This class will be taught in a digital format.

Technical requirements: solid internet connection, headphones + microphone + webcam. You are advised to use your laptop/desktop computer (instead of mobile phone).

At this stage it is unclear whether it will be possible to return to a format of classroom presence during the semester.

PLEASE NOTE: THIS COURSE WILL ONLY BE OFFERED IN WINTER TERM 2020/21 and NOT IN THE SUMMER TERM 2021!

This class is designed as an introductory course for the „Certificate of Bilingual Teaching and Learning“ (www.uni-hildesheim.de/zertifikat-bili). It meets the requirements of a bachelor course and therefore can not be included in the Optionalbereich (M.Ed).

Admission procedure: https://www.uni-hildesheim.de/media/fb3/englische_sprache/PDF/K_Kersten/Zertifikat_Bilinguales_Lehren_und_Lernen__Antrag_auf_Zulassung___01.01.2017_.pdf

Bilingual education has become a growing phenomenon throughout European countries both at primary and secondary level. It has emerged as a major and innovative trend in foreign language education. This course offers an introduction to current bilingual teaching approaches such as CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning) and immersion. We will discuss historical aspects of bilingual education in Germany, variations of bilingual school profiles, current research results, the potential of different school subjects as CLIL subjects, as well as stakeholder perspectives. Another goal will be to examine ways of assessing students in bilingual programmes. 

This introductory course is open to bachelor students (from the 3rd semester onwards) and master students who are interested in obtaining the „Certificate of Bilingual Teaching and Learning“ (www.uni-hildesheim.de/zertifikat-bili)