Teacher Training as part of the Annual Chemnitz Teacher Training Seminar organized by the Sächsische Bildungsagentur Chemnitz, the U.S. Embassy Berlin, and the U.S. Consulate General Leipzig

Title: Teach About US – Innovative Ways of Teaching English: An Update on Ongoing Projects

  Chemnitz – Wednesday, March 13 | 

  Sächsische Bildungsagentur Chemnitz, Annaberger Straße 119, 09120 Chemnitz

  Contact: Petra Boden | Johann-Mathesius-Gymnasium Rochlitz | peatr.boden@lasc.lernsax.de

Dr. Martina Kohl | U.S. Embassy Berlin | IRCBerlin@state.gov

Program:

Wednesday, March 13, 2019

09:00 – Welcome remarks (Petra Boden, Johann-Mathesius-Gymnasium Rochlitz and Timothy Eydelnant, U.S. Consul General, Leipzig)

09:15 – Lecture and discussion “German-American Relations Today: Points of Friction, Common Goals” (Crister Garrett, Leipzig University)

10:45 – Coffee break

11:15 – Workshop “Teach About US – Innovative Ways of Teaching English: An Update on Ongoing Projects” (Joannis Kaliampos, Leuphana University Lüneburg)

12:45 – Lunch break

13:45 – Workshop “Creative Writing in the EFL Classroom” (Rebecca Rukeyser, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf/Bard College Berlin)

15:15 – Wrap-Up and closing remarks