German as a Foreign and Second Language in the Vietnamese-German Context

The binational master’s programme in German as a Foreign and Second Language in the Vietnamese-German Context is an integrated binational MA programme with a double degree. It combines the strengths of both participating partners: linguistics and applied linguistics, didactics, cultural studies and test research (Leipzig) with contrastive linguistics, translation studies and intercultural communication (Vietnam). The programme begins in the winter semester. You will study three semesters in Leipzig and one semester at the University of Languages and International Studies (ULIS) at Vietnam National University (VNU) in Hanoi. The period abroad takes place in the second semester of study. In the third semester, you will start your master’s thesis and finish it in the fourth semester.

In addition to the compulsory internship, during the study stay abroad at the ULIS, you must take the following subjects:

Philosophy

Research Methods (in German)

Contrastive Linguistics (in German)

German Semantics

German Pragmatics

Intercultural Communication (in German)

During the study stay abroad at the ULIS, you can also choose to complete coursework in the following subjects:

Fundamentals of Vietnamese Culture

Vietnamese – Language Course 1

Vietnamese – Language Course 2

You can choose freely from the other modules offered by Leipzig University. The only restriction to your choice of elective modules is that you must cover all sub-disciplines (Didactics / Methodology, Linguistics, and Cultural and Linguistic Studies) in the course of your programme.