Making the case for German

Gimagine brings the German language to your school, wherever you are in the United Kingdom. Get support locally, team up with other schools to profit from our free professional training courses, receive professional mentoring for your school, and become a German language learning centre.

The German language across the UK

Be it through prepared lessons with our German Clubs, our free professional development and mentoring programme (the GEM initiative), or Vorsprung Deutsch, an initiative where we step in to provide German teaching at schools that experience a short-term HR shortage, Gimainge brings the German language to schools everywhere in the United Kingdom.

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GEMs, Specialist Teachers, the PASCH-Initiative, and more... Find an initiative near you on Google Maps.

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German Expert Mentors (GEMs)

Our German Expert Mentors (GEMs) Network delivers support to German departments and professional upskilling to German teachers in schools across the UK. 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.
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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Become a part of the network

Are you a specialised teacher and would like to network with other German teachers? Are you a non-specialised teacher interested in starting a German Club? Is you school, university, or other institution interested in broadening their German offers? Contact us and join us and your colleagues in the biggest German language network in the UK.

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Please fill out our online form: Let us know where you are and what your interests are. We'll be delighted to connect you with colleagues near you.

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GIMAGINE team

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East of England

Our German Expert Mentors (GEMs) in the East of England

Jenny O’Reilly-Turner
Lead teacher of A-Level German and French at Abbeygate Sixth Form College in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Stefanie Green
Teacher of Modern Languages at Farlingaye High School, East England
Susannah Porsz
International Baccalaureate (IB) Coordinator at the Anglo European School, Essex

East and West Midlands

Our German Expert Mentors (GEMs) in the East and West Midlands

Silvia Bastow

Head of Languages and Specialist Leader in Education for MFL at Ercall Wood Academy in Shropshire, West Midlands

Sabine Zimmermann

German teacher at Lady Hawkins School in Kington, Herefordshire

Greater London

Our German Expert Mentors (GEMs) in the Greater London area

Marian Devons

Primary school teacher at Hillingdon Primary School, London

Wanda Marshall

German teacher and author for teaching materials

North-West England

Our German Expert Mentors (GEMs) in the North-West

Sally Conroy

Head of MFL at Cardinal Newman 6th Form College, Preston in Northwest England

Caroline Pattinson

German teacher

Northern Ireland

Our German Expert Mentors (GEMs) in Northern Ireland

Olivia Moore

Head of German in a state grammar school in Belfast

Scotland

Our German Expert Mentors (GEMs) in Scotland

Molly Kelly

German teacher

David Summerville

German and French teacher at Bishopbriggs Academy in East Dunbartonshire

South-East England

Our German Expert Mentors (GEMs) in South-East England

Matthew Birtchnell
Assistant Headteacher and Director of Sixth Form at St Olave’s Grammar School, South East London
Natalie Boniface
Head of Faculty at Hoe Valley School, Woking, Surrey
Bettina D'Cruz
German teacher
Kevin Squibb
Head of Language Department at St Albans in Hertfordshire

South-West England

Our German Expert Mentors (GEMs) in South-West England

Clare Butler

Head of Language Department in Taunton, Somerset

Wales

Our German Expert Mentors (GEMs) in Wales

Sabine Zimmermann

German teacher at Lady Hawkins School in Kington, Herefordshire

Yorkshire

Our German Expert Mentors (GEMs) in Yorkshire

Helena Butterfield

Head of Modern Foreign Languages at Teesside High School in Eaglescliffe

Connect your students locally

with other learners around them

Are you considering starting a German Club? Why not also create a forum or private group on our free community learning platform "Deutsch für Dich", building a fun learning environment with peers around you?

Deutsch für Dich

Goethe-Institut's “Deutsch für Dich” platform is an interactive, gamified, easily accessible and safe self-learning space. Exercises are designed for learners of all language levels and are directed towards a variety of age groups. Interactive features, such as topical forums and comment functions, allow for community building. Users may also create private groups for private exchanges. The Deutsch-für-Dich-team responds to public commentary and deletes inappropriate content.

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Gamified Self-Learning

From football to fashion, to vacationing, “Deutsch für Dich” offers lessons on all language levels (A1-C2) for a variety of age-groups, and are designed for self-learning.

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Community Building

Teachers can create closed groups which can, for instance, facilitate private chats, local club schedules, or challenges. Public forums allow users to connect to German learners worldwide.

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We form part of NCLE

The National Consortium for Languages Education (NCLE) is a nationwide programme funded by the DfE up to £14.9 million over three years to re-energise language learning in state-maintained primary and secondary schools in England. The NCLE is led by UCL's Institute of Education, together with the Goethe-Institut and the British Council.

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