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On Thursday, October 17th, the German Poetry Slammer Paul Bank will return to Ghent for a workshop. Together with the Ghent artist and Germanist Loeke Vanhoutteghem, he will work with students on German spoken-word texts. In the evening, the texts can be performed publicly in a café. Creative fun guaranteed!
Registration: torsten.leuschner@ugent.be
Culture from East Belgium
Nebensache – secondary matter
A theatre play – for all, ages 6 and up
A Secondary matter. A commonplace story. A story without headline.
Every night, Cornelius sleeps in a different place. Today he wakes up in a corner of a room. It could perhaps be a class room. He is just passing through. He is always on a journey. He is roaming the land, as he has no home made of stone or wood or concrete or ice. His home is the being-on-the-move and the people he encounters.
He possesses nothing, except for a miserable pram. That was not always the case. But now, he stores his few poor possessions and his story in this pram. It is this story that he tells every one who wants to hear it. It is a story about luck and about what you need to be happy. About possession and loss. About debts and guilt. About farmers and banks. About hopelessness and the courage to make a fresh start.
After he has told his story, he hits the road again. Tomorrow, Cornelius will wake up in another room. Maybe it is a theatre.
Nebensache is a production of the AGORA Theatre (Sankt Vith, Belgium) based on the play Nebensache by Jakob Mendel & Gitte Kath, translated by Volker Quandt (1994) and published by Harlekin Theaterverlag (Tübingen). The play is directed by Kurt Pothen and performed by Roland Schumacher.
When? Wednesday, October 16, 2024 at 6 p.m. (admission from 5:30 p.m.)
Please register via email at dg.bruessel@dgov.be until 9 October.
Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1bCvMHnIoON3c7R7W4WdbNraUONnUIzSojkC5WyarFDc
Registration deadline for the German quiz (Friday, October 4th, 2024, 11:59 PM).
A wonderful opportunity to discover slam and meet a German slammer, but also a great chance to practice the German language!
On Wednesday, October 16th, the German poetry slammer Paul Bank will once again come to Liège for a workshop. He will work on German spoken-word texts with pupils and students. Creative fun guaranteed!
Languages: German and French (translation and interpreting will be provided to allow beginners to participate).
This event is open to everyone, with special attention to students.
Free, but registration required cletawe@uliege.be
The films that will be discussed are: Greetings from Fukushima by Doris Dörrie, Sonnenallee by Leander Haußmann and Rien à déclarer by Dany Boon.
You already know German? Ok – then why not test how well you know German literature!
During German Week, classes from secondary schools in East Belgium can take part in our literary quiz. Two classes at a time play a Kahootquiz online against each other. Our quizmaster asks questions about literature. Attention: at the beginning it’s easy, but then… Let’s see what you can do!
The literature quiz was developed by Vanessa Stilmant, a teacher at the Pater Damian School in Euoen.
Questions about the Kahoot? Contact: wenkechristina@gmail.com
Registration form: wenchr@eiverseau.be
Film screening: “Das schweigende Klassenzimmer”, with subtitles (FSK15).
questions : wenchr@eiverseau.be
Romantic tragicomedy by director and screenwriter Peter Timm (2009)
Liebe Mauer | DDR im Film ddr-im-film.de
SOLD OUT!
City rally in Louvain-la-Neuve (with prizes for the winners!) for students from level A1+.
More : wenchr@eiverseau.be
What career opportunities do you have with German? How international and multilingual is the port of Antwerp? Communicating spontaneously with customers in German – is that possible? Immerse yourself in the professional practice of different speakers and learn how multilingualism can become a key to success.
This event is organised by the Business & Languages, Supply Chain Management, Internationaal Ondernemen and KMO Management programmes of the Karel de Grote Hogeschool.
Contact : Margret.Oberhofer@kdg.be
Are you curious about what school life and teaching are like at an international German-language school in Belgium? Then you have the opportunity to sneak into the German school system. Students from the 5th to the 10th grade can immerse themselves in German school life for a day at the International German School Brussels during the “Week in German” and learn about the language and culture, including a special German lesson.
As the oldest international school in Brussels, the iDSB offers its students an excellent education based on German curricula. Due to the family atmosphere, newcomers are quickly integrated into the school community. Individual solutions are available for different life paths and situations. From kindergarten to the Abitur: at the iDSB, every child finds a suitable path. In addition, the school day offers a wide range of activities until late in the afternoon under qualified pedagogical supervision. In order to prepare the students for the demands of a globalised world, the iDSB offers up to five languages and bilingualism.
Are you interested in a taster day? Then please send us a message with the note “A day in German” to: marketing@idsb.eu. We will then contact you and organise everything else for you.
Please note that your child can only visit the school on one day. In addition, we can accept a maximum of 10 students.
More information about the iDSB: www.idsb.eu
For all publics
Day: Tuesday, 17th October 2023
Time: 7 p.m.
In his book, Spiegel-magazine’s bestselling author Roland Kaehlbrandt uses ten likeable and tangible assets to show how well-built the German language really is and how accessible it therefore is.
Practical examples and a lot of humour accompany us on this knowledgeable foray through the endearing and useful qualities of an old and at the same time highly lively, beautiful language.
Prof. Dr. Roland Kaehlbrandt teaches linguistics with a focus on language and society at the Alanus University of Arts and Social Sciences (North Rhine-Westphalia). He is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung (German Academy for Language and Poetry).
© Philip Kaehlbrandt
The reading is the result of a cooperation between Deutschcafé Antwerp and the German Embassy in Brussels. Participation is free of charge, but we kindly ask you to register via the [LINK] Deutschcafé website. The evening will conclude with a reception.
CONTACT : Deutschcafé Antwerpen
www.uantwerpen.be/deutschcafe
The stage is clear: Theatre educators from the “Junges Theater Liechtenstein” are teaching pupils from schools in Bruges, Liège and Antwerp the basic techniques of acting in a fun and entertaining way – and all in German!
Pupils are given the opportunity to experience German through acting, to conquer the stage and to discover the joys of acting! Exercises and games on rhetoric, body language, gestures and movement to music help to build self-confidence and self-perception while familiarising students with the German language. Thanks to the thematic focus of the workshop, students also get to know Liechtenstein and its particularities. The workshops are available for all language levels.
These theatre workshops are the result of a cooperation between the Liechtenstein and German embassies, das KULTURforum Antwerpen and the “Junges Theater Liechtenstein”. The workshops are already fully booked. If you are interested in a theatre workshop at your school next year, please get in touch with the contact person below.
Sarah Diffels, German Embassy, ku-101-di@brue.auswaertiges-amt.de
Would you like to surprise and amaze your students? With Tobias Campoverde, your pupils will have the opportunity to learn German by magic.
To take part in this magical and unforgettable experience, register your classes before 10 October via our website.
During the Week for German, Cinema ZED in Leuven presents gems from the German, Austrian and Swiss film world. From classics to current award-winning films: there is something for everyone!
We are happy to announce the programme on our website! Tickets go on sale at the end of September on the wensite of Cinema ZED: Woche für Deutsch | Cinema ZED
Berlin during the “Roaring Twenties
Were those years really crazy or were they just appearances and lies? What were they really like and … are there appropriate comparisons with the 1920s of our 21st century?
What was typical, what was different, what was new?
Objectives
This is a brand new and interesting project of the working group “Deutsch macht Spaß”, in which the Berlin of the Roaring Twenties AND the Berlin of today take centre stage.
On the menu for the day are various activities, reading topics, literary excerpts, collages and useful tools, suitable for pupils from B1 level upwards, including a competition.
The exhibition of the bilingual comic by German comic artist, author and cartoonist Flix* Spirou in Berlin / Spirou à Berlin travels to Louvain-La-Neuve and leads visitors through an exciting adventure in Berlin at the time of the Wall.
During the week for German, classes from secondary school can take part in our German quiz. Two classes at a time play a kahoot quiz against each other online. Our quizmaster asks questions about the German language and country knowledge questions about the DACH countries (GER from A1). The class with the highest average score wins. The best four classes will be invited to the final day. There are great prizes to be won.
When: 16.10 8.30-16.30, 17.10. 8.30-16.30, 18.10. 8.30-16.30, 19.10. 8.30-12.00, 20.10. 8.30-16.30, 21.10. 8.30-16.30, 22.10 8.30-16.30
The registrations are closed.
