The DaZ/DaF working group investigates how German is acquired, learnt and taught in a multilingual context.

Academic courses in DaZ/DaF can be taken as part of the BA programme in Linguistics, Literature and Cultural Studies, the MA programme in European Languages (EuroS), and the teacher training programmes in German (State Examination), as part of the extension subject German as a Second Language (EF DaZ), and, from the 2024/25 winter semester onwards, also in the newly developed certificate programme ‘German in the Context of Multilingualism’.

The Lehrzentrum Sprachen und Kulturen (LSK) offers German language courses at all levels in line with the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) to support students’ studies. These language courses help international students improve their German language skills across all degree programmes, exchange programmes and English-taught Master’s programmes. Particular emphasis is placed on working with subject-specific and academic texts, as well as on academic writing.