“Zeilenschmiede,” an artist group from Germany, visited UConn on October 3rd, 2018, to present their approach to getting creative with German: improvisational theater. In a two-hour workshop with one of the German Studies courses, taught by Mareike Geyer, they guided the group through a series of hands-on and get-physical scenes, with some exercises derived from […]
In their “Pedagogical Strategies to Foster Intercultural Competence and Address Social Justice Issues in the Beginner Language Classroom” workshop Britta Meredith (PhD Candidate), Mareike Geyer (M.A. Candidate, ALDS) and Professor Manuela Wagner put theory into practice by presenting exercises grounded in principles of intercultural citizenship (e.g. Byram, 2008) and social justice (e.g. Osborn, 2006). Using […]
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