{"id":12553,"date":"2018-12-19T12:22:50","date_gmt":"2018-12-19T17:22:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wll\/?p=12553"},"modified":"2018-12-19T12:22:50","modified_gmt":"2018-12-19T17:22:50","slug":"exploring-german","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wll\/2018\/12\/19\/exploring-german\/","title":{"rendered":"Exploring German"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This semester, the German program held their monthly Kaffeestunde again. Students come together to enjoy coffee\/tea, delicious cookies, and board games, and practice their German skills with one another. In addition, we also invited guests to our meetings in October and November. In October, we invited Study Abroad, as well as a DAAD ambassador, to answer student\u2019s questions about studying abroad in Dresden. And in November, an alumni of the Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange joined us to inform our students about this opportunity to spend a year in Germany.<\/p>\n<p><strong>October 22 &#8211;<\/strong> This semester we started a new Coffee Talk Lecture Series. On October 22<sup>nd<\/sup>, guest speaker Prof. Irene Kacandes from Dartmouth College spoke to us in the beautiful library of the Elie Wiesel Center. The title of her presentation was \u201cAuf der Flucht\/On the Run: Refugees, Migrants, Immigrants \u2013 and a German Studies Professor\u201d. A good number of students attended and a lively discussion followed the presentation.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wll\/files\/2018\/12\/CoffeeTalk_Kacandes-002.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/wll\/files\/2018\/12\/CoffeeTalk_Kacandes-002-636x636.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\" wp-image-12554 aligncenter\" width=\"434\" height=\"434\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wll\/files\/2018\/12\/CoffeeTalk_Kacandes-002-636x636.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wll\/files\/2018\/12\/CoffeeTalk_Kacandes-002-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wll\/files\/2018\/12\/CoffeeTalk_Kacandes-002-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wll\/files\/2018\/12\/CoffeeTalk_Kacandes-002-1024x1024.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 434px) 100vw, 434px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>December 1<\/strong> &#8211; Senior Lecturer Susanne Werk baked Weihnachtspl\u00e4tzchen (German Christmas cookies) with the members of the Global House German cluster. The students then brought some of the cookies for everyone to enjoy at our Weihnachtsfeier.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wll\/files\/2018\/12\/GlobalHouse_cookie-baking-002.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/wll\/files\/2018\/12\/GlobalHouse_cookie-baking-002-636x477.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\" wp-image-12555 aligncenter\" width=\"440\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wll\/files\/2018\/12\/GlobalHouse_cookie-baking-002-636x477.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wll\/files\/2018\/12\/GlobalHouse_cookie-baking-002-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wll\/files\/2018\/12\/GlobalHouse_cookie-baking-002-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 440px) 100vw, 440px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>December 3 &#8211;<\/strong> we held our Weihnachtsfeier (Christmas Party). Many of our students came together to enjoy typical German Christmas treats, such as Stollen, Lebkuchen (ginger bread) and Weihnachtspl\u00e4tzchen (Christmas cookies), listen to German Christmas songs and enjoy the festive atmosphere. Together with the Global House German cluster, we also sang some traditional German Christmas songs.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wll\/files\/2018\/12\/German-Christmas-party-002.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/wll\/files\/2018\/12\/German-Christmas-party-002-636x477.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\" wp-image-12556 aligncenter\" width=\"458\" height=\"344\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wll\/files\/2018\/12\/German-Christmas-party-002-636x477.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wll\/files\/2018\/12\/German-Christmas-party-002-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wll\/files\/2018\/12\/German-Christmas-party-002-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 458px) 100vw, 458px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This semester, the German program held their monthly Kaffeestunde again. Students come together to enjoy coffee\/tea, delicious cookies, and board games, and practice their German skills with one another. 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