The German Teacher Award has opened again for nominations for 2022! If you know a truly outstanding German language teacher at your primary or secondary school – make sure that their dedication and excellence get the recognition they deserve! The Embassy of the...
Echt 1 and 2 Anneli McLachlan, Mariela Affum and Marcus Waltl Oxford University Press, 2020 (Echt 1), 2021 (Echt 2), 151pp, £21.50 ISBN: Echt 1: 978-0-19-849471-3; Echt 2: 978-0-19-849472-0 Echt 1 and Echt 2 are German textbooks suitable for KS3. Echt is ideal for...
We all know that Speaking a language confidently and coherently is an important thing, and forms a critical part of linguistic and cultural development for all learners of languages. One of the impacts of COVID-19 has meant that many pupils have had fewer...
The new Übungskiste für Deutsch, recently published by the ALL Action Group for German is a set of resources aimed at KS3 Germanists and remodelled and updated from a set of activities originally produced in the ‘90s by Harriette Lanzer. They are now available...
With the UK-German Tandem Challenge pupils can keep in touch with their German friend, tandem partner or host brother or sister while discovering each other’s cultures, having fun taking photos and educating others, too! How does it work? Partners discuss topics from...
If you teach German, please note that ‘German as a Foreign Language World Wide – The 2020 survey on German as a Foreign Language’ in the world launched earlier this month. Please take a moment to complete the survey and share the following link with colleagues...
Call for Abstracts – Submission Open The next International German Teacher Conference (IDT2021) will take place in Summer 2021 in Vienna, Austria. The call for abstracts is open from 1st April until 15th September 2020 so please do get thinking about what you...
Nominations for the 17th Annual German Teacher Award are open, again but are closing soon! Our wonderful colleagues at the German Embassy in London have extended their deadline to nominate your outstanding German Teacher! Exciting! So a reminder of what you need to...
Professor Claire Gorrara, one of our inspirational speakers at Language World 2020, spoke to the conference direct from Cardiff University about the language mentoring project which started in Wales and is now available to schools in England through the Languages...
Interested in maintaining a strong connection with Germany? Then this is one way you can take advantage! The German Pupil Courses are two-week courses in Germany for UK pupils studying German. The German Pupil Courses are a great opportunity for young people to...
We had a trial Ofsted inspection last year, and languages was picked as a Deep Dive subject. When I was talking to my line manager beforehand, I told him that the first question would be ‘Why German?’ He was sceptical, but I was proved completely right! I think...
Words by Carol Hughes Das Wende-Bilderbuch Authors: Harriet Grundmann, Susanne Vogt Illustrated by Lars Baus Publisher: Coppenrath, 2009 ISBN: 978-3-8157-9723-5 As we approached the 30th anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall it reminded me that ten years ago when...