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Students will be familiarised with multilingualism with English as today's growing language contact phenomenon and multilingual development as a dynamic and complex process. 

In this seminar, English will be analysed as part of today's multilingualism and multilingual systems. Socio- and psycholinguistic aspects as well as educational science perspectives on multilingualism will be discussed. 

theories of language learning, English as a second and third language, factor age in language learning

discussions, group work, presentations

Students are required to attend regularly; presence at the first session, in particular, is mandatory. Other requirements for positive assessment are: language proficiency adequate to the 2nd Abschnitt level, active participation in discussions, presentations (with handout) and a written research paper (stylesheet for linguistics available on Institute’s website.

MA: none

Teacher Training Programme "old" (2001): Positive completion of first part of studies (1. Studienabschnitt).

Due to substantial differences in the allocation of ECTS-Credits in various curricula (teacher training program - BA/MA English and American Studies), the requirements for this course vary. Information will be provided by the instructor at the beginning of the course.