Modern Languages Blog

Date: 30 October, 2009
Venue: Goethe-Institut, Glasgow
Contact: Lilo Börgmann

Goethe-Institut are inviting teachers of German in the Primary Sector to their training day on Saturday, 30th October.

Part of the programme is an introduction to GLOW resources and the launch of a new Goethe-Institut group. This CPD opportunity is also suitable for teachers in training and FLAs who are working in Primary schools. Teachers in training and FLAs are free of charge.

For further details: http://www.goethe.de/ins/gb/gla/lhr/en4822527v.htm

The exhibition produced by the Goethe-Institut includes a representative selection of photographs from Koppelkamm’s Ortszeit / Local Time project

Travelling around East Germany in 1990 – after the fall of the Wall but before unification – Stefan Koppelkamm found himself wanting to take photographs that would capture a state of affairs he assumed would never recur. 

 Ten or twelve years later, Stefan Koppelkamm sought all these places out again and photographed them for a second time,. The pairs of images he produced document the changes these locations have undergone.

More info and opening times from http://www.goethe.de/ins/gb/gla/ges/mau/en5050239v.htm

The latest news and events from Alliance Française is  now available online. Highlights include the latest podcast episode and details of their upcoming courses.

Alliance Française are hosting an illustrated talk discussing Jules Verne’s ‘forgotten’ Scottish novel – The Green Ray.

As well as a debate around Towns as characters in works of modern fiction – a panel of authors from twinned cities Glasgow, Nüremberg and Marseille will discuss the identity of their town and the influence it has had on their literature.

http://www.afglasgow.org.uk/

Minister for Schools and Skills, Keith Brown, visited Fintry Primary School in Stirlingshire and Bishopbriggs Academy in East Dunbartonshire yesterday to see the innovative, international education work underway in both schools.

Mr Brown said:

‘By working with the Gambia, pupils at Fintry Primary are developing a good range of global citizenship skills.

‘…Last year, Bishopbriggs Academy signed an agreement with the Goethe Institute which aims to make the school a centre of excellence for the teaching and learning of German and become a model for other schools in Scotland and throughout the globe.’

Read more on the Scottish Government website

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2009/08/25094448

Online Course: Grammatik, Schreib- und Lesetraining
01.09.2009 – 25.09.2009

This course is ideal if you wish to revise and improve German grammar, writing and reading in your own time and your own pace. The course offers a wide variety of interacitve exercises and communication tasks for your group.  Enrolment by 24 August. Goethe-Institut Page: Special Courses

Refresher Course – Intensive Language Practice
14.09.2009 – 17.09.2009

This course provides intensive language training and is ideal for students who wish to do some revision and like to practice all the language skills. It is offered at various levels (A1 to B1) Goethe-Institut Page: Special Courses

http://www.goethe.de/ins/gb/gla/lrn/deu/enindex.htm

Do you have pupils aged 16 to 19 with an interest in UK-German youth relations and activities? The application process for the UK-German Youth Council 2009-2010 is now open!

The Youth Council provides members with an opportunity to develop communication, intercultural and project-planning skills, together with young people from Germany.

Find out more

http://www.ukgermanconnection.org/microsites/?location_id=783

Meet the Germans from the Goethe-Institut Glasgow.

You’ll find:

• a weblog from Berlin, written by travel writer Rory McLean
• articles on Germans in different walks of life
• interviews with contemporary personalities in art and culture.

http://www.goethe.de/ins/gb/lp/prj/mtg/enindex.htm

Check out the Tutors’ pages - a guide to BBC resources by topic and grammar point.  This newly-launched one-stop-shop lists our materials for eating out, travel, adjectives, verbs and more.

Also the TV pages withiun this section which include details of BBC and online programmes and includes transcripts:  French TV ; Spanish TV ; German TV ; Italian TV

http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/tutors/index.shtml?

The Primary Languages website is a national gateway to advice, information, support and training for primary languages teaching and learning. The site is owned and operated by CILT, the National Centre for Languages, the government’s recognised centre of expertise on languages.

http://www.primarylanguages.org.uk/primary_languages.aspx?