Information for refugees
Learning workshop: Language support for TestDaF preparation
The learning workshop is a place where learners meet outside of their language classes to...
- Review and deepen their understanding of topics
- Do their homework
- Exchange ideas with others
- Motivate each other to work independently
- Promote self-learning skills
Learners are supported by WELCOME assistants, who provide feedback and help with questions and problems.
- How do you benefit from this as a learner?
- How do you benefit from this as an assistant?
- You accompany and support refugees in their TestDaF preparation during your work at the Lernwerkstatt
- You will gain valuable experience and acquire social, communicative and intercultural skills
- You deepen your own language skills
- You will have the opportunity to take part in qualification programmes and continue your education
- You receive support from many sides as you work in a team and are always in contact with the teachers
Individual learning counselling
Part of the learning workshop is individual learning counselling. The aim is to support learners in their learning process. The learning counselling serves as a support for self-learning.
Learners come to the sessions with questions and problems and receive feedback and explanations. In addition, methods and strategies are taught to promote self-learning skills so that learning difficulties can be overcome independently in the future.
Experiences of WELCOME assistants
- Maxi Sander
Bielefeld University "I run the PunktUm debating club and really enjoy working with the participants. I have the opportunity to discuss current and exam-relevant topics with the participants and thus prepare them a little for the oral exam. It is always very interesting to engage in cultural dialogue and learn from each other. Working at PunktUm gives me my first experience of teaching, creating lesson plans and teaching materials. The feedback on my performance helps me to constantly improve and reflect. These experiences will certainly be very helpful for my future appointments."
- Tina & Natalie
"We, Tina and Natalie, have been working as young teaching staff in the PunktUm team since 2018. We find the lively dialogue and interesting discussions with the participants in class exciting. The lessons also give us the opportunity to apply study content directly in practice and to be part of the exam preparation and realisation. Working in the study preparation programme gives us the chance to use alternative teaching methods, such as audio-visual methods, and therefore expands our didactic repertoire. As multipliers between the support staff and the teaching staff, we also gain experience in team communication and organising meetings. This gives us an additional insight into the administrative structures."
- Nora Klimeck
"Working in study preparation for refugee study applications at PunktUm is very varied and exciting. I can gain a lot of experience in the field of German as a second and foreign language. This is particularly helpful for me as I want to become a teacher. In addition to the subject-related content, you also get to know lots of interesting people and their stories."
- Yvonne Eljah Ahmad
"I really enjoyed working in the learning workshop/counselling. The participants were always very friendly and eager to help. You immediately realised that it was very important to them and so it was also very important to me to accompany and support them in achieving their goals in the best possible way. I was also able to expand my own language knowledge and gain experience in counselling, which was good preparation for my future appointment."
