Department of Germanic Languages & Literatures University of Toronto

“Avant-bard” singer/songwriter/performer Psoy Korolenko and U of T Professor... Read More »

Please join us for our last Kaffeestunde of this term on Thursday, April 2, at 1 p.m. Read More »

Assistant Professor of German, Teaching Stream Language Coordinator Contact info stefana.gargova@utoronto.ca Office University of Toronto Odette Hall 324 50 St. Joseph Street Toronto, ON M5S 3L5 Secretary: 416-926-2324 Office Hours Fall 2024 & Winter 2025: Tuesdays & Thursdays, 12-1pm, Odette Hall 324, by appointment. *On sabbatical leave in Fall 2025. Classes 2025-2026 Summer 2025: GER354Y0 Special Topics Summer Course in Berlin Winter 2026: GER100Y L0101 Introduction to German GER200Y L5101 Intermediate German 1 GER272H Introduction to Business German   Background Ph.D. University of Toronto 2017 Stefana Gargova moved from Cologne to Toronto in 2007, after graduating with a B.A. and M.A. in Nordic and German Studies from Universität zu Köln, Germany. After receiving her PhD in Germanic Languages & Literatures from the University of Toronto, she went on to obtain her Master of Teaching from OISE in 2019. Prof. Gargova’s primary research interests are Second Language Acquisition and German as a Foreign Language – pedagogy, didactics and methodology, culture and identity in SLA, multiculturalism and the third space, SLA and adult learners, as well as online learning and digital pedagogies. Her interdisciplinary dissertation entitled “Culture, Identity and Attitudes of Immigrant Learners of German in the Context of the German Integration Course” was ... Read More »

After F. Dürrenmatt’s Physicists (2010) and E. Boran’s Drakul(j)a (2013), GER 340 stages an adaptation of G. Grass’ Hochwasser, an absurd play about humans and beasts stranded in a house together. Read More »

Please join us for our next Kaffeestunde on Thursday, March 5, at 1 p.m. Read More »

MICHAEL GÖTTING is a Berlin-based Afro-German author and journalist. On Thursday, March 12 at 1 p.m. he will read excerpts from his forthcoming debut novel Contrapunctus at the German Department Lounge (Odette Hall 301). Read More »

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On Friday, February 13 from 1:30-4:00 p.m., Dr. Ruhui Ni (Language Studies, UTM) will lead a workshop on "Effective Use of Technology in Language Teaching". Read More »

Please join us for our next Kaffeestunde on Thursday, February 5, at 1 p.m. Read More »

The German Studies Students' Union just published its 2nd Undergraduate Journal of German Studies Zeitgeist online... Read More »