Subject-specific foreign language training
The subject-specific foreign language training (FFA for short) is an additional training course at universities , through which knowledge of a foreign language is imparted for a specific field of study. In Germany, an FFA is often offered in connection with the subject of law .
overview
For some years now, some German faculties have been offering specific training courses for their subject in various foreign languages. Most universities focus on programs in English , French and Spanish . More and more universities are also offering subject-specific additional training in Italian , Turkish or Russian .
Most of the training courses are offered by law faculties. There are also a few FFA programs in the fields of economics / social sciences , (business) mathematics , (business) computer science or sociology .
The aim of a FFA is basically to give students a technical overview of their study discipline in a foreign technical language. In view of globalization and growing international relationships of all kinds, more and more international competence is required on a linguistic and technical level. As a rule, the FFA study model does not replace a study abroad , but at least prepares students for one and provides basic knowledge with which students are prepared for a job market that is increasingly characterized by international connections.
Eligibility requirements and curricula vary depending on the university. As a rule, however, demonstrable knowledge of the respective foreign language is required.
FFA for lawyers
General
More and more law faculties are offering their students subject-specific foreign language training (FFA). The main thing is to get an insight into foreign legal systems. The training also covers the compulsory foreign language certificate, which is a prerequisite for admission to the first legal examination throughout Germany . FFA graduates not only receive an additional degree, but also meet a requirement for the first legal examination. As a rule, you do not have to take another foreign language course.
In Germany
As part of the FFA, students usually acquire a certificate that proves their knowledge of foreign legal languages in the respective foreign language. A graduate of the FFA in English therefore has a certified knowledge of the Anglo-American legal system and a specialist vocabulary.
The standard period of study is usually two to four semesters or 16 to 18 hours per week . Oral and written examinations must be completed during this time . Depending on the university, an internship may also be required in the relevant legal system. The lectures are usually held in the respective national language. Details are mainly regulated in our own training and examination regulations.
At least one of the following universities in Germany offers an FFA or at least foreign language courses in the field of law:
| university | Technical languages |
| Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster | English, Spanish, French |
| Georg-August-University Goettingen | Chinese, English, French, Spanish |
| University of Bonn | English |
| University of Passau | Chinese, English, French, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Czech |
| University of Osnabrück | English (UK), English (USA), French, Spanish, Polish, Chinese |
| University of Potsdam | Legal foreign language courses, etc. a. in English |
| Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg | English France |
| Christian Albrechts University Kiel | English |
| University of Augsburg | English France |
| University of Bayreuth | English, French, Italian, Russian, Spanish |
| Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg | English French, up to the basic level also Italian, Turkish |
| Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich | Chinese, English, French, Greek, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Turkish |
| University of Trier | Chinese, English, French, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish, Turkish |
| Bielefeld University | English, French, Turkish, Russian |
| University of Heidelberg | English France |
| University of Greifswald | English |
| Bucerius Law School | English, French, Spanish |
| Ruhr-University Bochum | English |
(The list is not exhaustive.)
FFA in Münster
The Law Faculty of the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität zu Münster was one of the first faculties in Germany to establish an FFA and thus established a nationwide trend. Since autumn 1995 the Faculty of Law has been offering a four-semester FFA for lawyers in cooperation with the Language Center. For the winter semester , an average of around 200 students register for the FFA; The additional course currently comprises almost 450 students.
meaning
The FFA in Münster is a free certificate course that can be completed parallel to the law degree and is also recognized by the state of North Rhine-Westphalia within the meaning of the North Rhine-Westphalian Jurist Education Act. After successfully completing the FFA, an application can be made to the Judicial Examination Office for the recognition of a free semester for the calculation of the free trial regulation. There are legal and linguistic lectures, almost all of which are given by native speakers . The lecturers usually work as lecturers , lawyers or judges in English, Spanish or French-speaking countries and travel to the FFA. The FFA training in Münster is characterized by a strong practical focus: During the lecture-free period, every student has to complete an internship of at least three weeks at an institution abroad that mainly deals with the law of the respective country in the respective technical language (e.g. Law firm, administrative authority, summer course, ...).
Admission requirements
Students who are enrolled in the law course of the University of Münster who are studying law as a minor subject in another course of study and, in justified individual cases, also non-subject students, doctoral candidates or research assistants of the law faculty are entitled to participate in the FFA , if they have completed their studies Would like to further qualify your degree in law.
In order to be allowed to participate in the FFA, at least 70 out of 100 points must be achieved in the so-called C-test in advance . This is a placement test with which the general language skills of the students are determined.
construction
The FFA in Münster extends for each of the legal languages offered over four semesters with a total of 18 hours per week. This includes three language courses and five legal lectures, as well as one course from the elective area (so-called supplementary course).
In the first and second semester, technical language skills as well as legal and regional knowledge are taught. There are introductory events in the respective state law and an overview of the largest areas of law. The courses in the second stage of study (third and fourth semester) build on those of the first stage and convey in-depth general and specialist language skills. Each lecture concludes with a written partial examination. At the end of the FFA there is also an oral exam.
Abroad
Programs comparable to the FFA are difficult to find abroad. Many universities offer training in German law in the form of a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) or Master of Laws (LL.M.) course.
Individual evidence
- ^ Archive link ( Memento from March 1, 2015 in the Internet Archive ).
- ↑ http://www.uni-goettingen.de/de/77313.html .
- ^ Archive link ( Memento from July 13, 2013 in the Internet Archive ).
- ^ Archive link ( Memento from July 8, 2010 in the Internet Archive ).
- ↑ http://www.jura.uni-osnabrueck.de/studium/ffa/aktuelles.html .
- ↑ http://www.jura.uni-potsdam.de/international/fremdsprach/ .
- ↑ http://www.jura.uni-halle.de/studium_lehre/163899/lehre_ws_2006_2007/fremdsprachausbildung/ .
- ↑ http://www.jura.uni-kiel.de/de/StuPrue/ffazertifikat .
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento from December 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive ).
- ↑ http://www.juratage.uni-bayreuth.de/de/Jura_in_Bayreuth/Ssprache/index.html ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ).
- ^ Archive link ( Memento from May 6, 2015 in the Internet Archive ).
- ↑ http://www.jura.uni-muenchen.de/fakultaet/fachsprachenzentrum/ffa.html .
- ↑ http://www.uni-trier.de/index.php?id=37841 .
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento from May 30, 2015 in the Internet Archive ).
- ↑ http://www.jura.uni-heidelberg.de/studium/internationales/fremdsprachige_veranstaltungen.html .
- ↑ https://rsf.uni-greifswald.de/storages/uni-egoswald/fakultaet/rsf/arb-gr/sprachausbildung/02-fle-all-survey-new-2008-101116.pdf
- ↑ Foreign language program: Bucerius Law School. In: www.law-school.de. Retrieved December 9, 2016 .
- ↑ ZfI RUB: Center for International Affairs. Retrieved November 25, 2018 .