International Activities
Below you will find information on the internationalisation activities of the Chair of German as a Second and Foreign Language and its Didactics in the areas of teaching and research, as well as details of current visiting guests from abroad.
Welcome!
Our university portal for international students provides a wealth of useful information and tips for your studies at the University of Augsburg. Find out about organisational matters, intercultural activities, the wide range of German and foreign language courses offered by the Language Centre, and much more!
Erasmus+
Outgoing (Erasmus+, studying abroad)
- The Faculty of Philology and History at the University of Augsburg has ERASMUS partnerships with various universities in other European countries. If you would like to spend one or, at most, two semesters studying at a university in another European country as part of your degree programme, please contact the Erasmus+-Office at the International Office and/or your Erasmus+ advisor at the Chair, Dr. Tamara Zeyer.
- Applications are now only accepted online. Please visit the International Office's website for further details.
- Interesting events on the topic of studying abroad can be found here.
- Information on the conversion of credit points from non-European countries can be found here.
Incoming (Erasmus+, Partial studies in Augsburg)
- International students (e.g. Erasmus+ and other programmes) can also attend courses at the Chair of German as a Second and Foreign Language and its Didactics whilst staying in Augsburg. The subject GSL/GFL as a sub-discipline of German Studies, offers interesting opportunities to diversify your studies at the University of Augsburg. However, language courses (GFL courses) are not offered by our department; international students must contact the University of Augsburg’s Language Centre for these. You can find information on courses for exchange students on the International Office's website.
- Further information for Erasmus-students are available in our FAQ (Erasmus) service area.
Teaching partnerships and virtual exchange
- Project-based teaching and internship cooperation with the University of Yaoundé I in Cameroon (winter term 22/23)
- Virtual exchange seminar on podcast development with the University of Auckland/New Zealand led by Dr. Tamara Zeyer (summer term 2024) (Podcasts: here)
- Our internship database offers interesting internships abroad.
Internationale Promovierende / PhD-Students
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Matanat Isgandarova (Konrad Adenauer Stiftung PhD scholarship, since winter termin 2025/2026 Baku, Azerbaijan)
- Érika Lucena (DAAD-CAPES PhD scholarship, since winter term 2023/2024, João Pessoa, Brasil)
- Chen Zhang (China)
- Jacques Abel Onya (PhD scholarship by Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung; Yaounde, Camerun, 2019-2023)
- Elaine Roschel (CAPES research fellow, research visit within PhD, sumer term 2020; São Paulo, Brasil)
KONTEXTE - International Journal on Professional Development in GFL
- Prof'in Dr'in Kristina Peuschel is co-editor of the new international journal KONTEXTE. The journal serves as a forum for international exchange on current trends in initial, in-service and continuing professional development in German as a foreign language. The articles reflect the varying conditions under which GFL teachers worldwide are prepared for teaching and develop their professional skills. Further information and all issues of the journal can be found here.
Internationale cooperations
- SANDD – Subsahara-Afrika-Net GSL Digital, network project of the University of Augsburg with the Kenyatta University (Kenya), the Université de Kara (Togo), the University of Namibia and the University of Paderborn.
- German Studies Institute Partnership with three partner universities: the Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF) and the Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC) in Brazil, and the Universidade de São Tomé e Príncipe (USTP) in São Tomé and Príncipe. The focus of the academic collaboration is the overarching theme of ‘water’ in the context of sustainability.
International conferences
- IDT 2025 - Internationale Tagung der Deutschlehrer:innen [International conference of German teachers] (IDT, 28.7.-1.8.2025 in Lübeck) Link to IDT Website
Zeyer, T. (2/2024): „Mein erster DaF-Unterricht: Eine empirische Studie zur Entwicklung professioneller Kompetenzen von Berufseinsteigerinnen und -einsteigern“, auf der Jubiläumstagung des Österreichischen Verbandes für Deutsch als Fremdsprache/Zweitsprache " Wo geht´s hin? Re/Visionen" an der Pädagogischen Hochschule Wien, 23.-24.2.2024.
Stahl, C. & Waggershauser, E. (08/2022): „Digital DaZ unterrichten – bedürfnisorientiert fortbilden“. Vortrag in der Sektion G.3 Lehrer*innenbildung in digitalen Umgebungen auf der XVII. Internationalen Tagung der Deutschlehrerinnen und Deutschlehrer (IDT), 15. – 20. August 2022, Universität Wien, Wien, Österreich.
Schmidt, L. (08/2022): "Gendersensible Sprachvermittlung in Institutionen der Erwachsenenbildung", XVII. Internationale Tagung der Deutschlehrerinnen und Deutschlehrer (IDT). 15. – 20. August 2022, Universität Wien, Österreich am 19.08.2022.
Stahl, C. (12/2021): „Videobasierten sprachsensiblen Unterricht professionell wahrnehmen“. Online-Vortrag im Workshop „Videos in Lehr-Lern-Kontexten“. 46. Österreichische Linguistik-Tagung (ÖLT) an der Universität Wien, Österreich.
Schmidt, Laura (10/2021): „Gendersensibler DaZ-Unterricht im institutionellen Integrationskontext“, Online-Tagung. VIII. Internationale Nachwuchskonferenz Junge Forschung im Bereich Deutsch als Fremdsprache. Adam-Mickiewicz-Universität Poznań, Radboud Universität Nijmegen, Philipps-Universität Marburg am 7. und 8.10.2021.
da Silva, A. (09/2021): „Hybridsprachigkeit und Translanguaging – ein Paradigmenwechsel? Überlegungen zum aktuellen Mehrsprachigkeitsdiskurs und seiner Reichweite im Lehramtsstudium Deutsch als Zweitsprache“. Vortrag im Rahmen der 5. Jahrestagung des Vereins für Migrationspädagogische Zweitsprachendidaktik, Wien.
Peuschel, K. & Stahl, C. (07/2021): „Unterrichtsvideographie im DaZ-Unterricht: mehrperspektivische und multimodale Ansätze mit dem ViKo_spracHe. Online-Vortrag in der Sektion D3 „Unterrichtsmitschnitte in der Aus- und Fortbildung von DaF/DaZ-Lernenden“. XIV. Kongress der Internationalen Vereinigung für Germanistik (IVG): „Wege der Germanistik in transkulturelle Perspektive“ an der Universität Palermo, Italien.
da Silva, A. (07/2021): „’Einfach erklärt – schnell verstanden’? – Verstehen und Verständigung durch Erklärvideos“. Vortrag im Rahmen der Sektion C13 „Verständigungshandeln komparativ: strukturelle Merkmale literarischer und wissenschaftlicher Kommunikation“, XIV. Kongress der Internationalen Vereinigung für Germanistik „Wege der Germanistik in transkulturellen Perspektiven“, Palermo, Italien.
- Prof. Dr. Marceli Cherchiglia Aquino (Visiting Professors Programme at University of Augsburg, 09/2025 - 12/2025, São Paulo / Brasil)
- Charline Diane Kamdjom Tassou (since summer term 2024, Douala, Camerun)
- Érika Lucena (DAAD-CAPES PhD scholarship, since winter term 2023/2024, João Pessoa, Brasil)
- Dr. Augustin Kenné (DAAD research fellow, 12/2023-01/2024, Douala, Camerun)
- Miriam Morf, MA. (Research visit funded by the University of Macerata, SoSe 2022, Italy)
- Jacques Abel Onya (PhD scholarship by Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung; Yaounde, Camerun, 2019-2023)
- Elaine Roschel (CAPES research fellow, research visit within PhD, sumer term 2020; São Paulo, Brasil)