Doctoral students, Jupp Möhring and Nicole Mackus recently celebrated the release of their co-edited volume Wege zur Bildung, Beruf und Gesellschaft - mit Deutsch als Fremd- und Zweitsprache. The collected essays of the book explore a range of innovative topics related to the teaching and learning of German including the role of cultural studies, German for specific purposes, and the role of linguistic theories and methods in German as a Second Language.
Purchasing information and selected excerpts from the book can be found on the web site of the University of Göttingen Press, which published the volume.
Both Jupp Möhring and Nicole Mackus are students in the Transcultural German Studies PhD program, a joint program between the University of Arizona and the University of Leipzig that offers dual degrees from both institutions. More information about the PhD can be found at the web site of the German Studies Department at the University of Arizona.