Celebrating all things German this week!

As part of German Week (12-16 October), the Goethe-Institut Irland was delighted to visit St. Philip’s Senior National School, where we delivered German taster classes to five 5th and 6th class groups.

The school is preparing for the gradual introduction of modern foreign languages as part of the redeveloped primary curriculum. This provided a great opportunity for the Goethe-Institut Irland to offer short 30-minute taster sessions, giving students their first experience with the German language.

During the classes, students learned how to introduce themselves, say where they come from, and discovered that they already knew a lot more German words than they expected. They were also surprised to find out just how similar English and German are.

Throughout German Week, the Goethe-Institut Irland is bringing German language and culture to primary schools across Ireland, while also welcoming secondary school students to our institute on Merrion Square for a range of exciting activities.

Don’t forget to join our German Week Challenges and share your German Week activities on social media using #GermanWeekIE #GermanWordLego #RedensART #Brotzeit. Fantastic prizes are waiting for the winners!

Celebrating all things German this week. Are you with us? https://www.goethe.de/ins/ie/en/spr/eng/gwi.html