Culture Photo (detail): © Tanja Kurz Skilled Workers’ Training in Schwäbisch Hall Day Care in the Morning, Language Class in the Afternoon – A Recipe for Success (21 January 2021) Faced with the current economic situation in Spain, 13 educators from Spain were drawn to Schwäbisch Hall where they are working in the city’s day-care centres while learning German at the Goethe-Institut. Corona challenges motivate DaF cooperation remains committed Children’s and young adult literature Are you what you read? Online Language Teaching Language learning goes digital: Online learning before, during and after the coronavirus News from culture and society ©Willem Vrey Corona challenges motivate DaF cooperation remains committed The Goethe-Institut Namibia Education Cooperation department was last year presented with various challenges in meeting its mandate to supporting the deliverance of German as a Foreign Language (DaF – Deutsch als Fremdsprache) at the over 53 Namibian schools. Despite the challenges brought by the Corona Pandemic, numerous projects were reconceptualised and delivered to meet the growing demand for DaF to over 8,000 learners. Photo (detail): © picture alliance / akg-images / Sammlung Foedrowitz Day of Remembrance for the Victims of National Socialism Each victim had a name (27 January 2021) The extermination camp at Auschwitz was liberated 76 years ago today. Secretary-general of the Goethe-Institut Johannes Ebert writes about the personal and social responsibility that arises from commemorating the victims of National Socialism. Photo (detail): © picture alliance / Mint Images Non-European Art “We don't want to be like you” Western art museums rarely exhibit contemporary, indigenous art. Ethnologist Mona Suhrbier believes that the art world has to rethink how it approaches the unfamiliar. In Focus ©Goethe-Institut Namibia Goethe Stage 2021 We invite submissions of short film scripts (10 – 20 pages) from new as well as emerging writer/ directors (no more than 2 short films to their credit). ©LibraryAidAfrica #libraryselfie2021 The three participants with the highest likes in each country will be rewarded with reading tablets, books, goodie bags and access to the Goethe-Institut’s e-library. Service Photo: Goethe-Institut/ Loredana La Rocca eLibrary Photo: Loredana La Rocca Translation Programme Photo: Enno Kapitza Local Languages Top