This course introduces candidates to various types of oral communication. It aims at equipping them with the basic skills needed for academic presentations as well as for career presentations 

Gender Mainstreaming is a globally accepted strategy for promoting gender equality. Gender mainstreaming in academia involves ensuring that gender perspectives and attention to the goal of gender equality are central to all activities of teaching, research and university administration.

• Die formale Struktur einer wissenschaftlichen Arbeit (Aufbau, Einleitung, Schluss, Literaturverzeichnis).
• Recherchieren und Einarbeiten von Sekundärliteratur (Zusammenfassung, Paraphrase, Zitat).
• Wissenschaftliches Argumentieren (Fakten, Hypothesen, Urteile).
• Wissenschaftssprache (mit praktischen Übungen)

At a time where celebrities like the Former German Defense Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg were obliged to step back from their office because of allegations of plagiarism in their Ph.D. the awareness of the importance of Ethics in Science has come strongly into focus.

· Einführung in die Methodik und Didaktik des DaF-Unterrichts im Hinblick auf die Fertigkeit Schreiben/Textproduktion 

· Phasen des Schreibprozesses im DaF-Unterricht

· Übungstypologie der Fertigkeit Schreiben/Textproduktion

· Einführung in die Methodik und Didaktik des DaF-Unterrichts im Hinblick auf die Fertigkeit Leseverstehen 

· Differenzierung in globales, selektives und intensives Leseverstehen

· Übungstypologie der Fertigkeit Leseverstehen

· Einführung in die Methodik und Didaktik des DaF-Unterrichts im Hinblick auf die Fertigkeit Sprechen

· Herausforderungen des Sprechens auf Deutsch und seine pädagogisch-didaktischen Konsequenzen für den Daf-Unterricht  

· Übungstypologie der Fertigkeit Sprechen

· Einführung in die Methodik und Didaktik des DaF-Unterrichts im Hinblick auf die Fertigkeit Hörverstehen

· Differenzierung in globales, selektives und intensives Hörverstehen

· Didaktik des Aufbaus von Hörverstehens-Übungen

· Praktische Anwendungen

Teamwork happens whenever a group of people works together towards a common goal. Herein each person subordinates his or her individual interests and opinions to the unity and efficiency of the group. While the person is still important, teamwork goes beyond the accomplishments of each individual.

Do you have the potential to be a trainer, but don’t know where to start? Do you already deliver workshops but you need to enhance your training skills? Are you aiming at designing an exciting and at the same time effective training course?

• · Participants will be introduced to the concept “Oxford debate”, a structured and regulated form of verbally discussing controversial questions.

  · Participants will be provided with guidelines to formulate and illustrate individual statements during a debate.

• Meaning of change

• Coping with fear and resistance

• The stages of the change process

• Facing future changes 

Constructive feedback is indispensable in bringing about student development and overall improvement in their performance. It provides learners with information on past performances so that future performance can be improved.

• Types of research proposals.
• The research funding call.
• The characteristic of a winning proposal.
• Preparing to write a proposal: what are the steps?
• Working with a team to develop a proposal.
• What happens after submission?
• Editorial matters

Participants get to know a variety of rhetorical techniques to consider in preparation of presentations or speeches. Additionally, they explore the basic components of communication and how to integrate them effectively in their delivery of presentations or speeches.

Internationalization in academic trends is part of the reality of the 21st century. Internationalization includes the policies and practices undertaken by academic systems and institutions—and even individuals—to cope with the global academic environment.