Current news

The article by Claudia Harsch, Valeriia Koval, Voula Kanistra and Ximena Delgado-Osorio, published in Assessing Writing, has been selected by the journal editors for the Editors' Choice list.

In February and March 2025, the Language Center is offering intensive courses for nine languages. Registration is now open. The tutoring program for independent language learning will also take place during the semester break.

On December 16, the SZHB is offering an afternoon of language activities at the central library to celebrate Arabic Language Day.

On Monday, December 9th, we will be hosting a quiz about languages and countries. We hope to see many participants – the questions will be asked in English.

The workshop “Multilingual greetings – a workshop on multilingualism” will take place on December 4, 2024 from 1:15 – 2:15 p.m. in room GW 2 A 3070/Language Resource Center.

Dr. Anja Kamp (HSB), Jeremy Hookway (SZHB/HSB) and Prof. Dr. Stefan Veltel (HSB) received the 'Bremer Hochschulpreis für ausgezeichnete Lehre' 2024 on November 5th.

This interactive info session on Thursday, November 14th at 4:00 p.m. will provide tips and insights into learning in language tandems and is aimed at both newcomers to tandems and those who are already learning in a tandem.

Our language cafés are up and running for eight different languages. Designed for students, the language cafés are also completely free of charge.

At the EALTA Conference in Belfast last June, Prof. Claudia Harsch gave a keynote address on the topic “Looking at the past, present and future of the CEFR beyond Europe - from the CEFR to a CGFR?”. The talk can now be viewed online.

During the orientation week, we will be presenting our language program at various locations and in different formats (information events, sampler courses). Come and see us; we look forward to meeting you.