Project DAZHOCHZWEI

Linguistically based language support in the further training of Hessian teachers, BiSS-Transfer Network project Sprachförderprofis

The project DAZHOCHZWEI is a cooperation between the Professorship for German as a Second Language (Goethe University, Prof. Dr. Petra Schulz), the Ministry of Education, Hesse, and the Teacher Academy, Hesse. DAZHOCHZWEI aims at implementing a linguistically based language training for children into the (continuing) education program for primary school teachers in Hesse. The project target:

• professionals who teach the preparatory courses („Vorlaufkurse“) for children that need support in their language development in the last year before primary school,
• teachers in Hessian technical schools for social affairs who train educators in day care centers,
• trainers of German as a second language in Hessian study seminars and iv) experts in school administration.

Since spring 2023, the approach of linguistically based language support has also been implemented as part of the BiSS Transfer Network project Sprachförderprofis and helps to strengthen the skills of participating professionals in language diagnostics and language support.

• Part 1: 06/2021–08/2023
• Part 2: 09/2023–09/2025