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- | An increasing number of higher education institutions are adopting English as the medium of instruction for parts of their education. This means that vital academic exchanges are now taking place more frequently in second languages (L2) from both the teacher and student side. While this clearly enhances not only the international reputation of the university but also proficiency and confidence in the language of instruction (English, the lingua franca), it can also prove challenging for all parties concerned and thus inhibit communication between teachers and students. Currently the University of Freiburg offers 15? Masters programs taught either partially or entirely in English. As this trend is bound to continue, a project team has been established to offer guidance and support to lecturers/ | + | An increasing number of higher education institutions are adopting English as the medium of instruction for parts of or entire programs. This means that vital academic exchanges are now taking place more frequently in second languages (L2) from both the teacher and student side. While this clearly enhances not only the international reputation of the university but also the degree of proficiency and confidence in the language of instruction (English, the lingua franca), it can also prove challenging for all parties concerned and thus inhibit communication |
+ | The Sprachlehrinstitut (SLI) (link) has launched a program to address this growing field in Europe. In an effort to support academic staff entrusted with teaching and guiding international students in English, two native speakers (link to our uni-pages) with extensive backgrounds in language instruction as well as experience in multicultural settings will be providing numerous services to this target group. | ||
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+ | **Services offered | ||
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+ | * **General weekly courses** to clean up inconsistencies, | ||
+ | * **Specific courses** such as | ||
+ | * structuring lessons for international settings (link to course description) | ||
+ | * dealing with and responding to questions | ||
+ | * moderating and fostering group discussions | ||
+ | * vocal and oral pronuciation training | ||
+ | * pedagogic quirks | ||
+ | * intercultural aspects dealing with critical incidents (i.e., cultural expectations in academia) | ||
+ | * departmental courses/ | ||
+ | * Individually tailored block sessions of coaching for lecturers based upon initial evaluations (link to email, request form) | ||
+ | * Translations, | ||
+ | * Presentation workshops for academic and research conferences | ||
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**The benefits | **The benefits | ||
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* Fine tune your target discourse | * Fine tune your target discourse | ||
- | * Improve your ability | + | * Retool teaching strategies adapted to second language skills |
- | * Become more aware of cultural aspects at play in the classroom | + | * Incease confidence in delivering quality lessons in English |
+ | * Develop and hone skills | ||
+ | * Become more aware of cultural aspects at play in the classroom | ||
* Enhance necessary soft skills when engaging and guiding students in workshop like environments as well as outside the classroom | * Enhance necessary soft skills when engaging and guiding students in workshop like environments as well as outside the classroom | ||
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- | **Services offered | + | * Assurance that your presentations |
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- | * Discourse | + | |
- | * Individual coaching for lecturers unable to attend longer workshops/ | + | |
- | * Stylistic | + | |
**The next step | **The next step | ||
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- | In order to provide competent | + | In order to provide competent |
- | The needs analysis questionnaire can be accessed by clicking here: | + | Gregg Dubow gregg.dubow@sli.uni-freiburg.de |
+ | Joshua Lange joshua.lange@sli.uni-freiburg.de | ||