GLC Activities
The Midsemester meeting of the German Language Center of the German Jordanian University on April 22, 2024 was concluded with a late breakfast. The 76 team members put together a buffet that combined specialties from different countries and regions of the 15 nationalities that make up the college. The meeting, which was accompanied by a lively
The German Language Center (GLC) at the German Jordanian University (GJU) held its traditional semester kick-off event on February 22, 2024. With nine additional new staff members, the GLC now has a teaching staff of 76 German as a foreign language lecturers, who are familiarizing 2687 students with the German language every day in the current
On February 19, 2024, the German Language Center of GJU conducted a training session for new teachers of German as a foreign language to familiarize them with the textbook "Momente" by Hueber-Verlag. The textbook is used in the lower levels of German as a foreign language at the German Language Center of the GJU.
The trainer from Hueber-
The German Language Center (GLC) of the German Jordan University (GJU) congratulates its employee Waed Shakkouri on the successful defense of her doctoral thesis on the topic: intercultural challenges during the German Year. Her dissertation carries the title:
“Das Deutschlandjahr: interkulturelle Harausforderungen. Eine empirische
10 years full of joy and beautiful moments have come to an end now, so that a new phase in my life begins.
I am incredibly grateful and thankful for the last 10 years at the GJU as a lecturer for German as Foreign Language at the GLC. With the feeling that I am leaving my home and my family, I now say goodbye to Jordan, the country I
The Sheraton Hotel in Cairo hosted a significant conference between 6-7 December 2023, attracting more than 120 participants from the MENA region and Germany. The “AlMena 5 Conference”, which was organized by the DAAD Egypt, gathered professionals and researchers from Algeria, Jordan, Egypt, and Germany to share insights across various fields
On Thursday, November 30, 2023, the entire staff of the GLC gathered for a training session on the topic of "Action-oriented oral examinations”. The two speakers, Silvie Zeller and Andreas Chehadi, coordinators of the German I and German III courses at the German Language Center at GJU, began the training with a theoretical introduction to the
On September 26, 2023, the Vice President for International Affairs, Prof. Dr. Reiner Finkeldey, and the Director of the German Language Center, Jacqueline Rogler, welcomed eleven new full-time lecturers who will strengthen the now 71-member teaching team for German as a foreign language at GJU. In addition to internationally recruited German
As part of my teaching at GJU, I had the opportunity to do a month-long internship at IIK-Düsseldorf (Institut für Interkulturelle Kommunikation) in September 2023. Within this month I taught the level A1.2 in German as a foreign language. My target group was international Master and PhD students participating in DAAD programs within their
The German Language Center conducted a workshop for German Language lecturers that demonstrated the crucial importance of effective classroom management. Jennifer Swanda, the international trainer from Germany, highlighted the key to successful teaching and creating a productive learning environment.
Effective classroom management