Julia Königs completed a two-month SCHULWÄRTS! Internship in Beirut from January to March, 2019.
“What I really wanted was the chance to get to know a country, its culture and the people there, and engage in direct exchange with them. The hospitality and warmth people showed me during my internship and in my free time really impressed me. The SCHULWÄRTS! Internship expanded my cultural understanding and enriched the way I deal with diversity in the classroom.”
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Marian H. Bäcker completed a SCHULWÄRTS Internship in Shanghai in March and April 2019.
“What surprised me most about the Chinese school was how everyday school life was structured by ceremonies and rituals. The school’s jump rope competition was one of the highlights of my time there. The entire school gathered in the schoolyard to cheer the teams of jumpers on. The internship has encouraged me to work and gain more experience in an intercultural context and abroad. That’s why I’ll be living in Mexico for the next few years, where I’ve been working at a German school since the beginning of this year.”
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Cecilia Rocha Lima from Brazil is studying mechanical engineering at TU Dortmund.
“The best thing about ‘Studienbrücke’ was the German courses. I was able to broaden my technical vocabulary and get to know people from all over Brazil. I also met one of my best friends there, who is also studying mechanical engineering at TU Dortmund. I really enjoyed the units on German culture. But the very best moment during the programme was when I got accepted to university!”
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Giang Nguyen from Vietnam is studying business informatics at the University of Siegen.
“‘Studienbrücke’ is a very cool programme because it takes place in lots of other countries in addition to Vietnam, so we have a huge cultural network. Along with the German language, we learned a lot of practical skills during the programme, such as how to work well in a team, how to build knowledge in a structured way, and how to give a presentation confidently. My fondest memories are of our ‘Studienbrücke’ teachers; they are the best. They gave us both the greatest motivation to keep learning German and the best possible support.”
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Oleh Bakumenko from Ukraine is studying at the University of Duisburg-Essen.
“My aunt and her family live in Germany and when I visited, I really liked the country and started learning German. My German teacher at school showed me the ‘Studienbrücke’ back then. I made a lot of contacts in the programme that really helped after I moved to Germany – starting with the coordinators at the Goethe-Institut to my friends, who have always supported me. I also met my best friends at the MINT Academy in Göttingen during the programme, and we still do a lot together today.”
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