Living the Language- Authentic Language in the Classroom

Morning:

From 9.00 Registration

9.30 Welcome: von der gastgebenden Uni, vom DAAD-Team und vom Goethe-Institut

9.45 Sally Conroy (GEM and Head of MFL at Cardinal Newman 6th Form College, Preston in Northwest England): Auf Schatzsuche mit GEMS (German Expert Mentors)

What German Expert Mentors can bring to the German classroom: mentoring and CPD; example in practice

10.45 - 11.00 Kaffeepause

11.00 Charlotte Ryland (Oxford, Queen’s College / Languages Gateway)

Der neue A-Level Deutsch vom Goethe-Institut

11.20 - 12.20 Students from Koblenz University

Hunting for Multilingual Treasures - Multilinguale Schatzsuche

Multilingualism is part of everyday life – on street signs, shop windows, and posters. But how can this linguistic richness be brought into the classroom?

In this workshop, we present a ready-to-use teaching unit in which students become treasure hunters of their own linguistic environment. Armed with an app, they set out to discover and photograph multilingual signs at school, in the streets, and in other public spaces. Back in the classroom, they analyse their findings together and reflect on language, identity, and diversity.

The unit is designed for direct use in German as a foreign language classes and promotes not only language skills but also digital literacy and intercultural awareness. During the workshop, we will take you through the treasures uncovered by German students and show you how to bring this experience into your own classroom.

12.20 Dr Ruth Whittle, University of Birmingham (moderation: Regina Seiwald, University of Birmingham)

Talking about people: using GAI for language learning (auf Deutsch)

13.00 – 14.15 Mittagspause – Lunch

mit der Möglichkeit, den Campus (besser) kennenzulernen
with an opportunity to get to know the Campus (better)

Afternoon:

14.15 Welcome by the Head of School, Prof Emma Tyler

14.30 Building sustainable networks:

Representatives from The Languages Gateway, LanguagesForAll together with our UoB Schools Liaison Officer, Edward Boothroyd speak about how the different initiatives for promoting languages work together and what support teachers can expect from UoB

15.15 Making languages sustainable in schools in the Midlands: a poster workshop

This is a creative workshop where groups of participants design a poster which highlights the value of learning languages.
The DAAD project team will put the posters into a professional format, and each school will receive a digital poster, which you can adapt further to your specific needs (e.g. school colours, school logo)

16.00 Poster presentation

16.30 Drinks reception