Programme

Teacher CPD at the University of Birmingham 
Towards an Authentic (German)  
Language Classroom
 

Thursday 12 June 10.00 – 13.00 and 13.15 – 16.15 

  

University of Birmingham: Teaching and Learning Building, Room 212
and online 
  

Languages: Some presentations will be delivered in German and others in English. Please feel free to make your own contributions in either.  

Please bring your own device! 

Morning sessions  

 

      Title   What is this about?  
10.00 – 10.15   Arrival in seminar room 212, networking   Network Now! 

Promoting German Studies in the UK and Ireland – at the University of Birmingham 

We, the project team, would like to get to know you, the teachers, and hope you will like to talk to your colleagues  
10.15 – 10.45   Welcome   

and Introduction to ‘Towards an Authentic (German) Language Classroom’ 

The project team   Our project wants to contribute to making German sustainable at schools and universities. Find out how we are planning to do this and how you can get involved 
10.45 – 11.05  Brainstorming   

Workshop: how would you want to work with us?  

 

Advise us how we can achieve the aims of the project 

11.05 – 11.55   Möglichkeiten des Einsatzes von Wooclap im DaF-Unterricht und im fachübergreifenden Unterricht   Dr Nathalie K. Besse, Universitat de València 
 
  
An introduction to the AI-supported tool  Wooclap including hands-on practice  
 11.55 – 12.10  Coffee Break        
12.10 – 12.55   Sprachvergleich als Strategie im multilingualen Fremdsprachenunterricht   Dr Katharina Hirt and Dr Christoph Bendfeldt, Universität Koblenz   A brief presentation followed by a workshop  
13.00   Lunch  Towards an Authentic (German) Language Classroom    

 

Afternoon sessions  

      Title   What is this about?  
13.15- 13.45    Arrival in seminar room 212 

Lunch  

 Network Now! 

Towards an Authentic (German) Language Classroom 

 

The morning and the afternoon in-person participants can meet and network.  
13.45 – 14.15    

Welcome and Introduction to ‘Towards an Authentic (German) Language Classroom’  
  

 

 

The project team / project (brief)  

  

Getting to know each other   

  
14.15 – 14.30   Brainstorming  Workshop: how would you want to work with us?   Advise us how we can achieve this  
14.30 – 15.15  Möglichkeiten des Einsatzes von Wooclap im DaF-Unterricht und im fachübergreifenden Unterricht   Dr Nathalie K. Besse, Universitat de València 
 
  
An introduction to the AI-supported tool Wooclap including hands-on practice  
15.15 – 15.30   Coffee Break      
15.30 – 16.15   

Sprachvergleich als Strategie im multilingualen Fremdsprachenunterricht  

  

Dr Katharina Hirt and Dr Christoph Bendfeldt, Universität Koblenz   A workshop followed by a brief presentation