GIMAGINE

Get set, German!

GIMAGINE promotes and supports the learning of German as a foreign language in the UK. The project centres around students, teachers and schools. Apart from offering initiatives for professional advancement to German teachers, the project can fund learning German through scholarships and provides schools with classroom materials and teaching resources.

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Teachers

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Pupils and German learners

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Schools

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Press and partners

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Teachers

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Pupils and German learners

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Schools

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Press and partners

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German Expert Mentors (GEM) network

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Our German Expert Mentors (GEMs) Network delivers support to German departments and professional upskilling to German teachers in schools across England. Part of a nationwide network, our GEMs will coach and mentor language-teaching professionals, supply updated teaching resources and materials, and re-energise language learning with free-of-charge, bespoke offers that can be tailored to individual needs upon request.

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Latest initiatives

GIMAGINE provides resources and materials to teaching professionals, institutions and students. Here, you will find our latest initiatives.

Scholarships for community organisers

Bake sale, game night, or book club: organise a community project in German and win a scholarship for a German course at the Goethe-Institut.

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Language Hub Schools

The National Consortium for Languages Education (NCLE) has selected and announced the first Language Hubs. Schools across England will act as hubs to promote language learning.

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Enterprise German

This competition is designed for schools and universities and combines professional orientation with German language learning and economics.

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Vorsprung Deutsch

Is your German Department facing a short-term HR shortage? With Vorsprung Deutsch, the Goethe-Institut can step in until your department has got back on its feet again.

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Career Roadshow UK

Our UK-wide career roadshows offer students a multi-faceted program that provides insight into the relevance of German in professional life.

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Grants & Scholarships

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© Unsplash Learn about our current grants and scholarships, both for teachers of the German language, be it for professional development or to increase your level of German, as well as for pupils, students, and learners of German. Get set, German!

Available funding and support

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Workshops for school groups

Here we present and document motivational in-person workshops with authors and other German celebrities for young learners and school groups.

The GIMAGINE Award for young German learners

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The Gimagine Award is a highly engaging, innovative self-learning platform for young learners (14 – 18 years of age), equipping them with beginner German skills and current global knowledge about a broad range of topics. Learners will collect points that lead to the “GIMAGINE Award Certificate” – an official certificate stating their achievements.

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Initiative Partners

GIMAGINE is a project by the Goethe-Institut in cooperation with its partners of the National Consortium for Languages Education. The National Consortium for Languages Education (NCLE) is a partnership of UCL's Faculty of Education and Society (IOE), the British Council and the Goethe-Institut. In accordance with GIMAGINE, NCLE Language Hubs are being set up to promote the quality of language teaching throughout England. NCLE aims to increase the uptake of language qualifications in English state schools.