I suggest a follow-up of our roundtable for German Teachers to facilitate the exchange of experience regarding the DP German A course. These sessions should address all areas of the curriculum. We recognise the necessity of bringing together German teachers from international schools to promote dialogue and collaboration. Our emphasis lies in facilitating discussions on feedback regarding the exam papers, subject report content, and assessment outcomes. We seek to address expectations and quality concerns, particularly relevant when comparing German schools offering the IB curriculum versus IB schools with predominantly English as the language of instruction.
While creative writing isn't officially part of the DP Language and Literature curriculum, it can still play a vital and engaging role in supporting its core objectives. We will consider how creative writing can serve as a stepping stone to formal textual analysis while also strengthening academic writing skills. Moreover, this workshop will explore how creative writing can help students both sharpen their analytical skills and become more impactful writers.
Language learners of all ages benefit from picture books. High quality picture books are not just a springboard to literacy and reading skills, but conversation, creative writing, critical thinking and communication. Social-emotional learning and social justice also play a key role in literacy through picture books. In this session, you will learn to harness the power of reading and discussing picture books and how to lead students to create their own books in the classroom. We will also explore the possibility and benefits of a service learning component of paired reading with buddy classes. You will come away with lesson plans, resources to create your own lessons and units, family communication templates, and much more. Please bring one or two favorite picture books with you to the session.
We are going to look for ways to develop the students’ reading-comprehension and listening-comprehension skills. How can we help students prepare effectively to perform their best in the paper 2 exam? Participants will be encouraged to collaborate, share and express ideas.
Spanish & German teacher / Mother Tongue coordinat, International School of Hamburg
I love learning and teaching languages. I have taught German LA and Ab Initio, Spanish A&B, French LA and English B.I coordinate the "Mother Tongue Programme" at my school and the Language Development core component in the IBCP.I like nature a lot and I love the green colour that... Read More →
Saturday September 27, 2025 16:00 - 17:00 CEST TBAAm Luftschiffhafen 1, 14471 Potsdam
In many language acquisition classes, students often revert to using a common language, such as English, when interacting with peers. This workshop addresses the challenge of increasing the use of the target language in student-student interactions. In this workshop, attendees will gain insights from research and strategies implemented mainly in German language acquisition classes (with some Spanish/English examples). The goal is to share effective materials and techniques to encourage consistent use of the target language, such as such as chat mats, self-assessment rubrics, surveys, contracts, sentence builders, and rejoinders to foster a more immersive language environment.
