Language Center – Methods + Contents

The teaching methodology is grounded in the principles of communicative (speech act-oriented) foreign language teaching, as set out in the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) and implemented in the Examination programs of the Austrian Integration Fund (ÖIF) and the Austrian Language Diploma (ÖSD).

The primary objective is to teach language skills – in the language-productive areas of dialogic and monologic speaking and writing and in the language-receptive areas of listening and reading comprehension. The language of instruction is the target language.

• Instruction in the four language skills: speaking – writing – listening – reading
• Training in vocabulary, grammar and pronunciation
• Individual support
• Constant review of learning progress
• Current issues based on authentic texts
• Implementation of reality-related projects and creative workshops
• Austrian culture studies and literature.

The topics covered in the classroom are chosen on the basis of the CEFR level of the course and the relative teaching materials. In any case, however, instructors will take into account the interests and needs of the learners in the class.

In addition, the targeted training of correct pronunciation (phonetics lessons) is ensured by the fact that instructors are exclusively native speakers and is of great importance to us at the language center.