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Series Title
Futures in Languages
Keywords
podcast, UCF Modern Languages and Literatures, alumni
Description
In this episode, Ema Purmensky joins the podcast during her time in Cologne on the Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange (CBYX) program in Germany. Ema graduated from UCF in Spring 2025 with a major in digital media in the game design track and a minor in creative writing. Hear Ema share how she became interested in learning German language, and how this has led to some exciting learning opportunities. She describes her daily routine in Cologne, including language classes and excursions, as well as her plans to intern in the game design field in Germany. Ema offers advice for fellow language learners on building confidence and patience during their language learning journey.
In our conversation, Ema mentioned a game she designed with a team as part of her undergraduate studies in game design. If you are curious to learn more about the award-winning “Of a Feather” available on Unity Play, you can read an article about this international game jam by Ryan Fox (2023) and explore the link below: https://communication.ucf.edu/digital-media-students-win-awards-in-international-game-jam/
Date Created
10-16-2025
Item Type
Podcast
Type
article
Length of Episode
31:29
Rights
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
Recommended Citation
Torres, Christina, "Episode 74: Ema Purmensky - Digital Media, Game Design, Creative Writing, German Language Certificate, CBYX program in Germany" (2025). Futures in Languages. 76.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/futures-in-languages/76