Society & Culture
Dr. J speaks to some of her colleagues from the Language Center of Universität Hamburg who teach English (Ben Feddersen, Orla Mac Mahon, Dr. Peter Witchalls) and German as a Second Language (Martin Kesting, Dr. Nils Bernstein) about the difficulties of starting up a conversation, whether you do so in your mother tongue or in a foreign language and/or culture.Dr. J also welcomes Prof. Dr. Holger Fischer, former Vice President of Universität Hamburg and Dr. Claudine Hartau and speaks to them about saying Hello in different countries.Last but not least, Dr. J interviews a retired Hamburg firefighter about the German dialect Plattdeutsch.Languages spoken in this episode: Mostly English, two interviews are in German (Minutes 43:19-55:50 and 71:37-80:12)