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OAProfiel, motivatie en landbeelden van Duitse neerlandistiekstudenten
Een Enquête
- Amsterdam University Press
- Source: Internationale Neerlandistiek, Volume 63, Issue 2, Aug 2025, p. 88 - 109
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- 01 Aug 2025
Abstract
Language and culture departments at universities are obvious sites where cross-cultural contacts manifest themselves. In the relatively rich historiography of Dutch Studies departments in Germany, however, not much attention has been devoted to the student perspective. This article zooms in on survey data gathered from first-year students between 2018 and 2022, and documents their numbers and background profiles, their motivation and professional orientation, and their perception of the Low Countries. In particular, the article addresses the fact that student intake is tightly connected to contacts with Dutch in everyday life, the position of Dutch in the school curriculum, and the sudden decline of student numbers in the years following the covid pandemic.
