Summer training - 2 weeks (30.06. - 11.07.2025) - Package 1: Description
Training 1: Creative teaching of German as a foreign and second language: interactive methods (30.06.25 - 04.07.25) >>This training course offers practical handouts and workshops on creative lesson design online and offline as well as on methods of activity-based work and provides tips for short-term lesson planning. Various topics are covered with suggestions for playful implementation of grammar lessons with examples of how digital technologies with and without artificial intelligence can be used to implement your own teaching material in the areas of listening comprehension, as well as ideas for gamification in the classroom and activation through collaborative work and creative writing. In the final practical transfer, the participants transfer their new insights into their own working reality and develop programs to improve lesson design in their everyday lives.
- Get creative ideas for teaching grammar using digital technologies
- Try out collaborative methods for action-oriented tasks from the learner's perspective
- Learn about modern lesson design with elements of gamification and creative writing
- Develop new lesson plans to breathe new life into your own lessons
Training 2: Discovering Germany culturally: Ideas for culture-centered learning (07.07.25 - 11.07.25) >>
Teachers who teach German as a foreign language are seen by their learners as a link to German culture. But what is actually typically German? How is German culture defined? In this training course, participants experience German and Düsseldorf culture at first hand in workshops at the training center as well as on excursions and outdoor experiences in the city. The focus is on lifestyle, housing and transportation, food and drink as well as modern literature, music and film. In the second step, the findings are processed pedagogically according to modern standards. Participating teachers receive ideas for the creation of their own digitally supported teaching materials relating to regional studies topics, in which the experiences from the training can be processed and used profitably in everyday school life, and apply the new knowledge in practical workshops.
- Experience German culture up close in workshops and on excursions
- Gain an insight into the Düsseldorf and Rhineland way of life, modern literature and music
- Try out didactic ideas for exciting cultural mediation yourself and develop lesson plans for your own lessons
Additional Information
Course Level
German C1 and above
Financial Support
You can fully finance this 10-day training programme with an Erasmus+ grant.
Funding example
In the new EU education programme ERASMUS+ you can apply for grants for this training course - travel costs, accommodation, meals and course fees are funded.
In contrast to the previous application practice, the institutions/employers of teachers must now apply for the scholarships from the respective National Agencies - several scholarships can be applied for directly in one application.
When you apply, you do not need to pay a deposit. You only pay if you receive a scholarship. Register now! You will receive a provisional registration certificate immediately.
Additional Services
- Wifi with free internet use in the training centre at Eulerstrasse 50
- Extensive leisure programme in July and August
- Low-cost lunch in the vicinity of the training centre
Additional options
Hotel rooms according to availability: € 988