Studies & Teaching

Studies & teaching

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Courses in the 2025 summer semester

HERE you will find a brief, up-to-date overview of all courses offered in English Didactics in the current semester or, during the lecture-free period, in the coming semester.

If you would like to know which online elective modules offered by the Professorship are available through the Bavarian Virtual University (VHB), please click HERE.

Program structure for English Didactics

HERE you can find an overview of the entire program structure for English Didactics.

Internships

In the 6th semester, the study-related internship Teaching Practice 2 (UP2) or Teaching Practice B (UP B – for students with school psychology RS/Gym) is regularly scheduled in accordance with the teacher training regulations (LPO).

English as so called “Unterrichtsfach” is usually chosen as the focus and is covered in particular depth. UP2 or UP B consists of active observation at a school (usually from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.), a two-hour accompanying university seminar on English teaching, which is supplemented by exercises to prepare for lessons. The mentioned accompanying university seminar as so called "Schwerpunkt” is also attended by all students who have English in the subject combination GS/MS (triple didactics).

IMPORTANT: Starting in the 2026 summer semester, the study-accompanying internship U2 English can only be completed in the summer semester. This corresponds to the 6th semester in the regular program structure.

The corresponding seminar MUST be taken in the same semester as the internship in order to ensure professional subject-specific didactic support.

The following also applies to students studying to become teachers at Realschule and Gymnasium: Registration for the internship must take place in the spring before the respective summer semester. Please inform yourself about the registration deadlines in good time.

The LehramtPRO module can be taken starting in the 4th semester. Starting in the 20/21 winter semester, the subject-specific didactics for English will be covered by the course “LehramtPro English,” which allows students to try out online English lessons at local, regional, or international/global partner schools.

Students who began their studies before the 2022/2023 winter semester should attend the LehramtPRO English seminar as an accompanying seminar to Teaching Practice 3 with a focus on subject-specific teaching/second language, or students of the subject School Psychology RS/Gym should attend as an accompanying seminar to their didactic school internship (Teaching Practice A).

You can find more detailed information on the integration of theory and practice at the Professorship HERE.

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Guidelines of the Professorship for writing academic papers

1. Are you planning to write a BA or MA thesis (or qualification paper) in English didactics?

Then first write a brief, informative exposé (approx. 4 pages) with the following content: 1. Precise description of the topic, 2. Draft of an academic question, 3. Planned research method, 4. Work structure/table of contents, 5. Preliminary bibliography from your initial literature review, and 6. A preliminary schedule. With this, you can come to the office hours of your desired advisor. Once everything has been approved, register your thesis. Please note: Supervision of your thesis will only begin after you have officially registered. The assessment scheme for BA/ZA and MA theses can be viewedHERE. The minimum length of a ZA/BA thesis is 50 pages of text without illustrations, literature, etc., and the minimum length of an MA thesis is 80 pages of text.

2. Would you like to obtain a doctoral degree or qualify as a professor?

Then first check HERE to see whether you meet the essential formal requirements. Then write an exposé (see previous link) and arrange an appointment with the head professor.

ALL scientific subject-specific didactic papers are written in a uniform APA 7 style (American Psychological Association) in English subject didactics. You can find a style sheet HERE. These tools may be helpful for your research.

Participation in the weekly colloquium “Lab Hour” is mandatory for all authors of English teaching papers.