Teacher training in German language and literature (in combination)

A graduate of the Master's degree in Teacher Education, German Language and Literature (combined) is qualified to be a teacher of German at lower and upper secondary level. He or she has a sound and extensive knowledge of German in terms of linguistic and communicative competence on the basis of mastery of the units of all levels of the language, their structure and functioning in speech, a good command of the linguistic norms, fluent oral and written communication at an appropriate level, the production of texts that are adequate in terms of content, theme and intention, and an understanding of the information received in different stylistic formats and text types. Possesses an extensive vocabulary, word-formation and sentence patterns that enable linguistic creativity in the production and reception of text. In communication, he/she is able to combine knowledge about his/her own country and German-speaking countries as well as knowledge about the world into meaningful and linguistically correct spoken and written texts and to understand such linguistic products. On this basis, he is appropriately creative, didactically and methodologically inventive and innovative with a view to achieving a high level of effect in his own pedagogical work or in work outside the sphere of teaching/education.

He is proficient in the basic content of pedagogical and psychological disciplines, didactics and methodology of language teaching and is able to design and implement teaching, analyse the teaching process and innovate it. He/she is able to adapt educational programmes and their variants in the teaching components of the subject to the specific abilities and interests of the pupils, the conditions of the class and the type of school. Knows and uses modern didactic technology, information technology and can support and develop pupils' information literacy. Transforms and incorporates up-to-date information about the life and culture of the countries of the German-speaking area into the classroom. He or she is equipped with knowledge of the earlier developmental stages of the German language and is familiar with the history, culture, music and architectural works of the German-speaking countries, which, together with the history of literature from the earliest written documents up to the present day, constitutes such a fund of knowledge and insight that a graduate of German studies can successfully apply himself or herself to a wide range of intellectually demanding professions beyond the teaching profession. He or she uses the foreign and mother tongue to learn more deeply about other cultures, to acquaint foreigners with our cultural and other values, and to communicate our country with the world.

Knows the trends, personalities and works of literature of German-speaking countries, knows the terminology of literary science (theory of literature) and the instrumentarium of stylistics and textual linguistics, which enables him/her to adequately analyze and interpret a literary work in terms of theme, motifs, style and aesthetic values, or to reflect on contemporary issues and write about them.

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The basic condition for admission to study according to master's study programmes (second degree of higher education within the meaning of Section 53 of Act No. 131/2002 Coll. on higher education) is the completion of the first degree study programme.

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A candidate may be admitted to a master's study programme without an entrance examination if the master's study programme is a continuation of a bachelor's study programme in the given field of study and the candidate has passed the state examination in subjects equivalent to the subjects of the state examination of the corresponding bachelor's study programme at the Faculty of Arts of the University of Prešov.

1. The basic condition of admission to studies according to master study programmes (the second degree of university studies according to the Article 53 of the Act) is the completion of the study programme of the first degree.

2. Applicants for master study programme will be admitted without an entrance exam, if the master study programme is a continuation of the bachelor study programme in the given study field and if the applicant passed the state exam from subjects equivalent to subjects of the state exam corresponding with the bachelor study programme at the faculty and if their weighted study average during bachelor study did not exceed the limit of 2.5.

Faculty Coordinator Doc. Mgr. Michaela Skyba, PhD.

Contact: michaela.skyba@unipo.sk

applicants can submit a maximum of two application forms to studies at the Faculty of Arts of the University of Prešov in Prešov indicating one study programme on one application;

applicants will pay the fee using the postal money order of type U, the receipt confirming the payment needs to be glued on page 3 of the application form;

application forms without a receipt confirming the payment of the fee will not be accepted;

basic data needed to carry out a cross-border transfer through the SWIFT network:  Swift address of the bank:  SUBASKBX, Account number of the payment recipient or the Account number of the State Treasury client in the IBAN format:  SK  87  8180  0000 0070  0007  8205;  name of the bank:  Štátna  pokladnica,  Ul.  Radlinského  32,  010  05 Bratislava 15; unabbreviated name and address of the payment recipient, State Treasury client: Filozofická fakulta Prešovskej univerzity v Prešove, Ul. 17. novembra 1, Prešov, 080 78, purpose of payment: fee VS 101000401

applicants will thoroughly fill out the first and the second page of the application form and will have the physician confirm their ability to studies on the application form (expressed in words, a signature and a stamp of the physician is not enough);

applicant who have not completed their Bachelor study at the Faculty of Arts of the University of Prešov will attach to the application form their CV and verified photocopies of documents confirming completed studies (university diploma, state exam certificate, addenda to diploma). Photocopies not officially verified will not be accepted.

applicants with modified work ability will submit with the application form an evaluation issued by the evaluation committee;

application form to studies can be send also by such an applicant who have not yet taken bachelor state exam and can not indicate in the relevant part having passed the exam. Such applicant will submit a document on taking much exam additionally, no later than by a deadline set by the faculty. If the applicant does not submit such document, he/she can not be admitted to studies.

in case that fewer applicants than the minimum set number apply to a certain study programme (i.e. at least 15), the dean may decide not to open the programme in the given academic year and will announce it to the applicants and will asks them to change the study programme. In case that the applicant does not accept the offer, the faculty will return him/her the fee for admission procedure in full amount.

During the admission procedure, the Faculty of Arts follows internal regulation "Principles of admission procedure at the Faculty of Arts at the University of Prešov in Prešov" issued by the Academic Senate of the Faculty of Arts in Prešov on September 16, 2009.

without an entrance exam or a written knowledge test

Knowledge written test by choice of combination:

• Teaching English language and literature combined: English language, British and American literature;
• Teaching of history combined: general history, Slovak history;
• teaching of aesthetics in combination: history and theory of aesthetics, history, theory and aesthetics of a selected type of art;
• teaching of ethics in combination: history of philosophy and ethics, systematic ethics;
• teaching philosophy in combination: history of philosophy, systematic philosophy;
• Teaching of German language and literature combined: German language, German literature;
• Teaching of Russian language and literature combined: Russian language and didactics of Russian language teaching, Russian literature;
• Teaching of Slovak language and literature in combination: Slovak language, Slovak literature;
• teaching of Ukrainian language and literature combined: Ukrainian language, Ukrainian literature;
• teaching of education for citizenship in combination: history of philosophy, general economic theory, sociology, basics of the theory of state and law, constitutional law.

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Bank:State Treasury

IBAN account number: SK87 8180 0000 0070 0007 8205

SWIFT: SPSRSKBA

Variable Symbol: 10100041

Address for sending the fee and application form: University of Prešov, Faculty of Arts, ul. 17. novembra 1, 080 78 Prešov

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