Seven East Stroudsburg University students, who took teaching of communications during the spring 2023 semester after serving as “buddies” to German preservice teaching students who were on ESU’s campus during the fall semester, participated in a two-and-a-half-week field experience through the University of Landau-Konblenz in Landau in der Pfalz, Germany.

Local students were Parker Beiler of Saylorsburg, Jared Johnson of Effort and Amber Cohen of Palmerton.

They spent time in German classrooms working with students at varying grades and levels of English fluency. They were placed in four different types of German educational institutions: academic high school, comprehensive middle school, vocational school, and an inclusive elementary school.

Brooke Langan, dean of ESU’s College of Education, and Laura Kieselbach, assistant professor of English, accompanied the students from May 9-25.

The students and professors will present their comparative findings during a Provost’s Colloquium Series in the fall.