Science in Dialogue
Podcast 3: Looking Ahead – The Graz Teaching Competency Model
What defines good teaching today amid the challenges of digitalization, AI, and social change? In the podcast “(A) Look Ahead,” Christian Hofer-Tomberger and Anneliese Rieger-Roschitz explore this question using the Graz Teaching Competence Model as an example, thereby opening up new perspectives on contemporary teaching.
Based on a research project involving around 40 final portfolios, a nuanced understanding of teaching competence emerges, in which the teacher’s personality plays a decisive role. Building on this, the focus shifts to key areas of competence—from methodology and didactics to digitalization and performance assessment.
It becomes clear that teachers are increasingly evolving into facilitators of learning, while AI offers new opportunities for reflective and personalized learning. Terms like “Wreader” point to shifting learning habits, and soft skills as well as intercultural competencies are also gaining importance.
An episode that shows that good teaching is more than ever before, and why it’s worth taking a closer look.
Podcast 2: Looking Ahead – A Thing of the Past or a Laboratory for the Future? University Language Centers Under Scrutiny
In the age of AI, is foreign language instruction still necessary at all? This seemingly simple question lies at the heart of a fascinating podcast conversation between host Stefan Schwar and Daniela Unger-Ullmann, Director of the Language Center at the University of Graz—and the answers are surprising.
It quickly becomes clear that language is far more than translation. It is about relationships, cultural understanding, and nuances that no language-learning app can capture. In this conversation, you will learn why AI does not replace foreign language instruction, but rather makes it more important than ever, which new skills students need today, and how teaching, assessment, and learning are changing as a result.
An inspiring glimpse into the future of language learning, showing why genuine encounters and intercultural exchange remain irreplaceable.
Podcast 1: Looking Ahead
The podcast “Looking Ahead” explores the future of university language centers in light of AI and the consequences of the pandemic. Experts discuss some of the most pressing questions of our time. Will AI replace foreign language teaching? How is technology transforming our understanding of language, and what does this mean for language learning? The role of teachers is shifting from knowledge transmitters to learning facilitators. In times of sensory overload and rapid technological change, the podcast advocates conscious reflection rather than blindly following trends. It is perfect for anyone who wants to make meaningful use of AI in learning and believes in the power of language.
LanguageLearningCounselling
The Individual LanguageLearningCounselling project aims to establish individual counseling for language learning at treffpunkt sprachen. The use of resource and target oriented counseling enables more efficient achievement of personal learning goals and the development of new possibilities and approaches to autonomous language learning.
Christian Hofer-Tomberger in conversation with Valerie-Therese Taus
