Talking together: Bratislava & Prague KS3 German project
Learning a new language is about communication,
which is enabled by collaboration. To ensure
future development, the German department of
The British International School Bratislava and
Prague British International School have come
together to start a much closer cooperation,
relationship and collaboration between both of
their German departments.
the Goethe Institute in Bratislava (a German
cultural
institute
providing
professional
development for teachers), German teachers from
Bratislava and Prague came together for training
on the use of iPads in German lessons. In a six-hour
session we learned which different apps we can
use to make our teaching more interactive for
Michala Bartosova, Head of MFL in Prague and
Sona Slobodova, Head of World Languages in
Bratislava, came together and organized a
collaborative German project where students in
Key Stage 3 could practise their German language
skills, come together, exchange ideas and teach
other students more about their school, city or
country.
Year 7 students produced and presented a video in
German about their school in Bratislava and set up
questions for their fellow students in Prague.
Year 8 students from Prague showed us in a video
message how their school works and what their
favorite places in the school were. Interesting tasks
and activities based on the video helped the
students consolidate their knowledge within the
topic, 'School and free time'.
To expand the international mindedness, Year 8
students from Bratislava taught in a video
presentation about the historical sides of the
Slovak capital, Bratislava.
All tasks enabled the students to grow in
confidence, further their German expressive skills,
expand their German vocabulary and expressions
as well as learn more about the city of Bratislava.
Not only students but teachers used this
opportunity to come together and develop their
teaching techniques. In close collaboration with
students and
how
to
improve
their
communication, presentation and knowledge in
German.
Practical tasks which we had to do on our own
showed us new approaches to teaching and led to
the exchange of ideas. This workshop has had a
positive impact on our teaching and the
development of our faculties, since the apps can
also be used in the teaching of other languages in
our schools.
The first stone of the cooperation has been set and
hopefully in the future we will improve and
enhance this to ensure the development of
international mindedness, communication and
inquiry
in
our
schools.
For more information on how
you
can
further
your
communication skills, try our
quick course on Business
Report Writing Skills on NAU.
So?a Slobodová
German Teacher/Head of MFL
The British International School Bratislava