Description:
Studying English in a teaching degree provides
students with the didactic and expert knowledge necessary for teaching at:
- primary schools (L1)
- secondary schools (“Haupt- and Realschulen") (L2)
- secondary schools (“Gymnasium") (L3)
- special schools (L5)
Admission to the
English Studies programme is currently not restricted, though a standardised
certificate of your command of the English language has to be provided before applying.
The programme
focuses on Anglophone culture, literature, history and
language in Great Britain, the United States and other Anglophone countries.
In this context discourses and social codes in Anglophone countries are
analysed in order to recognize, describe and explain their influences on
communication patterns and education. We examine the way(s) different cultural
products, texts and media develop and manifest themselves. At the same time, we
observe the groups and institutions that are involved in these processes.
In addition, students obtain an overview of the transcultural influence of
English literature and culture in a historical context from an
interdisciplinary perspective. Literary and Cultural Studies as well as
linguistics are also a part of the programme. A special focus is set on
the didactics of English language and literature and
research in second language acquisition.
The Department of English and American Studies offers
a broad range of courses in the following areas:
- English literature and literary studies
- English cultural history, social history and the history of ideas
- New Anglophone Literature and cultures (NELK)
- English linguistics
- American literature and literary studies
- American culture and cultural studies
- American history and society
- Research in second language acquisition
- Foreign languages and communication
- Primary teaching
(Further Information: Lehramt Online "LeOn")
Study Regulations:
Examination Office: Akademie für Bildungsforschung und Lehrkräftebildung (ABL)
Hessische Lehrkräfteakademie
