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The Goethe-Institut South Africa is committed to the professional development of German teachers. To this end, we offer courses in South African provinces on a wide range of topics and we organise a conference for German teachers every two years.
 

Deutschlehrer*innen-
tagung: Save the Date

Join educators from Southern Africa at the German Teachers’ Conference—an inspiring two-day gathering held every two years in a vibrant South African city. Around 100 teachers come together to explore innovative ideas through lectures, workshops, and dynamic discussions centered on a shared theme.

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Professional Conference for German Teachers 2026

November 6 – 8 2026

The only professional conference for German teachers in Southern Africa!

Look forward to modern & sustainable content, high-quality didactic insights, the latest developments in German as a foreign language (DaF) teaching, as well as a platform for exchange & networking. Save the date!


The Goethe-Institut South Africa is pleased to invite German teachers from Southern Africa to this year’s German teachers conference from November 6–8, 2026.

This conference is the only professional event for German teachers in Southern Africa. You can look forward to a modern, diverse, and sustainably designed conference for teachers of German abroad, featuring high-quality methodological and didactic content, the latest insights into DaF and language teaching for children and adolescents, as well as valuable and engaging opportunities for exchange among participants.

Save the date!

Information:

  • Who? For German as a Foreign Language (DaF) teachers in Southern Africa: Angola, Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe and South Africa
  • What? German Teachers’ Conference of the Goethe-Institut South Africa on the topic: Diversity
  • When? Date: Friday, November 6 to Sunday, November 8, 2026. Arrival: Friday morning, Departure: Sunday afternoon
  • Where? Location: Johannesburg or Magaliesburg, Gauteng – to be confirmed

Applications open soon!


Teachers from the above-mentioned countries in Southern Africa are invited to submit a one-page abstract on a diversity project or on the topic of diversity in the classroom from their DaF teaching practice.

The application phase for the conference runs from June 15, 2026 to July 31, 2026. Applications starting soon.


Further information on arrival and departure, as well as details on costs, accommodation, and the program, will be announced after the application deadline.

Teacher training in the provinces

Alternating with the German Teachers' Conference, short teacher training courses are held in four South African provinces: Gauteng, Free State, KwaZulu Natal and the Western Cape. In order to reach German teachers locally and to provide them with further methodological and didactic training, qualified teachers from primary, secondary and tertiary education who have been trained by the Goethe-Institut as multipliers conduct the workshops independently in the provinces.
In the teaching team, the multipliers impart subject didactic content as well as new methods for varied German lessons. The content of the training focuses on learner-activating and action-oriented topics. Special emphasis is placed on the needs of the teachers; what is suitable for immediate use in class, which methods suit my learners and which materials can I use directly after the training?

Contact

Please contact us if you would like to participate in our training courses. We will keep you regularly informed about the exact dates and send you useful information on the subject of German as a foreign language.

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