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FAQ

 

Learning a language has many benefits and can serve a wide variety of goals.
Some of them are:

  • Companies and institutions rely on international networking. Foreign language skills help you to have better chances when applying for a job.
  • You can brush up on the foreign language skills you have already learned.
  • Even just learning a few phrases in another language opens doors for native speakers.
  • It is fun to get involved with a new language and thus a new culture.
  • You learn see your own language through different eyes, to recognize parallels and differences to the target language and to use your native language more consciously.

The designation of the language level in the USZ courses is based on the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR).


A1, A2, B1, B2, C1 and C2 are levels described in the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) and help to provide a comparable classification of language skills in different countries.


Partial levels such as A1.1 mean that level A1 has been subdivided once again. You can reach a full level by taking a language course over two semesters.

To assess your own ability, read through the short texts of the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) and rate yourself as best you can.

For a more detailed assessment, please check out our instruction video.

The courses are free of charge for students of Koblenz University. Externals are not allowed to participate.

The courses offered by the Language Learning Center combine the advantages of face-to-face teaching and digital teaching to meet the different life situations and needs of language learners. Therefore, we offer courses in face-to-face format as well as digital and blended learning courses. Blended learning combines e-learning and face-to-face components.

You can find the relevant information on the course you are registering for in your course in KLIPS (see next menu item) on the right-hand side under "Durchführungsart".

You can register for the language courses via KLIPS - here you can find the course program. For this, you need a computer ID ("Rechnerkennung") of the University of Koblenz, which you can only obtain if you are a student at the university. Unfortunately, as a non-student, you cannot take part in the courses offered.


Attention: The registration period for the courses differs from the usual registration periods of the university. You can register four weeks before the lectures beginn. The registration ends one week before the start of the lecture period.

The registration period ends one week before the course starts. Within this week you will find out whether you have been admitted or not.


If you have not been admitted, it is because the course is fully booked. In that case, the participants will be determined by chance. Please note that the time of registration does not play a role in the allocation of places - as long as it is within the registration period.

The language courses are in high demand. If you cannot attend a course, please cancel as soon as possible via e-mail (sprachen@uni-koblenz.de) so that others on the waiting list have a chance.

If you have not received a place in a course or tutorial, 10 waiting list places will be drawn by lot (KLIPS status: WL). If you move up from the waiting list, you will be informed by e-mail.

Please do not show up for the first course date.
Please unsubscribe from the waiting list if you are no longer interested in attending.

For successful participation in a course you can receive a certificate of attendance (no grade/ECTS), or a certificate of achievement (grade/2ECTS -3CTS):


To qualify for a certificate of attendance the requirements are:

  • active participation in the course
  • a maximum of 2 excused days of absence

 

To qualify for a certificate of achievement (grade, ECTS) the following requirements apply:

  • active participation in the course
  • passing an exam (or comparable achievement)
  • a maximum of 2 excused days of absence

 

For successful participation in a tutorial you can receive a certificate of attendance (no grade/ECTS):


To qualify for a certificate of attendance the requirements are:

  • active participation in the tutorial
  • a maximum of 2 excused days of absence

(more information to follow)


We send digital certificates only in case of urgent deadlines.

You must clarify the extent to which credit can be awarded in your respective study program with the contact person there, ideally before participating in the language course.


Credit for the area "Schlüsselkompetenzen" in the "Zwei-Fach-Bachelor" is automatically awarded via KLIPS upon successful participation.

There are currently no courses planned during the semester break.

The Language Learning Center does usually not offer translations.