News archive 2022
14 December 2022
Refugee Teachers Program–Second Publication
Anja Martin (instructor of the Zessko language offerings for the RTP) and Christian Marx (coordinator of the RTP language offerings) represent Zessko in the anthology with their contribution, The German Language Education of the Refugee Teachers Program at the University of Potsdam. more...
9 December 2022
Visit to the German Bundestag
As part of Dr. Christian Jennerich's online lecture, which also familiarizes international students with the German political system, we had the opportunity not only to learn about the tasks of the Bundestag but also to visit the building. more...
9 December 2022
Student Projects: Call for Summer Semester 2023
Now your input is needed as well! Do you have project ideas or creative visions? Do you want to organize your studies independently within the framework of an entire module and thus enrich life at our university? Do you want to find fellow participants and like-minded people and act on your own responsibility? Then take part in the next call for projects. more...
1-2 Dezember 2022
2022 CEL/ELC Forum: “Languages in European University Alliances: Challenges and Issues”
Together, the presenters sought to determine what role languages will play in these alliances, which generally focus on themes such as education and citizenship, digital technology, the environment, societal transformations, or health. In his presentation, Dr. David Prickett, Head of Zessko, highlighted the challenges and opportunities facing the University of Potsdam (and Zessko in particular) with regard to the promotion of multilingualism in the EDUC alliance.more...
1 December 2022
Cartografía corporal.
Violencias de género, resistencia y cooperación
Taller experimental colaborativo.
Este Taller tiene como propósito generar un trabajo conjunto y un espacio de reunión colectiva donde compartir las vivencias que nos atraviesan con otras compañeras donde todas aprendemos de todas.more...
Winter Semester 2022/23
Ukraine and Ukrainian in Focus: A Series of Courses at Zessko
For everyone interested in Ukraine and the Ukrainian language and culture, the Department of Slavic Languages at Zessko is offering a series of courses with a workshop character in the Winter Semester. more...
28 September 2022
The Media Center as a Meeting Place—Learning Spaces Reconsidered
On September 28, 2022, the Center for Languages and Key Competences (Zessko) at the Neues Palais Campus of the University of Potsdam hosted the conference "The Media Center as a Meeting Place—Learning Spaces Reconsidered." more...
September 2022
“Exploring Language for Specific Purposes in Business and Economics at Tertiary Level” Conference at Masaryk University Language Centre
The broad theme of the conference allowed for a variety of topics, from LSP course design and assessment to the role of translation in teaching to students’ reactions to online teaching tools during the pandemic. more...
September 2022
Academic Writing Day
The "Information Day on Academic Writing" on September 4, 2022, organized by the Writing Counselling Service of the Studierendenwerk Berlin and the Gesellschaft für Schreibdidaktik und Schreibforschung (gefsus e. V.; Society for Writing Didactics and Writing Research), invited interested parties to the rooms of the Studierendenwerk Berlin to reflect together—in lectures and workshops—on the didactics of writing. more...
September 2022
49. Annual Conference of the "Fachverband Deutsch als Fremd- und Zweitsprache"
After more than three years, the in-person annual conference of the Fachverband Deutsch als Fremd- und Zweitsprache (FaDaF; Professional Association of German as a Foreign and Second Language) could finally take place again at the University of Kassel from September 1 to September 3, 2022.
Dr. Christian Jennerich, Head of the Division “Successful Start for International Students,” represented Zessko at the event. more...
2022 Summer Semester
EDUC: Learning Language Together — Project Work with the University of Pécs in the 2022 Summer Semester
This summer semester, Egor Skripkin, Russian instructor at Zessko, led a five-week project with students of the University of Potsdam and students of the University of Pécs (Hungary) in his UNIcert® III subject-specific course, “Russian for Political Science.” more...
1 July 2022
First Network Meeting of Language Centers at Schools of Higher Education in Berlin and Brandenburg
On July 1, 2022, the Language Center at the Freie Universität Berlin invited interested parties to the first network meeting of language centers at schools of higer education in Berlin and Brandenburg. more...
19 May 2022
Zessko Language Cafés at the Campus Festival on 19. May 2022
“Explore – Experience – Enjoy” – that was the Motto of the first Campus Festival back after two years break. Along with many other organisations and departments, Zessko had a stand on the Neues Palais lawn representing the language cafes and the language tandems. more...
May 2022
Living partnership - Teaching mobility with the University of Nanterre
Our colleague Sohpie Forkel talks about her trip to the University of Nanterre and teaching mobility . more...
