Learn to teach German
Learning German (DLL) is a continuing education program for teachers of German as a foreign language, which is offered by the Goethe-Institut in Munich and its regional institutes worldwide. According to its objectives, it is primarily used in advanced training, but is also used by universities to train teachers for German as a foreign language.
history
DLL was initiated in 2010 by an expert commissioned by the Goethe Institute to undergo the training opportunities the last 20 years to a critical examination, while the state of the didactic research, the profession research into account and the potential of the digital transition. A group of experts consisting of representatives from the Goethe Institute and the Universities of Bochum , Darmstadt , Gießen and Jena was commissioned to present a further training curriculum based on the expertise and to accompany the development and production of the corresponding materials. Worldwide piloting of the first units began in autumn 2012. In 2016 there were six thematic units that make up the basic package of the program: The first two units deal with the main actors in the classroom, the teachers (1) and the learners (2), while unit 3 focuses on the German language as a medium and goal of teaching. The interaction as a condition of linguistic action (4), materials and media (5) as well as curricular specifications and lesson planning (6) complete the basic program. Since 2018, DLL comprises 12 thematic units.
Approach and structure
DLL puts the teachers and their ideas about teaching at the center of the work. It is important to establish a consistent reference to teaching that enables teachers from different contexts to articulate their perspective on teaching and learning. The reference to lessons is supported by a wide range of short lesson documentation (video), which invite you to enter into a dialogue about other people's lessons and your own lessons. Corresponding tasks also serve this purpose. The learning arrangements also aim to support dialogic and cooperative learning through the use of partner and small group work, also supported by corresponding tasks. Practical exploration projects (PEP) are the central training tool. They were developed on the basis of the concept of action research and are intended to promote reflective learning through experience: The aim is not only to motivate participants to take a research perspective on their own and documented lessons, but also to encourage them to try out new things (see also research-based learning). The personal and experience-related focus on teaching always takes place in DLL with reference to and consideration of didactic theories and didactic research. Classic topics such as the role of skills or grammar are integrated into the respective units. The approach is committed to action-oriented and communicative foreign language teaching.
Achievements in the processing of the DLL units can be assessed with credit points according to the model of the European ECTS system . This provides the conditions for certification by accredited institutions. DLL courses are offered as online courses, in blended learning format or as seminar courses.
use
DLL is used around the world in various training, education and training contexts. It is offered by the Goethe Institutes themselves as a qualification program, but is also used by numerous universities to train prospective GFL teachers. A first focus of the use of DLL is the internal training of teachers in the Goethe-Institut itself (“Green Diploma”) as well as the educational cooperation with the school system in the individual countries in which the Goethe-Institut is active. In this context, more than 3000 DLL courses have been offered so far (as of the end of February 2020). Almost 6,000 teachers have now participated in the Goethe-Institut's online training offer based on the DLL series, around 3,500 of whom worked through all six DLL basic units (as of the end of August 2019). Over 600 trainers worldwide are involved in these qualification offers (as of February 2020).
A second focus for the use of the DLL series results from cooperation agreements with universities. It will be integrated into bachelor's degree programs as well as master’s and further education programs. The Goethe-Institut has so far made corresponding agreements with 48 universities worldwide.
DLL-UNIVERSITY CO-OPERATIONS (Status: 03.09.2019)
research
While the theoretical fundamentals of the DLL series have already been presented in several publications and the program has been located in the research on educational professionalism , there are hardly any empirical findings on the use of DLL in the various application scenarios. However, it could be shown that it is above all the practical exploration projects (PEP) that were perceived as challenging by the participants in the program. Initial results indicate that the participants appreciate the potential of collaborative work on the PEPs, but that the exchange between them can also prove to be difficult and requires intensive support. Difficulties arise in particular when choosing a suitable question for the examinations in one's own classroom as well as an appropriate approach. An analysis of the PEP documentation showed that the program favors reflection processes on the teaching and the actions of teachers regardless of the cultural contexts. At the same time, however, it also became clear that the participants find it difficult to address their own role as a teacher in the PEP documentation, especially at the beginning of the training.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Legutke, Michael / Rotberg, Sabine: German Teaching Learning (DLL) - the worldwide advanced and advanced training offer of the Goethe Institute . In: InfoDaF . tape 45 , no. 5 , 2018, p. 605-634 ( degruyter.com [PDF]).
- ↑ Rösler, Dietmar: Reflection on local teaching experience vs. central design of training courses. The mediating function of the tasks. In: Klippel, Friederike (Ed.): Teaching Languages -prachen lehren . Waxmann, Münster 2016, p. 163-178 .
- ↑ Dejanović, Sara: Learning through experience? Experience in the advanced and advanced training of GFL teachers . In: Fäcke, Christiane / Rost-Roth, Marianne / Thaler, Engelbert (eds.): Language training - education from languages - languages train . Schneider, Baltmannsweiler 2014, ISBN 978-3-8340-1379-8 , pp. 253-262 .
- ^ Niewalda, Katrin: Action Research in Teacher Training Programs: What do Teachers Learn? In: Sonda, Nozomu / Krause, Aleda / Brown, Howard (eds.): JALT 2015 Conference Proceedings . JALT, Tokyo 2015 ( jalt-publications.org ).
- ^ Mohr, Imke / Schart, Michael: Practice exploration projects and their effectiveness in teacher training and further education . In: Legutke, Michael / Schart, Michael (ed.): Foreign language didactic professional research: Focus on teacher training . Narr, Tübingen 2016, p. 291-321 .