to be available all day, and for the sit-in phases and the assessed teaching sessions, you should be available for the duration of the course.
• A fundamental willingness to teach German in Syria, Jordan, the Palestinian Territories or Lebanon after completing the training.

The training will be carried out by the Goethe-Institut Damascus in cooperation with the Goethe-Instituts in Beirut, Ramallah and Amman. The participants will be charged a contribution fee of 300 Euro per person to be paid in Lebanon.

Services offered by the Goethe-Institut

• Seminars ( attendance phases at the Goethe-Institut)
• Opportunities for sit-ins and assessed teaching sessions in classes of the Goethe-Institut
• Tutor assistance during the training
• Materials
• Lunch on days of seminars

Please send your C.V. with a cover letter stating the reasons you want to take part in the training, as well as the relevant diplomas to the Goethe Institute in charge in Damascus, Amman or Beirut. In February, suitable candidates will be invited to an interview at their Goethe-Institut.

We are looking forward for your application!

For applications from Jordan, please contact:

Dr. Christiane Krämer-Hus-Hus
Director of the Goethe-Institut Jordan
Deutsches Kulturinstitut Amman
5, Abdel Mun'im Al Rifa'i St.
Jabal Amman
P.O.B. 16 76
11118 Amman, Jordanien
Tel: +962 6 4641993
Fax: +962 6 4642383
ls@amman.goethe.org

For applications from Syria and Lebanon, please contact:

Sabine Haupt
Head of the Language Department

Goethe-Institut Beirut
Berytech Building
7th Floor
Damascus Road
Beirut, Libanon
Tel.: +961 1 422291
Fax: +961 1 422294
ls@damascus.goethe.org

Goethe-Institut Damascus
Adnan Al Malki-Str. 8
POB. 6100
Damascus, Syria
Tel. : +963 11 3719435/36
Fax : +963 11 3719437
ls@damascus.goethe.org

For applications from The Palestinian Territories, please contact:

Dr. Beate Becker
Goethe-Institut Ramallah
c/o Goethe-Institut Zentrale
Dachauer Straße 122
80637 München
Tel: +972 2 2981922 - 119
Fax: +972 2 2981923
language@ramallah.goethe.org