Subject didactics
Subject-specific didactics is the mediating authority between the findings of the subject-specific sciences and their target group-oriented preparation for the school setting. Language teaching and learning research forms the basis for the methodological and didactic training of students who will become teachers of Romance languages.
Theoretical and practical knowledge and skills for learning and teaching Italian, French or Spanish as a second language are taught in six compulsory courses. Students are prepared for the complex demands of their future profession in the best possible way, based on research and with a practical orientation. Topics such as multilingualism, European instruments and objectives, standardization, individualization and evaluation are important prerequisites here. They must be taken into account when selecting subject-specific didactic methods and concepts for concrete lesson planning and implementation.
All courses are based on the European Portfolio for Student Teachers of Languages (EPOSTL), which supports and accompanies students in reflecting on their own learning process.
At the end of the degree course, students who wish to focus more intensively on the link between research and practice have the opportunity to write a Master's thesis in the field of language teaching research and didactics.
Multilingualism, migration and cultural transformation
Today, they are the norm rather than the exception: societies characterized by migration, multilingualism and cultural transformation. Linguistic diversity and cultural exchange influence spaces, actors, values, economic, social and political systems.
The website on the focus area provides up-to-date information.
Individual research priorities
The main areas of research in didactics at the Institute of Romance Studies can be found on the researchers' websites (listed in alphabetical order).
| e-mail: Phone:+43 316 380 - 8222 Location:Institut für Romanistik Web: http://homepage.uni-graz.at/de/simona.bartolikucher/ |
| e-mail: Phone:+43 316 380 - 2503 Location:Institut für Romanistik Web: https://homepage.uni-graz.at/de/barbara.hinger/ |
| e-mail: Phone:+43 316 380 - 3845 Location:Institut für Romanistik Web: https://homepage.uni-graz.at/de/elke.hoefler/ |
| e-mail: Phone:+43 316 380 - 2517 Location:Institut für Romanistik Web: https://homepage.uni-graz.at/de/bettina.tengler/ |
Overview of currently supervised dissertations
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Identità plurilingue nella didattica dell'italiano L2 ad apprendenti adulti migranti in contesto formale (Carlotti Elvira, supervisor: Bartoli-Kucher Simona)
- El espanol para mayores - Mixed methods study on the learning processes of second language acquisition of Spanish by older learners (60+) at the Instituto Cervantes in Vienna (Escudero Alegre Andreas Borja, supervisor: Hinger Barbara)
- Teaching values and culture in foreign language teaching. Theoretical considerations and exemplary studies on concepts of Global Citizenship Education in the practice of Styrian schools and universities (Faustmann Stefanie, supervisor: Bartoli-Kucher Simona)
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The learner-language development of the verbal system in the written production of French as a second living foreign language. Empirical findings from the second year of learning at lower secondary level (Tengler Bettina, Supervisor: Hinger Barbara)
Networks, research associations, organisations
Founded in 2007, the ÖGSD (Austrian Society for Language Didactics) promotes and networks academics and practitioners.
The Austrian Association for the European Center for Foreign Languages in Austria acts as an interface between the Council of Europe institution and the Austrian regional authorities.
Homepage of the Department of Didactics at the Department of Romance Studies.