DLL 3: Teaching German as a World Language

Register by January 4|Deutsch Lehren Lernen (DLL) is a professional development series for German educators. Eligible for Idioma credit.

Deutsch Lehren Lernen. Modules: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10. Goethe-Institut

Deutsch Lehren Lernen Goethe-Institut

You would like to hone your teaching skills together with educators from North America?

The innovative concept of DLL (Deutsch Lehren Lernen) focuses on daily practices and challenges you may face in a German language classroom and highlights key players and fundamental elements of instruction. Topics such as language skills, grammar, vocabulary, phonetics, literature, classroom formats, etc. are integrated into a competence-driven teaching concept. Format: 100% online (synchronous and asynchronous on the learning platform Moodle
Length: 10 weeks, January 13- March 24
Three online-live sessions 
Register by January 4

About DLL 3: Teaching German as a World Language

  • Participants know the elements of the German language and how the form and function of linguistic parts work together in communication.
  • Participants know the semantic categories, the nouns and functions of the article as well as the formal properties of gender, number, and case.
  • Participants can explain the connection between the preposition and the following case.
  • Participants are familiar with important models for representing sentence structure and how the parts of a sentence are related to each other.
  • Participants know why standard pronunciation is important and which important features characterize German intonation.
  • Participants can compare the phonetic system of German with that of the first language of their students and anticipate potential pronunciation difficulties.
This course is eligible to receive professional development hours or graduate-level credits through our partner Idioma Education & Consulting. Visit goethe.de/usa/idioma for more information.