TTC Tychy
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| Teacher Training College of Foreign Languages in Tychy | |
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al. Niepodległości 32 43-100 Tychy Poland 50°7′9″N 18°59′14″E / 50.11917°N 18.98722°E | |
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| Type | State college |
| Established | 1990 |
School district | Silesia |
Principal | Ewa Fic[citation needed] |
| Enrollment | 200 |
| Website | http://www.tyskiekolegium.pl/ |
Teacher Training College of Foreign Languages in Tychy (TTC Tychy, Polish: Nauczycielskie Kolegium Języków Obcych w Tychach) is a Polish state college established in 1990.[citation needed] It trains teachers of English and German under the pedagogical guidance of the University of Silesia in Katowice.
Education in the college continues for three years and finishes with a diploma dissertation. The graduates are entitled to take the licencjat exam at the University of Silesia.[citation needed] Once the graduates obtain the licencjat degree they are eligible to pursue a two-year Master of Arts degree.
Background
[edit]In 1990 TTC Tychy was the first institution offering higher education in Tychy. It was established to provide foreign language teachers, needed in the newly reformed Polish schools.[citation needed]
The college is located at al. Niepodległości 32. Up to 200 students can study there during the academic year enjoying, among other things, a modern language-lab, a multi-media lecture room, extensive specialist library, a language-teaching oriented computer lab and a gym.
TTC Tychy organizes Tyski Konkurs Języka Angielskiego i Języka Niemieckiego (a foreign language competition) for high school students, and several other events associated with foreign language teaching/learning.