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German in professional situations

Which German skills are required to cope with the language demands of an apprenticeship or within a professional context. How specific do professional language skills need to be, how and where can they be acquired, and how can they be evidenced?
The dossier looks at these questions from different perspectives.

A man and a woman are shown in different professional clothing. © Adobe Stock

  • German for Professionals
     Learning German to Help People

    The latest annual report by the German Expert Council on Integration and Migration clearly shows that the German healthcare system can’t function without skilled personnel from abroad. What language skills do doctors, nurses and other health professionals need to communicate effectively in the workplace?

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  • Specialist language tests for the nursing profession
     “Goethe-Test PRO Pflege” and “telc Deutsch B1·B2 Pflege”

    In order to attract people from abroad to nursing professions in Germany, the first thing you need is adequate proficiency in the language. There are currently two exams that can be used to prove specialist language skills in the healthcare field: “Goethe-Test PRO Pflege” and “telc Deutsch B1·B2 Pflege”.

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  • Tips for German language courses for nurses
     The scenario-technique, Part I

    Successfully using scenarios in vocational German language teaching in a healthcare setting. How can it work? Five tips for using scenarios in job-related German lessons to practice language and communication skills as an aspect of professional competence. Part One: Tips one and two.

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    Scenarios in vocational German language teaching ©Adobe Stock

  • Tips for german language courses for nurses
     The scenario-Technique, Part II

    Successfully using scenarios in vocational German language teaching in a healthcare setting. How can it work? Five tips for using scenarios in job-related German lessons to practice language and communication skills as an aspect of professional competence. Part Two: Tips three to five.

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  • "My Way to Germany" web portal
     Four Tips on teaching German to skilled workers from abroad

    The Goethe-Institut's "My Way to Germany" web portal provides German language exercises as well as useful information about living and working in Germany. We show four ways in which teachers of German as a foreign language can use the collection of materials for their teaching and independent learning.

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    Online support on the way to Germany Flo Karr © Unsplash

  • Recognition of qualifications
    Orientation in the bureaucratic jungle

    Will a foreign electrician’s qualifications be recognized in Germany? Can a doctor from Ghana work in a German hospital? The answers can be found in an official recognition notice.

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  • Teaching German for professional purposes
    The world of work in flux

    More and more employees require at least one foreign language at their workplace. This requires teaching approaches that take workplace communication into account right from the start.

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  • Certify language skills
     German tests for professionals

    The professional context has become an increasingly important component of German tests. Some of these tests have already become established.

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