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  • Integration of skilled immigrants

    How to overcome the Language Barrier

    How important is language acquisition to the integration of skilled immigrants? This is the subject of “Deutsch lernen für ein Leben in Deutschland” (Learning German for a Life in Germany), a report on the latest research findings. The bottom line: Early and well-tailored language-learning programmes are a must for a modern host country.

    Three young people laughing and with their arms around each other © Colourbox © Colourbox

  • SKILLED WORKERS SHORTAGE

    MOVING TO GERMANY AS A HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL?

    The Goethe-Institut Thailand is actively supporting and offering language and cultural training to interested skilled workers abroad. These trainings prepare them for (professional) life in Germany and equips them with adequate language skills.

    ALS PFLEGEKRAFT NACH DEUTSCHLAND? © Supachai Saingam © Supachai Saingam

Digital media

  • Artificial Intelligence in Foreign Language Teaching

    How is the role of teachers changing as a result of the application of artificial intelligence?

    Prof Dr. Torben Schmidt is an important voice in the field of digital foreign language learning. In an interview with Dr. Moritz Dittmeyer, he discusses the potential and the challenges of AI technologies in foreign language learning.

    Man with smartphone standing in front of a hologram, in the background are different symbols such as a plane or a computer. © Goethe-Institut/GettyImages © Goethe-Institut/GettyImages

  • Conceptional orality in written texts

    WhatsApp messages in the classroom?

    GFL lessons are designed to enable learners to communicate in German in different situations. What does this mean in the era of YouTube and WhatsApp? Should the linguistic phenomena of these media be explored in GFL lessons, or have they perhaps already been included in textbooks or even exams?

    Texts in YouTube and WhatsApp exhibit some interesting linguistic phenomena. Photo (detail): Wayhome Studio © Adobe Stock Photo (detail): Wayhome Studio © Adobe Stock

  • Digital competence

    Which digital competences do educators require today?

    Digital media are indispensable in the working world, but their use in schools is still a matter of some controversy. This makes the question of how educators should approach this topic in future all the more pressing.

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  • Online Teaching Tools

    Making online language learning interactive: Useful tools and tips

    There are lots of online tools for effective online teaching of German as a foreign or second language. The following is an introduction to a few of them, with concrete examples showing how to use them.

    Online Teaching © adobe.stock © adobe.stock

  • Language learning in the future

    “New technologies will change the way we learn”

    Will we still bother to learn foreign languages in the future? Or will we simply have programs that translate languages for us simultaneously? How will digitization change the way lessons are designed? In our interview, trend researcher Peter Wippermann talks about possible ways in which (language) learning will develop in the future.

    VR glasses in a library © Asya Finn © Asya Finn

  • Trends in GFL textbooks

    German Lessons with both Books and Smartphones

    These days digital programs are absolutely indispensable for learning and the smartphone is becoming increasingly important as a learning medium – also for German as a foreign language courses. The big German textbook publishers have now started to enhance their range of course materials to include digital media.

    Smartphone and Tablets instead of books Photo (detail): © Syda Productions Photo (detail): © Syda Productions

  • Online Learning

    My path to Germany

    Online German practice, information about life in Germany and a list of the available advice options – all of this is offered by the Internet portal “Mein Weg nach Deutschland”. Numerous services are also provided for teachers.

    Mein Weg nach Deutschland © Model-Foto: Colourbox.de © Model-Foto: Colourbox.de

Research

The importance of first and second languages in personal expression

To express emotions, we mostly rely on our native language

(Foreign) languages open up new worlds to us, but we generally feel most at home in our mother tongue. And yet, as Professor Thorsten Piske at Friedrich Alexander University in Erlangen and Nuremburg explains in an interview, our native language isn’t always the language we speak best.

A teacher plays the guitar for his students © Getty Images © Getty Images

  • Intercultural teaching and learning

    Rethinking intercultural learning processes

    Cultures do not have clearly definable boundaries, and are by no means homogenous within themselves. Instead, they are defined by dynamic relationships and interactions between people. What is the significance of these new findings when it comes to designing intercultural learning scenarios?

    Cultures are not networks with clearly definable boundaries. © vege - Fotolia.com © vege - Fotolia.com

  • Language Research

    Word nets in our heads

    Why do we often already know what our interlocutor wants to say before he has finished his sentence? How is it that we understand many terms even when we hear them for the first time? And what importance does this have for learning and translating foreign languages?

    Words condition each other reciprocally Photo (detail): © Petr Vaclavek - Fotolia.com Photo (detail): © Petr Vaclavek - Fotolia.com

  • Multilingualism

    Languages open doors for children

    Children experience their own multilingualism mainly as positive, says Professor Ingelore Oomen-Welke. But this needs certain conditions.

    Ismail and Farida look upon their multilingualism as something completely natural. Photo (detail): © Janna Degener Photo (detail): © Janna Degener

  • Claudia Maria Riehl in an interview

    Better Chances with Multilingualism

    The assertion that multilingualism among immigrants is an obstacle to integration is still doing the rounds. This thesis, however, contradicts the latest research findings.

    Promoting multilingualism instead of curbing it © lassedesignen - Fotolia.com © lassedesignen - Fotolia.com

Young people

  • Network Climate – a project on sustainability

    How do you work with young people from six countries on the topic of sustainability and learn German at the same time? With the regional project "Network Climate", the Goethe-Institut in Thailand enabled 24 young people and six accompanying teachers to participate in a multifaceted and eventful event.

    A group of young people stands on the beach cheering with nets full of garbage. © Goethe-Institut Thailand © Goethe-Institut Thailand

  • Netwerk Klima Environment Club

    For the Network Climate project, students from six countries came to Thailand from 30 July to 6 August 2022 to work on concrete solutions for environmental problems in their country. A camp alone is not enough. In order to bring about sustainable changes in their countries, the participants of the Netzwerk Klima camp have founded the "Netzwerkklima Environmental Club".

    Four people standing in front of a building. © Goethe-Institut © Goethe-Institut

  • "Kawin in Germany"

    An interactive book for Thai learners of German

    On 23rdJune 2022, the Goethe-Institut Thailand presented a very special book for learners of German: With "Kawin in Germany" they get to know the country and its people and train speaking and listening comprehension with the help of interactive video animations.

    Four schoolgirls reading the book "Kawin in Germany" and look smilingly into the camera. © Goethe-Institut Thailand © Goethe-Institut Thailand

  • Education for sustainable development

    Learning German on the Chao Phraya

    Water pollution doesn't concern me? No one can say that after the river trip on the Chao Phraya. The Goethe-Institut Thailand invited seven schools to get their own impression of the river's water quality and to better understand why environmental problems also affect their own environment.

    Students examine the water quality of the Chao Phraya River. Photo (detail): Goethe-Institut Thailand Photo (detail): Goethe-Institut Thailand

  • PASCH-Alumni-Conference 2021

    Strengthening the bond with Germany

    PASCH is an initiative that accompanies many Thai students even after their school years. At the PASCH Alumni Conference, they jointly developed concepts for a strong network and for the next generation.

    A group of people pose in front of a wall with text. Photo (detail): Goethe-Institut Thailand Photo (detail): Goethe-Institut Thailand

  • In VW Bulli into the shopping mall

    A review of ten years of Deutschmobil

    Back in 2011, a team of four from the Goethe-Institut Bangkok went on a road trip for the first time to enthuse students for the German language. Three staff members tell us about its beginning and look ahead to the future of German language learning.

    The Deutschmobil in 2012 Photo (detail): © Timo Kozlowski I Goethe-Institut Thailand Photo (detail): © Timo Kozlowski I Goethe-Institut Thailand

  • Digital Week of the German Language 2021

    Semmel or Schrippe? German(y) is so colorful

    From August 23 to 27, enthusiastic German learners from all over Thailand met for the "Digital Week of the German Language." In addition to the joy of learning German together, the focus was on how versatile the German language and culture are beyond all clichés.

    Two presenters in the broadcast studio of the Goethe-Institut Thailand Photo (detail): © Goethe-Institut Thailand Photo (detail): © Goethe-Institut Thailand

  • Sustainability

    PASCH youth camp in Khao Lak

    From November 14th to 22nd, the Goethe-Institute Thailand organized a youth camp for 40 PASCH-Students in Khao Lak. Dedicated teenagers in classes M5 and M6 took part in action-orientated German classes and got to know each other and their environment in creative Workshops on the subject of ,,sustainability''.
     

    PASCH youth camp in Khao Lak © Sorapong Sawawiboon © Sorapong Sawawiboon

  • APDO 2019 - The winners are

    The APDO 2019 is over! More than 100 students, accompanying teachers, supervisors and an international team waited anxiously for the award ceremony for this year's competition on Thursday, the 15th of August 2019. At 7.45 pm they said: "This year's winners are ..."

    Die APDO 2019 in Bogor © Goethe-Institut © Goethe-Institut

  • On the way to the APDO 2019 - National German Language Olympiad in Thailand

    The Asia-Pacific-German Olympics (APDO) will take place from the 9th until the 16th of August in Bogor, Indonesia. It is a competition for young learners of German language at level A1 and A2. And also Thailand has got six tickets for the best students of the country.

    APDO-Bogor-Backdrop-2019 © Goethe-Institut © Goethe-Institut

  • Asia-Pacific German Olympics

    "The best week of my life"

    Getting to know and learn from one another in German, 8,000 kilometres from Germany. Seventy-seven pupils from ten countries met in Thailand for the first Asia-Pacific German Olympics.

    The students get to know each other in various competitions. Photo: Noah Shahar Photo: Noah Shahar

Teachers

Instructions in the Classroom

Practical tips for German language teachers on wording instructions to the class

Tips on successful and appropriate word choice in the classroom and three keys to giving effective instructions: Only the right combination of physical and content levels ensures optimal understanding of the instructions. Tips are provided for volume and tempo as well as the right choice of words.

Getting the message across ©Adobe Stock ©Adobe Stock

  • From Practice for the practice /Turning Practical Experience into a Learning Tool

    Everything in one box! The use of Word cards as learning supplement

    Learning with a card index has been known since the 1970s, when Sebastian Leitner presented the idea in his key work, ''Learning to Learn''.
     

    Boxen © Goethe-Institut Thailand © Goethe-Institut Thailand

  • Inclusive Learning and Teaching

    Gender-inclusive language in German teaching

    Languages, and therefore language learning, are closely linked to identity. Even in language classes for beginners, pupils talk about themselves, their experiences and their relationships. How can you help your pupils express non-binary gender identities?

    Gender inclusiveness © Sharon McCutcheon © Sharon McCutcheon

  • Video production in the classroom

    Learners behind the camera

    You must have incorporated a video into your lesson at some point? But have learners ever produced videos of their own in your classroom? These tips and tutorial film clips will help you to try this out in lessons.

    Producing their own videos for lessons motivates learners. Photo (detail): Rasulov © Adobe Stock Photo (detail): Rasulov © Adobe Stock

  • Learner autonomy and learning strategies

    Strategies promote learning

    Learning strategies are important tools for controlling and optimising the acquisition and use of a foreign language. Regular strategy training helps learners to become more independent. You can try this out for yourself too, with the help of the specific tips and teaching resources.

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  • German teachers in Thailand

    Be well-prepared for Goethe-Zertifikat with the German Club

    The German Club is the first online training platform that aims to encourage Thai teaching staffs to get prepared for the B2 or C1 exam.

    White circles on green background. Insides are the topics of the German Club: Life during the Pandemic, Tips in Learning German, Globalization, Nutrition, Consumption, Tourism Illustration: © Goethe-Institut Thailand Illustration: © Goethe-Institut Thailand

  • Self-Assessment in the classroom

    This is where I am - That is where I want to be

    Self-assessment helps learners actively control their own learning process, and as such is an important step on the way to greater autonomy. What needs to be done to ensure that this step is successful? What forms of self-assessment exist? And how does self-assessment influence the role of the teacher?
     

    Did I understand that right? photo: © Hast du den Flow? - photocase.de photo: © Hast du den Flow? - photocase.de

  • DACHL-Fundstücke competition

    Finds – opening doors to German-speaking countries

    What do wild boar graffiti, something that appears to be a bus stop sign and a pair of old shoes have in common? They are three of 16 finds to win prizes in the DACHL-Fundstücke competition. 

    Three of the 16 prize-winning DACHL finds Photo: © Erika Kommer, Inka Helwig, Hyacinthe Ketchemen Ngabang Photo: © Erika Kommer, Inka Helwig, Hyacinthe Ketchemen Ngabang

  • German as a foreign language

    The Deutsch-Café as a new language offering for teachers and learners of German

    We kill many birds with one stone: the Deutsch Café offers Thai school students to apply the German language in practical situations, while students of German as a foreign language can practice teaching – promotion of German and networking inclusively.

    Logo Deutsch-Café Illustration: © Goethe-Institut Thailand Illustration: © Goethe-Institut Thailand

  • Practical Social Distancing Tips

    Everything at a Distance: Interactive Teaching Tips

    Changing conditions also create new opportunities – especially in socially distanced teaching. Teachers are spoilt for choice in this regard: here are some tips on how to choose from among the multitude of existing methods, techniques and approaches the ones best suited to interactive learning for your learners.

    Two female students wearing face masks sit at a classroom desk keeping a distance and do an elbow bump. © Adobe Stock © Adobe Stock

  • Supporting migration: hand in hand, across borders

    After running for two years, the project “Pre-Integration in the Regions of South-East Asia and South-East Europe” came to a close in June 2020. It should soon be possible for migrants from all over the world to use the materials generated.

    Pre-Integration: Supporting migration: hand in hand, across borders © Lejla Djelilovic, Goethe-Institut Bosnien und Herzegowina © Lejla Djelilovic, Goethe-Institut Bosnien und Herzegowina

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