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German as a Foreign or Second Language

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  • University University of Kassel
  • Degree Master
  • Degree Master of Arts, M.A.
  • Study Type Second cycle
  • Mode of admission without admission restriction
  • Deadline for Beginning Students The deadline for the Winter Semester 2024/2025 has expired
  • Standard period of study (amount) 4 semesters
  • Study Mode (elucidation) full time; part time
  • Location (main / branches campus) Kassel
  • Admission semester winter semester
  • Subject

    Das German as a Foreign Language gehört zum Studienbereiche German Studies and Contemporary Germanic Languages der Fächergruppe Language and Cultural Studies.

    Weitere Informationen zum Studienbereich German Studies and Contemporary Germanic Languages.

    Weitere Informationen zur Fächergruppe Language and Cultural Studies.

    German as a Foreign Language

  • Field of study
    • Target group Graduates of academic studies in German language and literature from Germany or abroad
    • kind of Master course according to the KMK consecutive
    • Main instruction language German
    • Annotation of the Higher Education Institution How do you convey German to learners whose native language is not German? What role can smartphones, apps and other media play in language teaching?

      The demand for teachers for "German as a Foreign or Second Language" (DaFZ) is still high, so the corresponding Kassel Master's degree programme offers holders of a Bachelor's degree in German Studies or in a related subject good opportunities to shape their career.

      One of the foundations of the subject is psycholinguistics, which deals with the complex conditions for speaking and understanding language. In addition to this basic module, the students deal with methods and planning principles for DaFZ lessons. In the four-semester Master's programme, they deal in detail with language didactics and also train their didactic skills in a required internship. At the centre of the training are scientific theories and the practice of foreign or second-language German lessons as well as their empirical research. If you love internationality and are interested in language, literature, cultural mediation and media didactics, you will have the necessary motivation for the Master's degree programme in "German as a Foreign or Second Language".

      Part-time study is quite possible due to the course of study in this degree course. Upon request, you can register for part-time studies in accordance with Section 19 (2) Hesse Higher Education Act (HessHG). The specific provisions for part-time studies will then apply. Counselling by the subject-specific student advice service is recommended.
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  • Access and Admission Requirements
    • Mode of admission without admission restriction
    • Admission semester winter semester
    • Bachelor’s degree in the subjects German as a Foreign Language, German Studies or another language-related subject or equivalent professionally qualifying university degree with a standard period of study of at least 6 semesters with the grade of at least 2.5 or better.
      more information regarding admission requirements
    • Completion of first university degree Bachelor/Bakkalaureus

      Minimum requirements for first university degree:
      • Minimum grade: 2.50
      • Minimum standard period of study: 6 semesters
    • Further admission requirements ausführliches, sprachlich einwandfreies deutschsprachiges Exposé
  • Programme Dates and Deadlines
    • Wintersemester 2024/2025
      • Lecture period
      • 14.10.2023 — 14.02.2025
        Die oben aufgeführte Vorlesungszeit bezieht sich auf die Lehrveranstaltungszeiten. Semesterzeit: Semesterbeginn am 01. Oktober / Semesterende am 31. März. https://www.uni-kassel.de/uni/studium/im-studium/semester-und-lehrveranstaltungszeiten
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  • University Portrait
    The University of Ideas

    The University of Kassel is a young and dynamic institution with a wide range of offerings in the natural sciences and engineering, in the social sciences and the humanities as well as in the arts. The University sees itself as an institution at which openness, initiative, interdisciplinary thinking and unconventional approaches are all prized and promoted. This applies to studying, research and teaching as well as to business start-ups, which receive a distinctive degree of support at the University of Kassel. The University is exceedingly well connected in the North Hessen region and in the city of Kassel, one of the economically and culturally most dynamic cities of Germany.  

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    the University of Kassel is a young and dynamic institution
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    wide range of offerings in the natural sciences and engineering
    Wide range of offerings, real-life applications

    In its approach to teaching, the University of Kassel places particular emphasis on establishing a close connection to real-life applications. Academic qualifications should be directly related to problem-solving capabilities, to openness for professional developments and to practical social skills. A wide range of courses is offered across areas such as the natural sciences, technology, cultural and social studies. Teacher training is also a traditional strength of the University.

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    sees itself as an institution at which openness, initiative, interdisciplinary thinking and unconventional approaches are all prized and promoted.
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    places particular emphasis on establishing a close connection to real-life applications
    Research

    At the University of Kassel, scholars, scientists and students confront the big questions of our future – from the effects of globalisation, to managing climate change and sustainable economic systems, to developing new materials and technical systems. The aim here is to develop, test and implement ideas – even when these ideas haven't yet made it to the mainstream. This often calls for an innovative combination of basic research and practical applications as well as interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary approaches.

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    offers an innovative combination of basic research and practical applications as well as interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary approaches
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    The aim here is to develop, test and implement ideas.
    Image: Students adjusting their research project.
    Image: View of the library forecourt at the University of Kassel.