Learning | Education A5
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Bafög for refugees from Ukraine
As of June 1, refugees from Ukraine can apply for financial support for schooling, vocational training or studies under the…
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Café Sozial offers space for encounters
Refugees of all nations and Tübingen residents can meet at the Café sozial. The café is located on the first…
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Free digital German courses at the VHS
The adult education centers in the state offer free digital German courses with the vhs learning portal. They have also…
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Grant for the recognition of foreign professional qualifications
Anyone who wants to have professional qualifications acquired abroad recognized in Germany and does not receive financial support from the…
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Learning Café gets going
The Lern-Café-Tübingen starts from April 26th every Tuesday from 17:30 to 19 o’clock in the Café Sozial (Tübingen, Derendinger Straße…
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Final exams at schools: more time and additional tasks
The final exams at schools are running a little differently this year, too. The reason is the Corona pandemic. The…
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Speed dating for apprenticeships
35 companies from Tübingen and the surrounding area are looking for apprentices for the years 2022, 2023 and 2024. The…
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First Orientation Course at the Adult Education Center Tübingen
The Volkshochschule Tübingen offers a “First Orientation Course – Welcome to Tübingen!” in March on one morning and one afternoon…
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Pushback “glosses over inhumane processes”
Linguists have named the word “pushback” the “Unwort of the Year 2021”. “Unwort” is a German word that means inappropriate…
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The pandemic sets refugees back in integration
By Lobna Alhindi and Michael Seifert You can hear it everywhere: Refugees complain that their German language skills are not…
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Free courses for women
The Tübingen Family Educational Centre (FBS) is offering open intercultural courses free of charge from October onwards. The course “Fit…
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Automatically learning a foreign language through television
By Michael Seifert Germans do not speak English well. This is the result of a comparative European study: According to…
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Rottenburger Sprachcafé has reopened
In the language café in Rottenburg, refugees and migrants can improve their German skills with volunteers. The Sprach-Café opens every…
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Let the pig out!
“Let the pig out” is a German expression and means to act out, for example to celebrate at a party.…
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Technical assistance to parents in homeschooling
There is a project called “Homeschooling: aber sicher!” Mentors of the Volkshochschule in Rottenburg offers free technical supports every Wednesday…
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Sprach-Café in Rottenburg opened again
Refugees can improve their German skills together with volunteers in the Sprach-Café (Language Café) in Rottenburg. There is room to…
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New program for refugees with an academic background in computer sciences
Often, refugees with an academic background from a different country have trouble getting their degree or their academic achievements recognized…
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Funded tutoring available during the holidays
Children, teenagers and young adults who come from low-income families, for example those who receive social benefits from the Jobcenter,…
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What makes learning German difficult
Level of education, family constellation, health risks and the living situation can negatively influence refugees’ individual language learning capability. This…
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Classes during summer holidays for students with deficits
In Baden-Wuerttemberg, there will be learning and support classes called “Lernbrücken” (learning bridges) during the last two weeks of the…
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Special secretary for German and integration courses
Combining advice and registration in a better way is the aim of the new registration office of the Adult Education…
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One consequence of the corona crisis: unlearning the German language
“It takes much longer to react verbally and I can no longer say a sentence quickly and correctly, I have…
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University events continue digitally
The course of study at universities will resume in Baden-Württemberg in digital formats on April 20, 2020. Direct attendance of…
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German for the job-Professional language courses provide professional
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What does an Ermessensduldung mean?
What does an Ermessensduldung mean? An “Ermessensduldung” (discretionary suspension of removal) is issued, if a person cannot be removed…
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The thousand names of the camel – Arabic is more than a language
world language The thousand names of the camel – Arabic is more than a language by Oula Mahfouz When the…