Institute for Intercultural Communication
The Institute for Intercultural Communication eV (IIK) offers a variety of German courses: integration and orientation courses, literacy courses, initial orientation courses, courses for women, A1, A2, B2 and C1 courses, job-related language courses and special German courses for foreign doctors and nursing staff. Furthermore, on behalf of the BAMF, the IIK carries out additional qualifications for teachers who are in the above. Teach courses. The IIK offers extensive German courses and addressee-specific materials as well as other professional help online free of charge on its project web portals: German for foreign doctors and nurses, German as the business language in the areas of service, marketing and management. Founded in 1991, the institute has branches in Berlin, Bavaria and Thuringia. Since 2005, the IIK has been an “approved carrier for the promotion of professional development according to the law of employment promotion ”.
Structure and work of the institute
The Institute for Intercultural Communication eV was founded in 1991 in coordination with the IIK Düsseldorf. The majority of the members of the IIK are academics specializing in foreign languages and come from Germany, Algeria, Australia, China, Finland, Slovakia, Spain and the USA.
Fields of work
Teacher training
Institution approved by the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) for additional qualifications for teachers in integration courses, literacy courses and orientation courses
German courses and exams
- German as a foreign language / German as a second language at levels A1 to C1 of the Common European Framework of Reference
- Business German / German specialist courses for the hotel and catering industry as well as tourism
- Special German courses for medical professionals as well as for professionals from industry and trade
- The IIK conducts integration and orientation courses for foreign citizens on behalf of the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees . For these courses, the institute is also authorized to carry out the corresponding final exams: the final test for the orientation course “Living in Germany” and the scaled test for the “German test for immigrants” at level A2 / B1 of the Common European Framework of Reference .
- The IIK is a recognized TestDaF and telc examination center (exam licenses for all levels including job-related German exams).
- TestDaF : Language test as proof of German language skills for studies and academic professions
- DSH entrance exam for university studies in Germany
- National examination center for “The European Consortium for The Certificate of Attainment in Modern Languages” (ECL)
More courses
- Shortened additional qualification for teachers in integration courses
- Full additional qualification for teachers in integration courses
- Full additional qualification of teachers in integration courses with literacy (ZQ Alpha)
Integration courses
- Integration courses for immigrants , EU citizens and repatriates
EU projects ( Socrates program ) / e-learning
The IIK coordinates projects of the European Union or acts as a partner; The majority of the projects are about teaching foreign languages with the help of new media.
Programs:
- Leonardo
- Sokrates (Lingua) - Multimedia CD-ROM for German as an interdisciplinary foreign language
- Socrates (Comenius)
- Phare (Tempus)
- Cooperation with foreign universities for the creation of language teaching and language learning as well as test CD-ROMs
- Cross-sectional program languages - multilateral projects (e.g .: "Multilingual intercultural business communication for Europe")
- Erasmus +
Publications
- Theory of foreign language acquisition
- Advertising communication
- multimedia
- Intercultural communication
- Interactive media
- Brief annotations on teaching and learning materials in the field of German as a foreign language / German as a second language
- Publication list of the association members
- IIK newsletter
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.imed-komm.eu/
- ↑ http://www.mig-komm.eu
- ↑ The corresponding directories of the BAMF are accessible via the page: Archive link ( Memento of the original from October 20, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
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- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from September 2, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from September 2, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://www.iik.de/projekte
- ↑ s. http://www.mig-komm.eu/node/4
- ^ Hahn, Martin / Wazel, Gerhard (eds.): Theory of DaF and DaZ lessons today. (= German as a foreign language under discussion, 7) Frankfurt / M., Berlin, Bern, Bruxelles, New York, Oxford, Vienna, 2011
- ^ Hahn, Martin / Ylönen, Sabine (eds.): Advertising communication in change. Modern marketing in German and Finnish companies. Frankfurt / M., Berlin, Bern, Bruxelles, New York, Oxford, Vienna, 2001
- ^ Hahn, Martin / Künzel, Sebastian / Wazel, Gerhard / Institute for Intercultural Communication eV (Eds.): Multimedia - a new challenge for foreign language teaching. Series: German as a Foreign Language in Discussion. Frankfurt / M., Berlin, Bern, New York, Paris, Vienna, 1996
- ^ Wazel, Gerhard / Institute for Intercultural Communication eV (Ed.): Intercultural communication in business and foreign language teaching. Series: German as a Foreign Language in Discussion. Frankfurt / M., Berlin, Bern, Bruxelles, New York, Oxford, Vienna, 2001
- ^ Schröder, Hartmut / Wazel, Gerhard (eds.): Foreign language learning and interactive media. Series: Workshop series German as a foreign language. Documentation of a colloquium at the European University Viadrina 21.-24. March 1996 Frankfurt (Oder). Frankfurt / M., Berlin, Bern, New York, Paris, Vienna, 1998
- ↑ http://www.iik.de/publikationen/index.html
