Bärbel Diehr, Author at Hallet's Language Learning Log

Internationalisation online: teacher education across the globe

The University of Wuppertal offers a long-standing PrimA (Praktikum im Ausland = school placement abroad) programme in teacher education. A lecture that was held on 21 January 2021 as part of the online lecture series Tea Time Thursday at the University of Cologne’s Centre for Teacher Education explores the rationale for and the effect of […]

24. December 2020
Digitization, Language Learning and Communication
Bärbel Diehr
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When the Corona pandemic required schools and universities to provide opportunities for distance learning in March 2020, TEFL lecturers at Wuppertal University faced a double challenge: New forms of digital distance learning for future use in schools had to be developed. At the same time, we had to enable student teachers who could not complete […]

Now – at last – the digitization of teaching and schools is no longer just a matter of policy statements and announcements. The pandemic has forced us to digitize everyday teaching. Now – finally – we are talking very concretely and practically about end devices, video tools and learning platforms, but finally also about their […]

24. August 2019
CLIL, Language Learning and Communication, School and Education
Bärbel Diehr
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The success of Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) is reflected both in the growing demand for bilingual education and in the results of empirical studies. Bilingual learners achieve a significantly higher level of foreign language competence while, at the same time, they acquire subject-specific concepts. In addition, they are provided with excellent opportunities for […]