For languages coaches

Go to Stud.IP to the course "S.o.S Studieren ohne Sprachbarrieren".

To Stud.IP

There, select the corresponding sub-event in which you would like to become active as a coach:

Seminar: SOS - Studium | Sprachcoaches [WS 2022/23]

Seminar: SOS - Workshops | Kulturcoaches [WS 2022/23] (only students of faculty 6)

In Stud.IP enter the course (lecture / seminar / practical training etc.) in which you would like to become active as a coach. You can enter up to three courses.

Ideally, as a language coach, you will offer support in the courses you are attending in the current semester in order to reinforce the shared learning experience. However, you can also indicate courses that you have already taken in previous semesters.

Culture coaches come from Faculty 6 and are supervised by the German as a Foreign Language department. For further information, please contact the colleagues in the German as a Foreign Language Department:

Go to German as a Foreign Language(German)

Choose a suitable date in Stud.IP for the two-part preparation course. Participation is compulsory for all language coaches.

In the preparation courses your intercultural skills are trained. In addition, you will be sensitised to linguistic / technical language challenges and receive organisational tips on how to lead your learning groups and how to run the S.o.S. programme.

• After the preparatory courses the learning groups are activated in the Stud.IP event. The learning groups carry the title of the event which the language coaches have chosen as a coaching event.

• The international students can select a suitable learning group based on the titles. The language coach supervises about 2 to 5 participants* in one learning group.

• As soon as the learning groups are final, the language coach must organise study meetings. These meetings can take place online or in personal exchange in accordance with the current Corona Protection Ordinance.

• At the end of each learning group meeting, the language coaches prepare a short protocol.

Approximately six to eight weeks after the start of the learning group meetings, all language coaches meet in a feedback workshop to exchange experiences with each other and with the staff of the S.o.S. project in order to reflect on the experiences made and to further improve their own coaching skills.

Participation in the feedback workshop is compulsory for all language coaches.

If the learning groups are successfully completed, the language coaches receive four credits in the interdisciplinary professionalisation area. Eight detailed protocols of the study meetings serve as proof. In addition, the employees of the S.o.S. programme observe the learning units at irregular intervals.

The following dates are compulsory for language coaches:

Whole group matching meeting for course A, B and C:

• General meeting FK 1, FK 3 and FK  4 on Tue 15 November 2022, 18:30 HS 66.3 (Foyer E-Tower, Hans-Sommer-Str.66, 1st floor)
• General meeting FK 2, FK 5 and FK 6 on Wed 16 November 2022, 18:30 HS 66.3 (Foyer E-Tower, Hans-Sommer-Str.66, 1st floor)
• Participation in one of the following feedback meeting:
  Course 1:  Sat 17 December 2022, 09:00-12:00 , BW 74.131 (please bring your laptop)
  Course 2:  Sat 17 December 2022, 12:30-15:30, BW 74.131 (please bring your laptop)
  Course 3:  Sat 17 December 2022, 15:45-18:45, BW 74.131 (please bring your laptop)
• Closing event with everyone on Mon 30 January 2023 at 18:30 in the foyer of the E-Tower