Ein integriertes Rhetoriktraining. Ansätze für germanistische Studiengänge im Ausland.
An integrated rhetorics training. Approaches towards Germanist studies abroad.

Summary/Abstract: The Bologna Accords have introduced a series of changes which aimed to restructure education and led to the creation of the European Higher Education Area. One of the effects brought about by the Bologna Accord is a decrease of significance of scientific research at the BA level. Numerous academic courses, German philology included, are torn between their traditional teaching methods and orientation towards practical aspects. In order to resolve this conflict, one should address the question of what content needs to be introduced into the syllabus of German philology studies so as to minimise this clash. A considerable deficit can be observed among other fields also in the domain of rhetoric, which is understood here as a skill of intentional goal-oriented communication ranging from monologue to dialogue and including presentations, reports (monologue) as well as discussions and debates (dialogue). The following paper attempts to highlight the most important aspects of rhetorical education and to propose preliminary didactic and methodological solutions that could be implemented in German philology courses.

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