“From the clash between the familiar meanings of the native culture and the unexpected meanings of the target culture, meanings that were taken for granted are suddenly questioned, challenged, problematized. Learners have to construct their personal meanings at the boundaries between the native speaker’s meanings and their own everyday lives.“
Claire Kramsch (1993, p. 238)
used by Rebecca Dengler in her presentation on "Intercultural obstacles in 'International' English course books for Lao adult learners"
1 student of the University of Cape Coast (Ghana) and 2 students of the University of Yaoundé I (Cameroon) study at the University of Education Karlsruhe in the summer term 2026 under the DAAD programme (2025-2029) "Get Ready for Global Teaching!" We welcome Mr Emmanuel Agyapong (English), Ms Adeg Nelvis Kissob (English), and Mr Noel Chick Forbang (Curriculum & Evaluation)!
With the new Get Ready for Global Teaching! project at PH Karlsruhe, we institutionalize and expand our international collaborations. With our partners in Ghana, Israel, Cameroon, Lao P.D.R., Norway, the UK and the USA, we will focus on global inequality, colonial thought patterns, and post-migrant societies. Through direct exchange, future teachers will further develop their cultural and linguistic awareness, reflect on key issues and challenges of our time from a global perspective, and design educational processes in diversity- and discrimination-sensitive ways.