Specialist, professionally trained teaching staff are required for successful lessons in German as a Second Language. Therefore the Goethe-Institut has dedicated itself for many years to further teacher training for German as a Second Language.It trains teaching staff for adult education – for the integration courses – and for working with nursery and school children. The Goethe-Institut not only offers the qualification for teaching staff for the integration courses mentioned above as well as a range of further education opportunities, but it has also been commissioned by the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) to establish the specialist principles for training.
Teachers and childcare providers frequently find that their work brings them into contact with children whose German language skills need further development. This is where the Goethe-Institut comes in: it aims to equip these professionals with the essential skills they need to help these children develop their knowledge of German as a second language and support language development in general, thus facilitating their everyday (language-related) work in pre-school facilities and primary schools and also in subject teaching.
