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Even without having done German studies or DaF-studies, teachers can develop their skills with the help of modules from the DLL series.
The following conditions are required for participation in the course:

• a completed university degree
• some teaching experience or practical training
• the preparedness to do observations of German Language teaching sessions
• the preparedness to work approx. 5 hours per week online for the duration of the course
• additional condition for non-native speakers: an internationally recognised proof of language proficiency level B2 or higher

Exceptions may be made in well justified cases. Please consult us in such cases.

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Das Grüne Diplom

The innovative concept of DLL was developed taking into consideration the daily regimen and the challenges faced by a teacher in the classroom. Traditional topics such as training of skills, grammar and vocabulary, phonetics, literature, social forms etc. are integrated in a competence- and practice oriented concept.

An essential aspect of this didactic concept of   the advanced training in DLL is a research, which is to be done by the teacher in a practice or teaching session:  Learning in the classroom is thereby optimized, in that a teacher observes and reflects on others’ and one’s own class, recognizes new methods and tries them out in his/her class.

Recordings of the class and the completion of projects on practical research (PEPs) help teachers to reflect and update the abilities they already possess and make them apply the new observations in class.

Besides, the collective training in a group of international participants within the framework of DLL opens up the possibility for a direct exchange with motivated colleagues on the subject of classroom teaching.

Every DLL module is available from the Klett-Langenscheidt-Publishers in book form along with a DVD. It can also be accessed online and used interactively on the Learning Platform of the Goethe-Institut. DLL therefore offers the teachers the maximum possible flexibility to organize their advanced training or professional development at their own pace.

Aim of the Program:
The knowledge and ability gained during the training or through teaching experience will be updated and broadened.  German teachers will be confident in their teaching methods and be able to constantly grow as teachers with the help of the so-called practical research projects (PEPs). The program BASIS, consisting of 6 modules, hones the skills described in the European profile for teaching skills at the basic level.

Our decisions as teachers determine what goes on in our classrooms. What informs those decisions? How do we define good teaching? What are the unique challenges we face? How do we create and sustain an anxiety-free, motivating, and supportive learning environment? How do we steer the learning process and accompany our students along the path to success? How can we as teachers further develop ourselves professionally?

The students themselves, along with everything they bring with them into the classroom, greatly influence not only how they learn, but how we teach. The better we get to know our students, the better we are able to support and guide them by adapting our instruction to their specific needs and abilities.

Diese Einheit ist der Sprache selbst gewidmet, die wir unterrichten. Was ist charakteristisch für Deutsch als fremde Sprache in Bezug auf ihre Lexik, Grammatik, Phonetik und Pragmatik? Was muss ich wissen, um den Lernenden zu erklären, wie Deutsch funktioniert, damit Kommunikation gelingt? Wie wird die deutsche Sprache in Lernmaterialien dargestellt und wie können wir Wortschatz, Grammatik und Phonetik am besten vermitteln?

Assignments, exercises, and interaction in the classroom are ways to practice using the language in the real world. This unit shows you what this looks like in the modern language classroom by means of speaking and writing.

In language lessons, teaching and learning media support the learning process right from the start. The wide selection of media makes communication possible in a way that reflects reality outside the classroom for many learners. It’s important that teachers are able to select and curricularise teaching and learning media so that it’s suitable for their target group, and that they know how to adapt supplementary material for their own lessons.

What do we refer to and rely on when lesson planning? What learning goals and proficiencies serve as our foundation? How do we plan different units? How do we design phases of the lesson in a logical sequence? How we plan is influenced by guidelines and by methodological and didactic principles. In this unit, you will develop up-to-date points of reference for your daily work as a teacher and learn about new innovations in the field of lesson planning.
 

What function do assessments (e.g. tests, exams, etc.) serve and what principles and standards should they adhere to? How do we develop effective assessment tools for our own classrooms? How do we use the results of these tools to improve the learning process? These are the questions we explore in this unit.

The focal points of this unit are language acquisition and the learning process of early childhood, facets of developmental psychology, skill-building, and, above all, methodological and didactic aspects of teaching children.

In this unit of DLL, participants will learn how to use their digital media skills to enhance their teaching. This unit will deal with building a basic understanding of digital media based teaching and learning, its practical application and pedagogical integration into lessons.