Languages connect people

Course:

Children read for the future

Reading didactics in a multilingual context

Admission requirements

STEOP, Children discover the world of written language

Semester: 6

Orientation

Cultural techniques

Focus

Languages connect people

Aim

Students deepen their basic knowledge of reading and reading didactics in a multilingual context. They develop a deeper understanding of Austria's linguistic and cultural diversity in a globalised world, the connection between languages, cultures and identities and their significance for democratic, multilingual and diverse societies. On the basis of reading diagnostics, they examine and design materials for differentiated reading lessons. The focus is on individualised reading promotion, the development of reading comprehension through the efficient use of reading strategies and the strengthening of reading motivation. Students test a variety of didactic and methodological concepts for text- and media-specific reading in interdisciplinary lessons to develop advanced reading skills, including extracurricular learning centres.

Content

• Reading didactics in a multilingual context, development of advanced reading skills
• Raising awareness of linguistic and cultural diversity in Austria, Europe and the world
• Deepening knowledge about the importance of the connection between languages, cultures and identities for participation in democratic, multilingual, diverse societies
• Reading diagnostics as a basis for systematic reading promotion
• Use of reading strategies to deepen reading comprehension
• Creative and intermedia approaches to reading
• Didactic-methodical concepts and practical implementation options for language- and gender-sensitive reading lessons
• Utilisation of extracurricular learning locations as primary experience locations for reading as a cultural technique for social participation and reading motivation