Some people will just say: "WHAT? Are you CRAZY? What are you doing? You have two weeks! TWO weeks!! Do some tests!! Work on Grammar!!And more tests!!!!"""
But I will not do that.... OK, yes, tests and compositions as homework, yes, comment on the written work, yes, talk on the guidelines, but , NO, I will refuse to get stressed...
My way? Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't....
But believe me, a few more tests will not "save" the student, if they don't actually care about the language, if they don't take a book or a newspaper, magazine and read, if they don't watch a film, if they don't listen to a song, actually listen and try to understand what it means. That goes for all languages...
I said it in the Pecha Kucha in TESOL Macedonia Convention and I will say it again: Our goal is to be able to produce language, not get a certificate and forget everything afterwards. If you can do that, then yes , you will probably pass the exam as well.
Especially with the German language, we have to try harder, since it is not a language you come across the whole time like English...
So what did we do today?
I have found a wonderful site created by Goethe Institut, USA. It covers various fields, like culture, music and football, called "Step into German"
Every month they have a new song with worksheet and exercises on the song.
This month's song was called "Einmal um die Welt" by an artist called Cro.
Well, my student Katerina and I went beyond the suggested activities that included questions to initiate conversations and mix&match exercises, we also wrote a poem with rimed words from the song-text.
And here is the result:
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