Letˈs rock the German

language teaching!

By Snježana fištrović

TeachMeet Intˈl 2012

Teacher of GermanKarlovac, Croatia

One vision, one mission !

• To increase the motivation of students for learning German as a second foreign language!

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How ?

What are the students most interested in?

Using the interests of students Involving ICT Using social networks

Music

Why to use music ?

By using a german pop-rock song that the students have chosen

By using the interactive whiteboard By using Facebook, YouTube

Music creates a positive atmosphere Music allows everyone to participate Students find learning vocabulary through songs amusing Songs are „sticky”

How did i implement music, ict and social networks into the language teaching ?

WHAT DID IT look like ? Part 1

What did it look like ? Part 2

What impact DID it haVE on my students ?

They were relaxedThey were focusedThey were working togetherThey were practising skills (listening,

understanding, reading, writing) in an amusing way

They had a lot of funAnd the teaching process ?

It was interactiveIt was dynamicIt was motivating

Mission accomplished

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Thank you for your attention!

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Useful links

• http://seemoreplaces.com/blog/2010/09/using-songs-to-teach-foreign-language/

• http://www.nemcina.org/download/lieder_dfg.pdf

• http://musikimdeutschunterricht.blogspot.com/

• http://www.redmamy.de/daf-blog/category/daf-unterricht/