A A T G Building Bridges for Future Partnerships

April

2003

DC/NOVA

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Janette Patterson, President • 10228 Leslie Street. • Silver Spring, MD 20902 • ( (301) 681-4803 • E-mail:janettepat@juno.com

Dear Colleagues,

I have served as your president for the past two years and now it is time for another election of officers. With this issue of the newsletter you will find a postcard that will serve as your ballot. Please take the time to vote for the slate of officers that the Board of Directors is presenting for your consideration. We are fortunate to have four very strong candidates who have already worked together on the Board. Below are short profiles of the candidates so that you may read about them before casting your ballot. The ballots should be mailed to Mary Upman by May 2^nd.

The other outgoing officers, Vice President Fred Schneider and Secretary Mary Upman, join me in thanking you for your support of this AATG Chapter and your continuing contributions to the study of German.

Appreciatively yours,

Janette Patterson, Chapter President

The Board of Directors of the Maryland/DC/NOVA Chapter of AATG is pleased to present the following slate of officers for two-year terms of office. If this slate is approved by the chapter membership, these officers will serve from July 1, 2003, through June 30, 2005.

President: Deborah McGee Mifflin

Deborah earned her B.A. and M.A. in German Language and Literature at Temple University in Philadelphia, including two years of study at the Universität Hamburg. After many years in university administration, she continued her graduate studies at Georgetown University with a concentration in Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition. She is currently the Language Program Coordinator at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. She has served on the Board of Directors of this AATG chapter for the past two years.

Vice-President: Carolyn Ostermann-Healey

Carolyn earned her B.A. in German at Penn State and her M.A. in German at the University of Cincinnati. She also spent five years studying and working in Salzburg and Vienna. She is currently teaching German at Robinson Secondary School in Fairfax, VA. On Saturday mornings she teaches at the German School in Potomac, MD. She spends her summers teaching at Middlebury College in Vermont. Last year Carolyn was one of the recipients of the TraiNDaF scholarship from AATG, a leadership program for German teachers.

Secretary: Haley Crittenden

Haley majored in German and History at Tulane University and spent her junior year at the University of Hamburg, Germany. She earned her M.A. in Secondary Education at George Mason University. She also worked for a year at the Carl Duisberg Gesellschaft in Cologne. She is currently teaching German at Lee High School and Key Middle School in Fairfax County, VA. She has been trained in the TPRS methodology and has been teaching with TPRS for three years in levels 1 and 2. Like Carolyn, she received the TraiNDaF leadership training in 2002.

Treasurer: Shirley Santora

Shirley majored in German and Secondary Education at Westchester State College (now Westchester State University) in Pennsylvania. She began teaching in Anne Arundel County in 1971 and is now the Chair of the Foreign Language Department at Chesapeake High School. She has been an involved member of AATG since 1971 and is currently finishing her third term as the treasurer for this AATG chapter. She has agreed to serve for another term in order to provide continuity for the new slate of officers in the important area of the chapter’s finances.

Future Chapter Activities

April 10 - 13 NECTFL Conference in Washington, DC

Our chapter's focus group dealing with the topic: "Building Partnerships among High School and College Instructors" will present a session at this conference.

Main Presenter: Deborah McGee Mifflin

Co-Presenters: Maureen Helinski and Carolyn Ostermann-Healey

For further information, please contact Deborah McGee Mifflin at mifflind@jhu.edu

April 25-27 German Immersion Weekend for High School Students

Harford Glen, Harford County, Maryland

For information, contact Rick Jones (rickjpj@aol.com)

May 16 Awards Ceremony for High School Students

Adlersaal, Zion Church, Baltimore

For information, please contact Dort Louks (dlouks@teacher.com)

Fall Semester, 2003

Sept. 12 –13 German Immersion Weekend at McDaniel College (formerly Western Maryland College)

Westminster, Maryland

This two-day immersion weekend will be co-sponsored by the Goethe-Institut Inter Nationes, AATG, and the Department of Foreign Languages at McDaniel College. Participants may stay two nights at the Best Western in Westminster as part of the weekend package.

For further information, please contact Mohamed Esa (mesa@mcdaniel.edu)

October 14 German-American Day at McDaniel College

A day of workshops, guest speakers, and a German meal for middle and high school students of German and their teachers.

Take the Initiative! Get Involved!

Successful Workshop held at Johns Hopkins University

on February 22, 2003

Participants in the Workshop with Anne Green in the middle (in a gray pantsuit)

Baltimore, MD - “Kinder- und Jugendbücher sind auch tolle Unterrichtsmaterialien.” Mit dieser Behauptung hat Anne Green, die an der Carnegie Mellon Universität in Pittsburgh Deutsch unterrichtet, ihr Seminar für DeutschlehrerInnen am 22. Februar begonnen. Dann hat sie mit vielen konkreten Beispielen gezeigt, wie erfolgreich man als Lehrer sein kann, wenn man den Lernenden authentische und relevante Texte anbietet. Green hat mit dieser Unterrichtsmethodik viel Erfolg gehabt. Die Texte, die sie für die verschiedenen Stufen ihres Unterrichts ausgewählt hat, sind so interessant, dass die Deutschlernenden schnell vergessen, dass sie unterrichtet werden. Sie lesen gerne und sind dann stolz darüber, dass sie ein Buch auf Deutsch tatsächlich lesen und verstehen können.

Green wurde vom Vorstand des Maryland, DC, NoVA Chapter des Deutschlehrerverbands AATG (American Association of Teachers of German) eingeladen, ein Seminar an der Johns Hopkins Universität in Baltimore zu leiten. Sie kam vollbeladen mit ausgezeichneten Kinder- und Jugendbüchern an. Viele der Titel sind schon bekannt:

Connie kommt in die Schule (Liane Schneider)

Wie lange ist ein Jahr? (Ulrike Schultheis u. Petra Probst, ill.)

Der Ernst des Lebens (Sabine Jörg u. Ingrid Kellner, ill.)

Oh, wie schön ist Panama (Janosch)

Neben mir ist noch Platz (Paul Maar)

Connie - Das Dazwischenkind (Jutta Treiber)

Rennschwein Rudi Rüssel (Uwe Timm)

Opas Engel (Jutta Bauer)

Damals war es Friedrich (Hans Peter Richter)

Grenzgänger (Herbert Günther)

Diese Bücher sind bestellbar durch IBIS http://www.IBIService.com/

Wenn man eins von diesen Büchern in die richtige Unterrichtsstufe einbaut, dann sind die Vokabeln der Erzählung zum grossen Teil den Lernenden schon bekannt. Oft können die Leser/Innen die Bedeutung von unbekannten Vokabeln vom Kontext erraten. Ausserdem tragen die interessanten Illustrationen viel zum Leseverständnis bei.

Green hat auch eine Vielfalt von Arbeitsblättern entwickelt und andere Leute, die mit authentischen Kinderbüchern unterrichten, haben weitere Arbeitsblätter zu ihrer Sammlung geschenkt. Das Resultat ist eine Webseite von grossem Umfang, deren Arbeitsblätter man kostenlos ausdrücken und in den Unterricht einsetzen darf. Nicht nur für Lehrer, sondern auch für alle, die sich um die Erwerbung deutscher Sprachkenntnisse kümmern, ist diese Webseite ein Schatzkasten guter Ideen. Green lädt alle ein, diese Informationen zu benutzen. Man findet sie unter http://ml.hss.cmu.edu/FacPages/amgreen

Mary Upman, Chapter Secretary

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If you haven’t paid your $ 5.00 annual dues for 2002-03 to the Maryland/DC/NOVA Chapter, please clip this form and mail it with your check, payable to “AATG Maryland.” Thank you!

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Mail to: Shirley Santora, Treasurer

AATG Maryland/DC/NOVA Chapter

295 Berkeley Drive

Severna Park, MD 21146-1351

Board of Directors

Officers President Janette Patterson, Washington Waldorf School Vice-President Hans-Alfred Schneider, University of Maryland College Park Secretary Mary Upman, McDaniel College Treasurer Shirley Santora, Chesapeake High School Testing Chair Dorothy Louks, Westminster High School

OTHER BOARD MEMBERS: Hal Boland, Heritage High School Jimmie Brown, Fallston Middle School Sally Cranston, Woodrow Wilson High School Haley Crittenden, Herndon High School Mohamed Esa, McDaniel College Katrina Griffin, North County High School Marcia Hackett, Liberty High School Maureen Helinski, Anne Arundel Community College Ulrich Levi-Goerlich, Jefferson Junior High School Richard Jones, Fallston High School Deborah McGee Mifflin, Johns Hopkins University Janice Mitchell, Gallaudet University Carolyn Ostermann-Healey, Robinson Secondary School Peter Pfeiffer, Georgetown University Jeffrey Wheeler, John Williams, Herndon Middle/High School Sarah Zaniello, Lake Braddock Secondary School

A A T G Building Bridges for Future Partnerships

April 2003

DC/NOVA

Info-Deutsch

Mary Upman, Chapter Secretary

590 Sunshine Way

Westminster, MD 21157