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The 2004 Midwest Summer Workshop for German Teachers

• Are you ready for the new school year?
  
• Looking for a way to get charged?
  
• How about trying out some new ideas for your German classes?
  
• Want to immerse yourself in German language and culture in a new and different way?

Miami University and the Goethe Institut are pleased to announce the continuation of a new concept in in-service German education; the Midwest Summer Workshop for German Teachers.

Here's how it works: a group of approximately 20 secondary school teachers of German will be selected to attend a one-week intensive session in German language, methods and culture at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. During this week, teachers will immerse themselves in German language and culture and will participate in sessions on a variety of topics including advanced language seminars, strategies to increase students' use of German in the classroom, "Jugendliteratur," songs in German instruction, making movies, theater in the German classroom, German holiday celebrations, and many more.

SCHEDULE FOR THE MIDWEST SUMMER WORKSHOP

Bringing teachers together for these sessions in language, methods and culture responds to a need for on-going in-service assistance into the school year. The Workshop will take place from July 24-August 1, 2004.

This one-week immersion workshop concentrates on preparing teachers for the new school year. New ideas in methods as well as immersion in German language and culture will give participants that initial head start they feel they need. A variety of extra-curricular events will be a part of the program, including a meeting with a group of Austrians staying on campus.

GRADUATE CREDITS

The Midwest Summer Workship for German Teachers offers teachers 3 graduate credits at Miami University. They will be enrolled in German 699. Instruction will take place on the Miami Campus. Sessions will be held daily from 9 A.M. - 5 P.M. (with breaks) during this week.

INSTRUCTORS:

• Robert Di Donato, Chair, Department of German, Russian and East Asian Languages, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio
  
• Director of the Language Program, Goethe Institute, Chicago, IL
  
• Ekkehard Sprenger, Fachberater für Deutsch, Goethe Institute, San Francisco, CA
  
• Guest Presenters

HOUSING AND ACCOMMODATIONS

Participants will be housed in single rooms at the air conditioned Havighurst Residence Hall and will have breakfast and some dinners included. Lunch will be at participants' expense.

ELIGIBILITY

All secondary teachers are eligible to attend the Midwest Summer Workshop. Preference will be given to those applicants who need to refresh or upgrade their linguistic skills as well as their knowledge of German culture and methods of teaching German. Participants must agree to attend all sessions and related activities for the duration of the program. If you have attended a previous Jump-Start Workshop, you may apply for Midwest Summer Workshop, preference will be given to first-timers.

MIAMI UNIVERSITY

Miami University, a state-assisted university, is located in the town of Oxford, about thirty-five miles from Cincinnati, and forty-six from Dayton, in the wooded, rolling country of southwestern Ohio. The attractive residential campus offers a congenial environment for graduate study and research. Its medium size (about 15,000 students) permits both sufficient diversity of programs and a continued tradition of liberal education and person interaction.

APPLICATION AND FEES

• Each participant's total cost of the Jump-Start Workshop is $400 and includes
  
• 3 hours of graduate credit at Miami University
  
• Breakfast and several dinners
  
• Housing at the Havighurst Residence Hall (air conditioned)
  
• Instructional materials

You are responsible for transportation to and from Miami University.

You can download your application to the Midwest Summer Workshop, fill it out, and send it to:


If you have any questions, please e-mail them to Robert Di Donato at didonar@muohio.edu . You may also call for information from Robert Di Donato at 513-529-2526.
Upon request, an application will be forwarded to you.
Deadline for applications: April 15, 2004.

If you have any questions please call: Robert Di Donato at (513) 529-2526, e-mail didonar@muohio.edu

COME JOIN US THIS SUMMER. YOU'LL HAVE A GREAT TIME.

Sincerely,
Robert Di Donato