Teacher Refresher Course:

Methodology and Language
2 weeks, 30 lessons (45 minutes each) per week

Preparation
The participants will get a bibliography and other useful pre-course information.

Follow-up
Participants will be asked to hand in a detailed commentary on the course, including how the course will impact on the professional development in their own country.

Objectives
- to refresh the oral and listening German skills of
- to update one’s knowledge in current German affairs
- to enlarge one’s skills in methodology and didactics in teaching German to learners from about 14 years of age
- to be able to apply a modern, communication-oriented teaching methodology
- to benefit from the exchange and sharing of best practice with colleagues.

We expect the participants to actively contribute to the lessons. We would be pleased to discuss their ideas, teaching materials, projects, etc.
We try to organize a visit at local schools for each session.
You should not expect to get ready-mades for your teaching practice.

Sample Timetable
Linguistic skills
Monday to Friday 09.00 to 10.30 &  11.00 to 12.30,
20 lessons (45 min each) per week in international groups
Max. class size 10 (12 in July/August)
Training of oral and listening skills, idiomatic matters, error correction, working with current authentic texts.

Methodology
Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri from 13.30: a total of 10 weekly lessons in 4 units (450 minutes,
225 minutes in case there should be only one participant
Methodology of communication-oriented teaching: teaching grammar, dialogues, roll plays), working with pictures, history of German art, working with texts,
German culture (food and beverage, politics, economy, political parties),
working with songs, films, radio plays,
youth and street speech, bad words.

Additional Programme (open for all HORIZONTE students)
After 15.30: talks on current political, economic, cultural, literary topics, guided city tours, cultural activities (films, cooking, etc.)

Wednesday afternoons and every other Saturday: Excursions