Summer training - 2 weeks (29.07.24 - 10.08.24) - Package 1: Description
Training 1: Discovering Germany culturally: Ideas for virtual cultural learning (29.07.24 - 02.08.24) >>Teachers who teach German as a foreign language are seen by their learners as a point of contact with 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 centre as well as on excursions and outdoor experiences in the city. The focus is on lifestyle, housing and transport, food and drink as well as modern literature, music and film.
In the second step, the findings are processed virtually. Participating teachers receive ideas for the creation of their own teaching materials relating to regional studies topics, in which the experiences from the training programme can be processed and used profitably in everyday school life, and apply the new knowledge in practical workshops.
- Experience German culture at first hand 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 education for yourself and develop lesson plans for your own lessons
Training 2: Media project work: Modern Methods for activation (05.08.24 - 09.08.24) >>
German is not cool. Or is it? How do you activate young learners, arouse their interest and motivate them to learn? By creatively integrating the language into current phenomena of internet culture, everyone can find access to the difficult and dry foreign language German. The following topics can be worked on in a collaborative, differentiated and interactive way in themed weeks or through project-based work:
- Video production and didactic embedding of self-produced videos
- Challenges to increase motivation in foreign language lessons
- Internet culture for creative storytelling: emojis, memes and gifs
In this training course, teachers are given an overview of current, up-to-date Internet phenomena that are spreading among young Germans all over the world, try out larger projects themselves as part of video production to impart knowledge and plan practical project ideas for their own lessons.
- Get to know the basics of video production (including script templates, editing and sound) and try it out for themselves
- Understand modern, young internet culture and participate independently, e.g. by creating your own memes for the classroom
- Develop your own project ideas and increase learner motivation through interactive methods
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