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When you choose to study German at Temple you have the following options to choose from:
Any one of these options will prepare you with the tools you will need to succeed in an increasingly multicultural society. If your question is not answered by this website please feel free to contact us. Description of the German Department at Temple Our Department has been 'im Aufschwung' (on the upsurge) lately, adding many new students, as majors, minors, certificate candidates, etc..Recently we completely revised our curriculum, revising most of the courses, adding some new, exciting offerings, and, generally modernizing the inventory. Our thrust in all courses is a communicative approach with emphasis on speaking and comprehension, but with appropriate use of the reading, interpretation, writing and research skills.We try to employ technology as much as possible to support teaching and learning, thus a heavy emphasis on the use of our Blackboard course management system.In addition to a state-of-the-art curriculum, we have a very broad array of extra-curricular activities to expand the program for any interested student:Delta Phi Alpha Chapter Nation Honorary German Society with over 25 membersTemple German Society (active pursuit of German Language & Culture outside the classroomTemple in Leipzig Summer Intensive German Program at the InterDaf am Herder Institut of the University of Leipzig..this is our 3rd successful year and have 26 students enrolled in the program from Temple Semester or year abroad programs in either Hamburg or TuebingenPeer teaching for interested advanced students (they participate as Referendar/innen in the course)many on and off campus projects and activitiesWe have had just this year a number of scholarship and assistantship recipients in German:five (5)! Fulbright post graduate assistantships in Germany;a dozen major scholarship recipients, including: the yearly Delta Phi Alpha National scholarship, German Society of PA scholarships, University scholarships, etc....As you can see we have been very successful here in the last few years in promoting the program, attracting top flight students, and reaching the highest levels of achievement.Our staff, although small right now, is outstanding and has proven itself adept particularly with the basic courses and helping students to reach the highest levels of proficiency, but with admirable academic credentials. German Co-Chair is Prof. Margaret Devinney (just published on German Mythology) Prof. Istvan Varkonyi (now director of the Intellectual Heritage Program) is noted for his expertise in Central European Language, Literature & Culture Prof. Katrin Holzhaus is a graduate of Leipzig University herself, a native of Chemnitz with a specialty in 2nd Language Education Prof. Stella Gevorgyan-Ninness is a Ph.D.graduate of Bamberg University; Prof. Renate Losoncy is a native of Austria; Prof. Kordula Segler-Stahl; Prof. Urszula Pasterkiewicz; Prof. Karen Purdy We do feature a department web site, which is periodically updated. We have also established a Temple German Listserv Forum to pass along updates on activities and on German Culture & Life in general. If anyone would like, they could be added to this site, and could always delete themselves at any time. go to: http://listserv.temple.edu/archives/germanclub.html We hope this brief description will serve to answer questions about the Temple German Department.
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