Professional Training of Foreign Languages Teachers in Austria

• Authors: Olena Byndas
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The features of the Austrian education system, namely different types of schools of compulsory and optional levels and the necessity of qualified teachers needed for teaching in such schools, features of foreign languages teachers’ professional training and their practical availability for service in school, have been observed. The problem of hybridization of vocational training and higher education in Austria, which is the result of close cooperation between academic and vocational training, has been researched. The requirements for knowledge, abilities and skills of applicants to teacher training colleges and universities have been determined. The curriculum of teacher education for students, depending on the chosen type of school, has been analyzed. The features of the two-level training for teachers of foreign languages (German and English) have been analyzed. The importance of pre-vocational work carried out to validate students’ choice of teaching profession has been proved. Requirements for professional practical training in school, for production practical training that future teachers of foreign languages have in manufacturing, processing, service, trade; and for speech practical training abroad have been considered. It is important that a high level of knowledge and successfully completed practical trainings allow graduates of teacher training colleges and universities to qualify not only as a teacher of foreign languages, but also a translator or a guide-interpreter in different areas of service. The analysis has highlighted the promising first-hand ideas of the Austrian system of teacher training, its achievements and aspirations

Keywords

EN

types of schools; vocational training; higher education; hybridization; teacher education; pre-vocational work; training; practical training; teacher of foreign languages

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Comparative Professional Pedagogy
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 4
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 76-83

Dates

published

2014-06-01

online

2014-07-02

Contributors

author

Olena Byndas

• Poltava V.G. Korolenko National Pedagogical University, MES of Ukraine 2 Ostrohradskoho Str., Poltava, 36000, Ukraine

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/rpp-2014-0023