Spoken Plain Language in DaZ lessons

Oxana Kulikova and Gökhan Şilfeler are German as a second language (DaZ) teachers at the German Employees Academy Hanover (DAA) in Hildesheim. Oxana Kulikova is originally from Russia, where she studied English and German. After moving to Germany 20 years ago, she worked as a foreign language teacher and translator for English, German and Russian. For twelve years, she has been primarily involved in DaZ lessons ranging from literacy courses to C2 level at the Adult Education Centre in Hildesheim and the DAA. Gökhan Şilfeler comes from Turkey and studied German Language and Literature as well as Turkish Studies in Göttingen. He has been teaching EDP (Electronic data processing) and DaZ courses at the DAA since 2007.