Surely, any German Studies scholar spots every spelling mistake in German, reads loads of books and is even fluent in Old High German...? As part of our Hot Seat series, we sat down with German Studies experts at TU Dresden to see if this is really the case. They let us in on why they chose this particular degree program, what their job prospects are, and if they actually end up correcting the pronunciation of everyone around them.
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Content:
00:00 Intro
00:30 Introductions
01:20 Did you not know what to study, or why did you become an expert in German Studies?
02:17 You notice every spelling mistake,
don't you?
03:36 Do you correct your friends' pronunciation & grammar?
04:14 How many books do you read a month?
04:53 What's your favorite book?
05:39 Have you already written a book yourself?
06:19 Are German studies and literary studies the same thing?
07:08 Can you converse in Old High German?
07:29 What can you become with German studies?
08:07 What do you research in German studies?
09:14 Team Schiller or Team Goethe?
09:23 Der, die oder das Nutella?
09:34 Paper books or e-books?
09:49 How many books do you have at home?
10:04 Harry Potter or Twilight?
10:15 Outro
Hot Seat:
Each episode focuses on a different group of people who all have something in common - be it that they share the same workplace, same degree program, or same research area. We ask them questions from our community and do away with clichés and prejudices.
A degree in German Studies?
At TU Dresden, you can take German Studies as part of the Bachelor's degree in Linguistics, Literature and Cultural Studies. The degree program combines linguistics and literary studies with perspectives from cultural studies. Linguistics encompasses not only classical language teaching and learning as well as the history of German from its beginnings to the present, but also includes topics such as language use in the media. Likewise, literature covers a wide spectrum of literary history and media studies - from Arthurian legend to theater and performance to contemporary TV series. German Studies are also part of teacher training in German.
Editing: Karl J. Donath, Anne-Ailine Krause
Production: Felix Schneider
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