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German Language and Literature, Department

Philosophische Fakultät

Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena

Philosophische Fakultät
Institut für Germanistische Literaturwissenschaft; Institut für Germanistische Sprachwissenschaft; Institut für Auslandsgermanistik/Deutsch als Fremd- und Zweitsprache
Fürstengraben 18
D-07743 Jena
Telephone: +49 3641 930-0
https://www.uni-jena.de

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Teaching staff at the department

47

Total number of students at the department

1,260

Number of master degree students (w/o teacher qualification)

260

Teaching in core subjects

  • German as a foreign language: 31.9%
  • Ancient German Literature: 9.6%
  • Modern Literature: 20.2%
  • Linguistics: 3.2%
  • Historic Linguistics: 28.7%
  • Other fields: 6.4%

Support during the study entry phase

Total score for support in the study entry phase

13/14 points

Students' assessments on undergraduate, presence-learning-courses

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Teaching foreign language skills

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Return rate of the questionnaires

30

Further information provided by the department

Special features regarding teaching

Clearly structured range of study offers with various topics; manageable participant numbers; strong collaboration among teaching staff; GFL (German as a Foreign Language)/GSL (German as a Second Language)High practical orientation, through practical teaching exercises for example; High level of intercultural exchange through more than 40 Erasmus agreements.

Special features regarding the international orientation

International master's degree in German as a Foreign and Second Language with over 80% international students. High level of international demand.

Special features regarding the equipment

Lecture theatres and seminar rooms are all very well equipped with media; Work using the ‘Moodle’ online learning platform

Special features regarding research activities

Collaboration with non-university institutions (Weimar Classics Foundation); large edition project (historical-critical Wieland edition); intensive interdisciplinary collaboration (Philosophy, History of Art, English Studies, Psychology, Medicine, Computer Science); German as a Foreign Language/German as a Second Language: second-language acquisition and multilingualism research (German as a Second Language office ); development of teaching materials (office for textbook research, materials development); German in careers; further teacher training; internet-based learning.

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Further information about study entry phase

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Information on access restrictions

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Last Update 2022: Data collected by the CHE Center for Higher Education

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