Episode 15: How to accomplish exam anxiety?

Uni ambassador Anna Boldyreva and counsellor Birgit Thurm talk about exam anxiety: How is it affected by the status of international students? Which methods and support offers are there to deal with it? Host: Anna Boldyreva was Uni ambassador in the winter term 2023/24. On her blog she reports about her experiences in the first semester as an international student at the university of Jena. She herself suffers from exam anxiety. Guest: Birgit Thurm is a systemic consultant. Since 2015 she works for the Psychosocial Counselling at the Studierendenwerk Thuringia. There she also hosts group courses for students with exam anxiety. Part 1: Anna’s experiences with exam anxiety 01: 14 How does Anna’s exam anxiety show? 02: 00 How does your status as an international student influence your exam anxiety? Part 2: How to accomplish exam anxeity 02: 55 Which Methods are there to accomplish exam anxiety? 04: 45 How can one best prepare for an exam? 06: 13 What does the Studierendenwerk offer if someone suffers from exam anxiety and can international students participate? 07: 08 Is is good or not so helpfull to speak with other people with exam anxiety? Shownotes: • Anna’s blog (german): https: //www. uni-jena. de/international/studium-in-jena/gute-gruende-fuer-jena/jubos/jubos-anna • Podcast episodes with university ambassador Anna at the beginning and the end of the semester: o Start of the semester: https: //www. uni-jena. de/en/podcast-uni-jena-international#JUBoSStart o End of the semester: https: //www. uni-jena. de/en/podcast-uni-jena-international#JUBoSₑnd • Podcast episode with Birgit Thurm about the Psychosocial Counselling: • https: //www. uni-jena. de/en/podcast-uni-jena-international#support3 • Support offers in case of exam anxiety at the Studierendenwerk o Psychosocial Counselling (single counselling): https: //www. stw-thueringen. de/en/counselling/psycho-social-counselling/ o Course- and group offers (in german): https: //www. stw-thueringen. de/beratung/gruppenangebote. html • Uni embassador Emirhan’s experiences with the pomodore method (german): https: //www. uni-jena. de/international/studium-in-jena/gute-gruende-fuer-jena/jubos/jubos-emirhan/methode-zur-steigerung-ihrer-lerneffizienz