BIKA - Bilingual Kassel
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What is BIKA?
BilingualKassel(BIKA) is a study-accompanying, supplementary specialization module on bilingual teaching and learning at the University of Kassel. It is offered in the departments 02 Humanities and Cultural Studies and 05 Social Sciences by the two departments Foreign Language Teaching and Learning Research and Intercultural Communication and Didactics of History. Upon successful completion of this module, participants receive the BIKA certificate.
Since the winter semester 2004/2005, BIKA Kassel has been continuously developed and implemented by Prof. Dr. Claudia Finkbeiner (Foreign Language Teaching and Learning Research and Intercultural Communication) and since 2011 by Prof. Dr. Christine Pflüger (Didactics of History) in research and teaching of the respective departments in close cooperation.
BIKA (Bilingual Kassel)
Since the 2011/12 school year, bilingual teaching in history (and other subjects) has been an integral part of the Hessian core curricula for all types of schools. A qualifying continuing education program is therefore urgently needed in this area.
The BIKA certificate offers you:
- an additional professional profile in the field of bilingual teaching and learning
- a unique selling point and a qualification advantage
BIKA Kassel is designed as an additional module (independent of the module study regulations). It contains three modules that can be handled flexibly:
- Submodule 1: Fundamentals of bilingual teaching and learning (4 SWS).
- Submodule 2: In-depth courses in the field of bilingual teaching and learning (4 SWS).
- Submodule 3: Practical school studies: Bilingual teaching and learning (3 SWS)
In each of the three modules, students will write a term paper that meets the standards of academic work.
Workshops on bilingual teaching and learning and internships at bilingual schools and at partner schools abroad with a bilingual focus are recognized.
Students can participate in the specialization module "Bilingual Education":
- Students of the University of Kassel who
- study one foreign language (English/ French/ Spanish) and one subject (e.g. history, PoWi, sports)
- are studying two subjects, but demonstrate very good foreign language skills (e.g. TOEFL test, etc.)
- study two languages, but intend to add another subject
- teachers at schools or students of other universities as guest students
The certificate was developed by Prof. Dr. Claudia Finkbeiner and Dr. Sylvia Fehling together with Mr. Wolfgang Gabler and Ms. Ursula Uzerli and implemented from the winter semester 2004/2005 in the Department of Foreign Language Teaching and Learning Research& Intercultural Communication at the Institute of English Studies/American Studies of the Faculty 02. Within the framework of a teaching innovation project from 2011 to 2014, the subject area of Didactics of History (Prof. Dr. Christine Pflüger) and as an additional language French were integrated into the certificate. Between 2014 and 2018, Prof. Dr. Bernd Tesch was involved with the subject area of Foreign Language Teaching and Learning Research: Didactics of French and Spanish at BIKA Kassel. Since 2012, OStR Stephan Oppelt has taken over the coordination for BIKA.