Starting point:
The Gutenberg International School (GIS) offers a wide range of special courses for international exchange students of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz as an addition to the regular course curriculum.
In addition to courses on subjects including History, Culture, Social Sciences and Society, the GIS also provides more general courses for exchange students learning German, like reading courses or conversation classes.
Target group:
All exchange students of the JGU.
Date, Time and Venue:
- Tutorial: Techniques of Academic Work - for Incomings
The tutorial (3 ECTS) introduces students from abroad to the techniques of academic work within the German university context. By attending this tutorial, students will be able to meet the formal requirements concerning literature research, oral presentations and term papers which are also very useful for other courses they will attend while studying at the JGU Mainz.
Date and time: Wednesdays, 12:15pm - 1:45pm
Venue: (probably) Haus Recht und Wirtschaft I (ReWi), Room RW 5 - Tutorial for Incomings | Tutorial -Techniques of Academic Work
The Tutorial (3 ECTS) introduces students from abroad to the techniques of academic work within the German university context. By attending this tutorial students will be able to meet formal requirements concerning literature research, presentations and term papers which are also very useful for other courses they will attend while studying at the JGU Mainz.
Date and time: Wednesdays, 12:15pm - 1:45pm
Venue: online - Introduction to German Grammar
In this exercise, key areas of German grammar will be covered, such as part of speech, sentence element determination, and sentence structure. The aim is to provide a solid basis of grammatical knowledge, which is an essential prerequisite both for studying linguistics and for teaching German in schools.
Date and time: 5 available courses, see course catalog
Venue: see individual course in the course catalog - German Language Courses for Exchange Students
- Conversation Classes
- Reading Courses for Incoming Students
For the specific course details, times and venues, as well as a full course list please visit the GIS website.
You can view the full course list here
Registration:
This workshop is offered by the Gutenberg International School (GIS) as part of the International Office at JGU.
For further Information on how to register for GIS courses, please read the course descriptions of the specific courses on the GIS Website.