Spiegel Article Presents Turkish-German Cookbook as “Integration Hit”
In the article “Köfte-Rezept: Türkisch für Anfänger” hobby cook Peter Wagner continues a series on cooking basics by reviewing the cookbook Sofralar: Türkisch kochen auf Deutsch and adapting a recipe from the book, which stems from the blog KochDichTürkisch. Of particular interest is how Wagner further frames and interprets the recipe for a German-speaking audience. For example, the article’s subheading […]
New Goethe-Institut “Pre-integration” Portal: “Mein Weg nach Deutschland”
According to the website: “The project aims to optimise the transition between pre-integrative language-learning, information and advice courses abroad and initial language teaching, as well as further integration measures provided by the Federal Government in Germany.
Multilingual Development in Germany in the Crossfire of Ideology and Politics: Monolingual and Multilingual Expectations, Polylingual Practices / by Carol W. Pfaff
Multilingual Development in Germany in the Crossfire of Ideology and Politics: Monolingual and Multilingual Expectations, Polylingual Practices Carol W. Pfaff Download PDF Abstract: The years since German reunification have seen changes in ideologies and policies toward societal multilingualism, linguistic pluralism of linguistic minorities. These changes have responded to the increasing diversity of minority languages as […]
In the Postmonolingual Condition: Karin Sander’s Wordsearch and Yoko Tawada’s Wordplay / by Yasemin Yildiz
In the Postmonolingual Condition: Karin Sander’s Wordsearch and Yoko Tawada’s Wordplay Yasemin Yildiz Download PDF Abstract: The last two decades have seen a rapid increase in multilingual cultural productions in many different contexts. Frequently, the multilingual make-up of these literary, cinematic, musical, and artistic works has been celebrated as an expression of cultural heterogeneity, pluralism, […]
Goethe-Institute: Courses for children and teens
This website provides information into a variety of courses for children and teens on various subjects, in addition to the German language. The courses are primarily recreational, focusing on sports or music, taught in many regions in Germany. The website can be viewed in German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Russian, and Turkish, seemingly to cater […]
motown auf deutsch.
The Supremes, The Temptations, and Marvin Gaye are a few of the most legendary Motown artists. Many of us are familiar with their hits from the ’60s and ’70s…but could you imagine these same hits being recorded in German? Yes, such recordings do exist. Decades ago, before English began to saturate the entertainment industry even […]
Two conversations pt. 2: Merkel rebuffs call for Turkish schools in Germany
Soon after the Turkish Prime Minister’s call for fully-Turkish secondary schools to be established in Germany, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has come out to reject the PM’s plans, calling for integration through learning the German language and German customs. Many Turks in Germany have also denounced the Turkish PM’s plan, saying that it would hinder […]
Two conversations pt. 1: Turkish schools in Germany would ‘show respect’ for culture
Recently, the Turkish Prime Minister has suggested establishing fully-Turkish language teaching secondary (high) schools in Germany. The article is an interview conducted between Deutsche-Welle and Ulrich Raiser, a member of Network Migration in Europe, an EU partly-financed think tank. Mr. Raiser thinks that the main goal of having Turkish schools is to better integrate Turkish […]
“Merkel offen fuer tuerkische Schulen in Deutschland” (Merkel is open towards Turkish schools in Germany)
The article “Merkel offen fuer tuerkische Schulen in Deutschland” (Merkel is open towards Turkish schools in Germany) talks about how chancellor Angela Merkel met with Minister-President Erdogan in Turkey this past week. They discussed the topic of Turkish schools in Germany, stating that schools in which Turkish is taught already exist in Germany. This offering […]
“No” to dual citizenship
German-born children of foreign parents will have to choose between citizenship in their birth country and their parents’ country. The article on immigration talks about three German states that proposed to allow German-born children of foreign parents to keep dual citizenship, but were denied. Chancellor’s conservative position on immigration is in line with her earlier […]