Teaching English in Higher Education

Universities in Europe aim to have a uniform level of outcome for the students to achieve at the end of their English courses. Yet, we find different approaches and systems behind institutions that might affect student’s proficiency. This work will outline how the two systems of the University of Munich (LMU), Germany and the University of Venice (Ca´Foscari) deliver their lectures, how they are structured, but more importantly, how students of both universities engage with the teaching methods. Based on surveys distributed to students from both universities, an analysis of the data will show how much students are engaged with their institution and if they wish their University to apply different systems and methods based on the other University’s system and methods. Not only will this lead us to an overall view of both structures, it will also provide an insight into what students find more efficient and where improvement could be made.