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Dear colleagues, please take note of the following workshop and pass on the information to anyone who might be interested or benefit from the event. Further details and enrolment forms on the AMGS website www.amgs.org.uk or www.amgs.co.uk. Workshop 'Die Welt zu Gast bei Freunden: Deutschland im WM - Fieber' Date: Saturday, 4 November, 2006 (11 am to 5 pm) Venue: The Goethe Institute, London Organisers: The Association of Modern German Studies The Goethe Institute, London The aim of the workshop is to provide teachers and lecturers with strategies and materials for developing the writing skills of A/AS Level students and first-year undergraduates. There will be an introduction on the development of writing skills followed by two workshops, which will use primary material from newspapers and modern media such as pod-casting to address some of the following issues: * How Germany sought to present itself at the 2006 World Cup * Foreign visitors' reactions to Germany * German patriotism and nationalism: 'Feier, Auszeit oder Wendepunkt?' * Sport and national identity By the end of the workshop sessions, teachers will have enough material and ideas for several weeks of class-room teaching and projects. The keynote speaker will be Martina Esser (Exeter College)The workshops will be led by: Chris Young and Silke Mentchen (University of Cambridge), Markus Hesselmann (Redakteur Ressort Sport, Der Tagesspiegel, Berlin), Ruth Ciesinger (Ressort Politik, Der Tagesspiegel) Programme 10.30 - 11.00 Registration and Coffee (AGM from 10.00 - 10.30 for AMGS members only) 11.00 - 11.05 Welcome and Introduction Klaus-Dieter Rossade (The Open University) on behalf of the AMGS 11.05 - 12.00 Keynote Martina Esser (Exeter College) "Can't write, won't write" - Teaching advanced writing skills to Sixth-Formers and First Year Undergraduates. 12.00 - 12.30 Introduction to workshops Chris Young and Silke Mentchen, University of Cambridge Markus Hesselmann, Redakteur Ressort Sport, Der Tagesspiegel, Berlin Ruth Ciesinger, Ressort Politik, Der Tagesspiegel, Berlin Chris Young and Markus Hesselmann: Reading from Der Lieblingsfeind: Deutschland aus der Sicht seiner Fussballrivalen. 12.30 - 13.30 LUNCH (Polish Club) 13.30 - 15.00 Workshop 1 (Chris Young and Silke Mentchen) Working with podcasts from the World Cup (Deutsche Welle project) Workshop 2 (Markus Hesselmann and Ruth Ciesinger) Working with newspaper texts from the World Cup 15.00 - 15.30 Tea 15.30 - 17.00 Workshops 1 and 2 repeated 17.00 - 17. 30 Plenary session, Evaluation and Discussion Dr. Klaus-Dieter Rossade Lecturer in German Department of Languages Faculty of Language and Education Studies The Open University Walton Hall Milton Keynes MK7 6AA +44 1908 659100 (Tel) +44 1908 652187 (Fax) [log in to unmask]