Help choosing a German university?

pyewacket
Wed, 18 Apr 2012 11:47:23 +0000

I teach in the English department at Bielefeld University. All of our courses are taught in English–a fairly large selection from linguistics, EFL teaching methods, British and American Literature as well as history and culture. We have four American ISEP students here this semester. They have also found courses to help them learn German. Bielefeld does not have a lot of accessible “history” --it is mostly a modern small city-- but we do have a castle and the Teutoburger Forest is great for hiking. Our university has an excellent history department but most of their courses are taught in German. One nearby town is Lemgo–famous for its history of witch persecutions and also Hameln–famous from the Pied Piper. Both have a number of “charming” half-timbered fairytale-style houses.