Erasmus+ funding: Teacher training in Vienna
inlingua Vienna offers specialised training programmes for German teachers in the field of German as a foreign and second language. The programme combines methodology, didactics, cultural studies and contemporary teaching approaches within an international learning environment in Vienna.
The teacher training is aimed at educators, language teachers and education experts who wish to specifically develop their methodological, didactic and intercultural skills. The focus is on practical lesson planning, international professional exchange and the direct application of these skills to participants’ own teaching practice.
inlingua is an experienced Erasmus+ course provider and adheres to the Erasmus+ quality standards for mobility projects (Key Action 1). Participants from EU Member States as well as from Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Turkey, North Macedonia and Serbia can apply for funding through Erasmus+. Applications are submitted by the sending institution or the consortium coordinator.
Erasmus+ Information
OID: E10438124
Course overview
Teacher training (20 teaching units)
A specialised training programme for non-native German teachers with teaching experience who wish to specifically develop their methodological, didactic and cultural skills.
- 15 lessons of 45 minutes’ German language tuition per week
- 5 lessons of 45 minutes’ applied cultural studies and teaching methodology
- Duration: 1 week
- Level: B2 and above
- International groups
- Max. 7 participants
Start dates
3 possible start dates per summer (twice in July, once in August)
Class times
Monday–Friday, 09:00–12:00
Course fees
20 teaching units – EUR 420.00
Group size: 3–7 participants
For groups with fewer participants, the following conditions apply:
1 participant: 10 teaching units
2 participants: 15 teaching units
We are also happy to organize customized professional development programs for individual students or closed groups of German teachers as part of the Erasmus+ program.
Educational Concept
Practical. Interactive. International.
This teacher training programme is based on a participant-centred and interactive approach. Theory and practice are systematically linked to ensure that what is learnt can be directly applied in participants’ own teaching.
The programme focuses on:
- practical workshops
- teaching simulations
- structured reflection
- collegial exchange
- international collaboration
- current didactic approaches
- reflective use of digital media and AI applications
Participants actively contribute their own experiences and benefit from international exchange with colleagues from different education systems.
- Language awareness in the classroom
- linguistic confidence in a professional teaching context
- precise explanation of linguistic structures
- conscious engagement with current linguistic developments
- reflective work with texts and language materials
Culture & Civilisation
- Austrian culture and society
- political, historical and social developments
- contemporary literature and current topics from the German-speaking world
- integration of cultural and regional content into lessons
- Vienna as an extracurricular learning environment