HUMANITIES MATTER. Thanks to Mike Sosulski for this great piece! digitaledition.chicagotribune.com/infinity/art...

Hi German educators! I hope you're already in the Special Interest Group for German. Join by going to the ACTFL Central, and then navigating to "Communities" / Special Interest Groups" and hit JOIN. If you're interested in joining our leadership, let me know! community.actfl.org/home/memberh...

Made it to the Lauterbrunnen pool on the last day of their season! 😍🇨🇭🌊☀️

Took advantage of the last warm August day in Leipzig to check out the only 50m outdoor pool❤️🌊☀️ Sommerbad Kleinzschocher

What an amazing performance! So fun, full of surprises. The dancing, costumes, and lighting 👏👏👏

German educators in US: The ACTFL German SIG is looking for a new Secretary (starting Jan 2026) to join leadership. Workload is about 1 hr/month, it's a great way to meet colleagues doing inspiring work! Let me know if you'd be interested! Happy to answer any questions. #TeachGerman

Apply to be a fellow at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum! I gained so much from my time there as a Mandel Fellow. Check out their current call for applications: www.ushmm.org/research/opp...

Nothing like a slow summer morning, watching the morning traffic go by. ☀️

The Schulmuseum in Leipzig has model classrooms representing different eras of German history: Kaiserreich, Nazi era, GDR. Fascinating exhibits and objects showing the history of schooling through the years.

A free kayak rental in Leipzig - if you pick up trash while paddling! Thanks to the Green Kayak program! 💚 GREEN KAYAK und GWÖ share.google/Ub47nJ6SWJoY...

Ooh, pretty stamps! But note the cost of sending a postcard is now about $1.50 plus whatever the postcard cost.😬

The Nationalbibliothek in Leipzig is the perfect mix of historic beauty (Lesesaal) and ultra-modern (Abholstation). #Nationalbibliothek

At the Nationalbibliothek in Leipzig, working on a chapter on Ruth Maier for a book on "Queer Exiles". A pretty good view! @ankahajkova.bsky.social

Collecting for German 101 real-world examples of self-introductions, and thinking about examples of playful and image-forward ways of profiling people, such as Süddeutsche Zeitung ""Sagen Sie jetzt nichts". I feel like students would have fun with this format! other ideas? #LangChat #TeachingGerman

Great episode! Lots of take-aways. And I also love the idea of having students research "gap year" ideas and make a list of "best" and "worst" after interviewing a classmate😀 #langchat #languageTeaching

Unexpectedly good politics from Thomas Kinkade's family! www.kinkadefamilyfoundation.org

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Happening today! Our second webinar for the ACTFL German SIG - "Teaching with and against the Canon" with Didem Uca! #LangChat Register here: my.actfl.org/SIG_WEBINAR_...

Just a reminder to all language educators about our upcoming webinar on June 20 with Dr. Didem Uca! She will be talking about "Teaching with and against the canon." FREE to all ACTFL members, register here: my.actfl.org/SIG_WEBINAR_...

Enjoyed this last episode! You all are truly an inspiration as educators and humans. Thanks for all your hard work on this! Sorry to hear Bryan will be taking a break but I understand!

tomorrow in class we will celebrate reading 7 contemporary German graphic novels together in 9 weeks - plus students chose one last book to read on their own! Looking forward to hear about their favorites, most memorable, favorite characters, etc. #GermanComics #USGermanStudies #LangChat

Falling Knife Brewery in Minneapolis right now #GoWolves

Thank you to #ACTFL for hosting webinars like this! Provost Ben Rifkin provides very helpful information and perspectives for faculty in languages and lit @actfl.bsky.social

Inspired by the #SLAyyy podcasters to add a little rejoinder fun to class. Going to give my Studis all a little "cheat sheet" today! @mrfishersays.bsky.social

Thanks to the #SLAyyy podcast for introducing me to "Evidence Snacks" - what a great resource for teachers. I just subscribed! snacks.pepsmccrea.com

Campus is looking so pretty! I love when the green is so fresh it's neon green! 🌞

Excited to be presenting at #ACTFL25!

Yes! All this. Instead of listing infinitives, show students how the language will be used (opinion words in "I" forms). And I was thinking I need to redo my handout about citing and summarizing texts. Those verbs all in third person! Great, practical tips here.

Sharing something that worked! Topic: gifts. I showed them an infographic with the items blacked-out, and they had to guess what the top 5 and worst 5 V-Day gifts were. Then the reveal - it was a lot of fun and produced good debates! #LangChat #LanguageTeaching #TeachingForProficiency

not the students showing me the "verbotene" appliances they have in their dorm rooms during their "Roomtour" 😂😂😂 "Das ist verboten." I'm dying

It's so fun teaching pretty books.😍 Students made such smart comments about the colors and artwork in this graphic novel today, it was great! Good content produces good contexts for language use.

Huge shout-out to this podcast. All about joy of learning! I took a bunch of ideas from this episode and am already implementing them in class. Danke! #langchat #languageTeaching

thanks to Kiley Kost for giving today's ACTFL German SIG webinar on project-based assessments! It was SO full of good, creative ideas! I did not know about the TILT framework for transparency in assessment design - great resource! www.tilthighered.com/resources #langchat @aatgonline.bsky.social

Love these ideas for "tweaking" in-class games like Kahoot to make them more focused on meaning and communication. At novice level, it can be true/false, who said this, which answer is logical? Danke!

Currently reading "Art and Science of Language Teaching" with colleagues (Lara Bryfonski, Alison Mackey). I will share a few things we talked about in this thread #LangChat #LanguageEducation #AppliedLinguistics #LanguageTeaching #LanguageLearning

German educators: Please help to share in your networks! WEBINAR: "Assessment Design to Support Student Learning at All Levels", Dr. Kiley Kost (April 16, 4:30 pm ET) Free to ACTFL members; register through the ACTFL SIG Webinar Registration page my.actfl.org/SIG_WEBINAR_...

Today in German class: Nozomi Horibe on getting out of your comfort zone! #DerTrip RAUS aus der Komfortzone! "Nur so kann man wachsen" 😊 #deutscheComics

Fellow language educators, check it out!

"I don't want a Disney vacation of our history! I don't a whitewashed history, I don't want a homogenized history. Tell me the wretched truth about America, because that speaks to our greatness" -- 20 hours into his speech, Cory Booker is spitting absolute 🔥

Activity re-write: Students work in pairs w/ handout and describe a kitchen, what it has and doesnt have. Their partner guesses which one it is, then they switch roles. #CommonGround #CommunicativeLang

students sharing good news! The only bright spot these days!

It is exhausting teaching and being there for the students as if the whole country isn’t collapsing. #EduSky

Teaching German 102 and when I asked them what their favorite part of 101 was: finding friends, group projects, learning "mega", learning about culture, and "Bernd das Brot"😂 #LanguageTeaching

Day 1 of my seminar on contemporary German graphic novels! Can't wait to talk about these books with students. #USGermanStudies

My latest article is out in Feminist German Studies! "Refugee Romances: Solidarity, Love, and Care in the Exile Novels of Adrienne Thomas". Excellent journal--I cannot say enough nice things about the fantastic editors of FGS! muse-jhu-edu.kzoocoll.idm.oclc.org/pub/17/artic...

Ex of a #CommonGround #ActivityRewrite to focus on COMMUNICATION. German 102 starts Monday: We begin by reviewing the *topics* we learned about in 101 (focus on content, not grammar). They will get photos to describe for their classmates, and class will guess which image they received.

#Survivor48 sharing refugee stories. An important moment on American TV right now.

#ResearchDay Writing about two refugee couples, separated during WWII. The incredible stories of Else Behrend-Rosenfeld and Eva Pfister both should be highlighted for #WomensHistoryMonth

Today in one of our listservs someone was promoting the new book "Abogeil! The language of German teens on YouTube" and I just had to see the Table of Contents 😂

#GermanInstructors: please save the date for these two webinars coming up, hosted by the ACTFL German Special Interest Group. Dr. Kiley Kost, Carleton College (April 16, 4:30 pm ET) Assessment Design to Support Student Learning at All Levels Members can register here my.actfl.org/SIG_WEBINAR_...