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WinWin für Sprache und Kultur

WinWin für Sprache und Kultur. Tandemkurs Greifswald (D) und Wolfville (CDN) Julia Hoffmann Lektorin Englisch Fremdsprachen-und Medienzentrum Universität Greifswald. Partner: Acadia University. Nova Scotia, East Canada Wolfville (Bay of Fundy, Annapolis Valley)

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WinWin für Sprache und Kultur

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  1. WinWin für Sprache und Kultur Tandemkurs Greifswald (D) und Wolfville (CDN) Julia Hoffmann Lektorin Englisch Fremdsprachen-und Medienzentrum Universität Greifswald

  2. Partner: Acadia University • Nova Scotia, East Canada • Wolfville (Bay of Fundy, Annapolis Valley) • 8,000 inhabitants (4,000 students)

  3. Acadia University

  4. German at Acadia

  5. German Department • Head of German Department: Dr. Thomas Voss • Tandem course instructor: Anne Stieger (PAD- foreign language assistant, yearly rota)

  6. Projects from last year • Interview project with German native speakers who have moved to Nova Scotia • with 1st- year and 2nd- year- students of German • A) open meeting • B) private meeting (film project for 2nd year students)

  7. Partner Course: German Conversation X2510 • Intensive Course (Sept.) : • 11 students (age: 22-24) • 5-6 yearsofschool English • tookcoursetorefreshtheir English • Partner Course: • 10 students (age:20-22 ) • 2nd yearof German • 7 aregoingtospendnextyear in Freiburg, Germany • Regular Course (Oct. – Jan.): • 22 students (age 20-25) • B.A./M.A./PhD (B2-Level) • takecoursefor GS I/ II, forwork

  8. Intensive Course September 2011 • 2 ½ weeks • 4 hourscoursedaily • weeklyskype-tasks • firstcontact via e-mailorchat • 3 officialskype-meetings (30 min. , 15 min. per language) • oral andwrittenevaluationofmeetings Skype-topics: • 1 personality (fixedsetof interview questions) • 2 traveling (combinationoffixedand individual questions) • 3 advertising (team-worktask)

  9. Screenshot example from September 2011

  10. Example of skype-taskon advertising(September)

  11. Evaluation (weekly feedback) Negative aspects: • Technical problems (frustration) • Differencebetweenlanguagelevels (impededfluency, unease) • Difficultytoarrangemeetingtimes (5-hour-time difference) Positive aspects: • Verycommunicative, same agegroup, mutual interest in otherculture • Every studenthadhadmorethan 3 skypemeetingsbythe end ofcourse • Consciouslyusednewvocabularylearntduringmeetings

  12. Outlook • in-class-skype-meetings (once a month) • create portfolio of skype-tasks for more learner independence • 2nd skype-course with Acadia (4th-year-students returning from Freiburg) • optimize course outline (different semester time slots) Suggestion: Tandem Course 1 (late September - beginning of October) Tandem Course 2 (beginning of March – late March)

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