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Deutsch-Sprachcafé at DESY - practice your German twice a week

NEWS | 4 April 2025 | Doctoral Researcher / Education / German course / Networking / PEP / PHGS / Postdoc

Do you like to improve your German? Are you sometimes hesitating to speak because you are afraid to make mistakes? 

Join in for the new Deutsch-Sprachcafé at DESY! The idea is to have a room for conversation with fellow learners, supported by colleagues who are native speakers. It is not a German course but an opportunity to practice speaking on all levels and meet international and German colleagues. 

Participation is voluntary and optional twice a week Mondays + Fridays from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. If you are interested, please register through the following link. You will then be contacted with details for the room. The first session today, 22 May 2026, will take place in CFEL, but location may change according to the size of the group. 

Whether you are a learner or a native speaker, if you can join regularly or occasionally, please register here: https://indico.desy.de/event/53947/

Target group are all people on the DESY campus, you can also bring interested people from outside DESY. Details can be found in the flyer and the registration page. 

If you have questions, please contact Reza Bazrafshan who is coordinating this event: reza.bazrafshan@desy.de

Photograph: Marta Mayer, DESY

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