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Goethe-Institut: Languages without borders - Mobile phone video competition
Your favourite foods are spaghetti, Sushi or mousse au chocolat, you can wish someone a good day in ten different languages, and on the Internet you chat with friends from every continent. Has it ever struck you how many languages you come into contact with every day?

In the same way that you take conversing in foreign languages for granted, you get down to business with your mobile phone as though it's the most natural thing in the world. It has become a pocket-size film camera and cinema screen.

Join in and send us your mobile phone video on the subject of multilingualism.

We are looking for spontaneous ideas and discoveries as well as fully thought-out art works. What counts is your imagination. Show us why it‘s cool to be able to speak as many languages as possible!

The closing date for entries is October 6, 2008.
The winners will be notified in writing.

Complete information: http://www.goethe.de/ges/spa/prj/sog/hfw/enindex.htm 

 
2008 AATG Sessions at ACTFL Conference

AATG's part of the program at the meeting with ACTFL in Orlando - hope to see you there!

Click here for the PDF listing of sessions.

Click here to register for the conference if you haven't done so yet

 
Update My Membership Information

Moving this summer? 

Click here to change your contact information (name, address, phone, or email)

 
2008 Annual Convention Registration Now Open

Annual Convention and World Languages Expo – Opening Minds to the World through Languages!

November 21-23
(Pre-convention workshops, November 20)
Orlando, FL

Registration now open!!
Early bird rate available until July 16, 2008

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Spring 2008 Showcase of New German Books
Twice yearly, German publishers schedule major releases of new titles and the staff of the Goethe-Institut Library selects those that have garnered special attention and critical acclaim. The result is a guide to the season’s best fiction, non-fiction, and children’s works, along with a few selections in English translation. Each Showcase feature contains a bibliographic citation, a summary of content, an excerpt from German literary reviews and biographical information about the author.

The Showcase is an excellent way to choose your summer reading. All titles are available from the Goethe-Institut Library.

http://www.goethe.de/showcase

 
GER-JOBS-Listserv

Looking for a German position or are you retiring and need someone to take your place? 

This email list identifies and provides information about teaching positions in German at all levels of instruction. The list is moderated, which means that job listings will be verified for their accuracy before being posted. Subscribers will receive postings with information on available positions.

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Deutsche Welle and Young-Germany.de begin partnership
Multimedia-based learning materials from Germany’s international broadcasting station now available on Germany’s Website for high potentials

Deutsche Welle and the portal young-germany.de are entering an online-partnership. Multimedia-based information and language-learning content will be integrated into the Website for international young elites. These include the Deutsche Welle’s language courses “Radio D” and Mission Berlin”. Users can practice their listening comprehension in the category “Deutsch@YG”. “Radio D” is the current audio language course by the Deutsche Welle, in cooperation with the Goethe-Institut (www.goethe.de). And “Mission Berlin” is a mystery story for German beginners. The multimedia-based content of both offerings provides playful access to the German language, culture and society.

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Congratulations!

Congratulations to the following AATG members who have recently received awards, or published or edited books!

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AATG Photo Gallery

Go to the Official AATG Photo Gallery on Flickr:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/aatgphotos
updated 7/2/08

If you have photos to submit or a link to your own photo gallery, please send an email to: martha@aatg.org

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Outstanding High School Senior in German Award Honor Roll
2008 Honor Roll

Congratulations to the following high school seniors who received the 2008 AATG Outstanding Senior in German Award for their excellence in learning the German language, literature, and culture.

Michael Sedwick
Mary Institute/St. Louis Country Day School
Missouri
German Teacher:
Nancy Richardson
Andrew R. Stith
Oakville High School
Missouri
German Teacher:
Caryn R. Miller
Melissa Mattee
Union Grove High School
Georgia
German Teacher:
Rita A. Prescott
John Hermann
Westlake High School
Ohio
German Teacher:
Ursula I. Hays
Dana Burdick
Duncanville High School
Texas
German Teacher:
Catherine Vrba-Christie
Brittany Wilhelm
Brooke Point High School
Virginia
German Teacher:
Ulrike Lamb
Emily Kesner
Wauwatosa East High School
Wisconsin
German Teacher:
Eva M. Tuinstra
Austin Siebert
Roncalli High School
Indiana
German Teacher:
Janet Price
Julienne Gross
J.P. McCaskey High School
Pennsylvania
German Teacher:
Erika Miller
Sara Kamoske
Hamilton High School
Wisconsin
German Teacher:
Robin Burnes Tessereau
 
Annalee Davidson
Henry Foss High School
Washington
German Teacher:
Sharon Higgins
Emily Williams
J. Frank Dobie High School
Texas
German Teacher:
Heidrun Lorenz
Andrew Hiroshi Schurr
Loyola High School of
Los Angeles
California
German Teacher:
David McClave
Kenneth Hurst
South County Secondary School
Virginia
German Teacher:
Cyrus J. Shroff
Kimberly Holtman
Brownsburg High School
Indiana
German Teacher:
Jennifer Steed
Ryan Felder
Morris Hills High School
New Jersey
German Teacher:
Amy Kluber
John Falzon
Westfield High School
New Jersey
German Teacher:
Christiane Friedlander
Paul Riggins
La Habra High School
California
German Teacher:
Daniela Picciotta
 
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