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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Teachers

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Pupils and German learners

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Schools

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We form part of NCLE

The National Consortium for Languages Education (NCLE) is a nationwide hubs 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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Call for Applications

Competition for student groups
Enterprise German

This project combines aspects of German, economics, and professional orientation with a motivating competition. School classes from secondary schools in the UK and university students can register by 30 April 2024.

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Professional Development | German Teachers
GEMs for professional development

We are currently looking for German teachers in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland who would like to work for us as GEMs for professional development. On behalf of the Goethe-Institut, you will be offering professional development for German teachers across the UK. Application deadline: 03 May 2024

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Get free professional coaching at your school

The GEM Network

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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Grants & Scholarships for Teachers

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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

Featured initiatives

for Teachers, Schools, and Students

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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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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The GIMAGINE Award for young German learners

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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Deutsch Lehren Lernen (DLL)

Professional development

With our regional DLL courses you will have the opportunity to share and refresh your specialist knowledge with German teachers from the Northwestern Europe region (Ireland, UK, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Netherlands). You will gradually develop your professional skills by trying out new things and reflecting on your own teaching.

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Topical Exam Preparation

Here you will find a wide range of teaching materials and free German exercises, compiled in accordance with subject areas of the British GSCE for German as a foreign language. The focus is on promoting the use of the German language in action-oriented lessons, communicative speaking and writing.

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.

Funded by

GIMAGINE is funded by England's Department for Education and Germany's Federal Foreign Office (Auswärtiges Amt).

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