2017
TU Night
by ncs5161 | Jun 26, 2017 | 0 Comments
Last Saturday night, the university hosted an event called TU Night, an open house of sorts for the community to visit the campus. Each department had a station displaying some of the research done currently being conducted. My department, the English linguistics...
Do English speakers exist in Braunschweig?
by ncs5161 | Jun 22, 2017 | 0 Comments
(Sorry about the lack of blog posts, I’ve been busy with research and traveling! My next few posts will be an overview of the past few weeks.) Flashback to three weeks ago. I’m desperate. It’s the beginning of week 4 of my 8 weeks here and I have exactly 2 native...
Week 3 – Ascension Day
by ncs5161 | May 27, 2017 | 0 Comments
25 May, 2017 Happy Ascension Day! (German federal holiday celebrated 40 days after Easter) And Happy Father’s Day! (also celebrated in Germany on the same day as Ascension Day) I’ve already run 13 participants in one of my studies! I’m extremely excited about how...
Week 1 – Life in the Lab
by ncs5161 | May 15, 2017 | 0 Comments
I’ve been in Braunschweig for 6 days and I am already starting to feel at home. I started recruiting in classes with Holger and already have 15 (!!!!) participants scheduled for one of my studies! The next few weeks are going to be busy with running participants but...
Hallo from Braunschweig!
by ncs5161 | May 10, 2017 | 0 Comments
What a whirlwind the past few days have been! (**I guess I should introduce myself since this is my first blog post... Hi. I’m Neil and I’m traveling to the Braunschweig, Germany to work with Dr. Holger Hopp and his team for eight weeks while conducting two...