Winter term

1. Didactics of German and its content, delimitation in relation to other disciplines, definition of didactics of foreign languages

2. The position of didactics in the system of sciences, the structure of foreign language didactics; psychological, pedagogical and linguistic prerequisites for teaching foreign languages (German as a foreign language), relation to general didactics

3. Teaching as interaction I: TEACHER in German language teaching, his role, teaching style, competence, communication and use of L1, the difference between DaF and DaZ approaches (German as a foreign language and German as a second language), forms of teaching

4. Teaching as interaction II: TEACHER in German language teaching, his role, teaching style, competence, communication and use of L1, the difference between DaF and DaZ approach (German as a foreign language and German as a second language), forms of teaching

5. Teaching as interactionIII: THE STUDENT and his variables, the pupil's motivation to learn German as a key factor in the effectiveness of teaching, the possibilities of influencing it, the position of German as a taught subject

6. Teaching as interaction IV: THE STUDENT and his variables, the pupil's motivation to learn German as a key factor in the effectiveness of teaching, the possibilities of influencing it, the position of German as a taught subject

7. Learning styles, strategies and learning techniques, mnemonics

8. Learning objectives: Objectives of teaching German as a foreign language (Lehr-, Lernziele), determination of learning objectives, influence of objectives on the personality of the pupil and teacher, competences

9. Teaching content: curriculum documents, European and national language policy (RVP, SVP, Common European Framework of Reference for Languages)

10. Curriculum and lesson plans, thematic plans, lesson construction and preparation for teaching.

11. Teaching methods - general description and historical development (direct, grammar-translation method)

12. Teaching methods - historical development II (audio-lingual, audio-visual method, communicative approach, post-communicative period, alternative methods)

13. Means and social forms