Welcome to the Department of English | Secondary Education
As part of Cluster Mitte, the Department of English | Secondary Education organises, conducts, and researches the teacher training programme for English in secondary education (BA & MA, see STUDY PROGRAMME). These programmes encompass five main areas: teaching English as a foreign language, literary studies, culture studies, linguistics, and language proficiency.
Our team at PHOÖ consists of full-time professors, external lecturers and teachers as well as a foreign language assistant. In addition to running the BA and MA programme, the Department of English | Secondary Education is also involved in various research projects across all five areas mentioned above.
Looking back on a 40-year history of English studies in tertiary education, and with over 100 undergraduate students per year, the Department of English | Secondary Education is a dynamic and vibrant place to work and study.
What's On
English Teacher Talks
Keep an eye out for our upcoming English Teacher Talks, an online opportunity to hear from MA students, new and current teachers and PHOO MEd alumni about their research and teaching practice
English Teachers Day Linz
This year's inaugural English Teachers Day in Linz, brought together 130 English teachers for a dynamic day of professional development and exchange. With workshops on responding to heterogeneity in the classroom, harnessing graphic novels, songs, and fandom in teaching, multimodal storytelling and using AI to support your teaching, the event offered fresh perspectives on ELT. Keep an eye out for next year's event, around St Patrick's Day.
Annual Conference AAAS
The annual conference of the Austrian Association for American Studies will take place for the first time in Linz from 5.-7.11.2026. The conference theme “Critical Media Analysis, Participatory Culture, and New Textualities: American Studies through a Digital Lens” will be hosted by both the PHOÖ and the PHDL.
More information here!
ELT Forum Newsletter
If you would like to stay in touch about English Langauge Teaching professional development and networking opportunities and useful resources for English language teachers in Cluster Mitte and beyond, please sign up for our English Language Teaching Forum Newsletter.
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