Student orientation summer term 2021 - Welcome!

Student orientation
summer term 2021
      Welcome!

The English department
• Prof. Andreas Müller-Hartmann: Teaching
  English as a Foreign Language (TEFL),
  American Cultural Studies and American
  Literature; chair of the English
  department
• Prof. Jutta Rymarczyk: TEFL, Linguistics
• Prof. Karin Vogt: British and Irish Cultural
  Studies, British and Irish Literature,
  TEFL

The English department
• Veronika Fröhlich: American Studies, acquisition
  of English language and culture, writing,
  preparation for final exams
• Anna Hantz: American Literature, American
  Cultural Studies, TEFL
• Sandra Jankovic: TEFL Primary
• Dr. Kristen Nawrotzki: TEFL, American Studies,
  preparation for final exams
• Dr.Tanyasha Yearwood: TEFL, Cultural Studies,
  Business English
• Sam Jones and Kathleen Schöberl as part-time
  lecturers

Website and noticeboard
• Check out our website:
  http://www.ph-heidelberg.de/englisch/aktuelles.html
• Keep yourself posted on latest news online and on the
  noticeboard on the first floor opposite A115
• More information on courses etc. online and on stud.ip
  (register with your user name and password)
• Make sure to subscribe to our mailing list for all English
  students. To subscribe go to our website
  (https://www.ph-heidelberg.de/englisch/), then choose
  „Aktuelles“, then „Mailingliste“.

We communicate via e-mail! →check your e-mails regularly!

Work hard, play hard!
• We are interested in providing a first-class
  education
• A good English teacher needs an excellent
  command of the language and a good teaching
  competence
• Services we provide: Writing Centre, Didaktische
  Werkstatt Sprachen (A310), Self-access center
  for learning languages (A 308), tutorials for all
  introductory courses, remedial courses

Stay abroad
• We expect you to go abroad (see MHB)
• We think this is absolutely necessary for your
  professional development
• Is the experience of a lifetime
• At partner universities in the USA, UK, Canada,
  Australia
• Teaching practice at schools in Wales and Ireland,
  funded by the EU /DAAD or as a teaching
  assistant
• Other forms possible
• Watch out for the information sessions and for
  our International Stand (poster in front of
  A121)!

Modulhandbücher
     (Studienordnung)
You find all MHBs here:
http://www.ph-heidelberg.de/studium/im-
 studium-alt/download-
 center/studienbuero/lehramtsbezogene-
 bachelorstudiengaenge-ab-ws-201516.html

Basismodul 1
BM 1 consists of 3 courses, all of which are
central for the written part of the
intermediate exam (Vorprüfung):
  – Introduction to the English Language
  – The Teaching of English as a Foreign
    Language (primary / secondary)
  – Introduction to Literary Studies

Basismodul 1:
     Introduction to the English Language

Di      14.15 –      Online       Rymarczyk,
        15.45                     J.

     Please sign up for the course on StudIP
     by Friday, April 9th.

Basismodul 1: Introduction to Teaching
English as a Foreign Language Primary /
  Secondary (RS/ HS/Special Needs)
Thur 14.15-15.45 Online           Müller-
                                  Hartmann, A.
Fri     14.15-15.45 Online        Jankovic, S.

Please sign up for both courses on stud-ip.

Basismodul 1: Introduction to Literary
               Studies
Mon 10.15-11.45 online       A. Hantz

Fri    10.15-11.45 online        A. Hantz

Please sign up for the course of your choice on
stud-ip.

Basismodul 2 (Secondary/Special Needs)
     Vertiefungsmodul 1 (Primary)

    Both modules cover the two following courses:
    – Introduction to Cultural Studies
    – Acquisition of English Language and Culture

 → Oral part of the intermediate exam (Vorprüfung)

 Remedial courses: help for you to pass the oral part
 of the exam
 We are going to have short interviews (10 min. – just
   to check your present competence level).We are
   going to be in touch with you about this.

Basismodul 2 (Sek. I/SoPäd)
   Vertiefungsmodul 1 (Primary)
                       Interview
     passed                                     failed

Attend Acquisition →          Attend remedial course:
                              1. Phonetics and Idiomatic English
oral exam in this
                                  (Fröhlich)
course                            Wed. 14.15-15.45 (online)
                              2. Remedial Grammar (Schöberl)
                                   Wed. 10.15-11.45 (online)
                              3. Vocabulary Building (Schöberl)
                                   Mon 18.15-19.45 (online)

                                   Attend Acquisition →
                                   oral exam in this
                                   course

Stammdatenblätter
• Our way to keep track of your marks
• Kept in Ms Holweck‘s office
• Need to be updated whenever you
  change your e-mail, address, and/or
  phone number!
• → will be filled in when you take your
  interview

Vertiefungsmodule onwards
• Generally you sign up for courses on
  stud.ip
• Service for writing papers etc.:
  Writing Centre
• Hauptseminare; pre-tasks with some
  seminars
• Task-based seminar important for
  final exam (BA Secondary)

Student representatives
• Organise events
• Fight for your rights
• Are a nice bunch of people
• Have an office in A126
• Look forward to welcoming you as a
  member
• Drop them a line at
  englischfphhd@outlook.de

Extracurricular activities

Guest lectures and
 author‘s readings

You are going to get further
information once classes have finally
started on April 12th. Please, regularly
check the PH website for information
on regulations due to the Corona
pandemic.

Have a good start to the
summer term 2021 despite
    any stupid virus!

        The English Department