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Master's Programme in German as a Foreign Language / German as a Second Language at Heidelberg University is a 2-year, in-person ma program based in Heidelberg, DE. Tuition is €6,000.
The programme focuses on diagnostic and didactic issues relating to the acquisition and use of German as a Foreign Language / German as a Second Language by children and young people in pre-school and school settings. Students develop specialist skills in psycholinguistics, sociolinguistics and theories of language acquisition, with profiles in German as a Foreign Language or German as a Second Language.
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