Snjezana's presentation at the 3rd Teachmeet int'l held on September 29, 2012

1. Teacher of German
Karlovac, Croatia

2. One vision, one mission !
• To increase the motivation of students for
learning German as a second foreign
language!
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3. How ?
 Using the interests of students
 Involving ICT
 Using social networks
What are the students most
interested in?
 Music

4. Why to use music ?
 Music creates a positive atmosphere
 Music allows everyone to participate
 Students find learning vocabulary through songs amusing
 Songs are „sticky”
How did i implement music, ict and social
networks into the language teaching ?
 By using a german pop-rock song that the students have
chosen
 By using the interactive whiteboard
 By using Facebook, YouTube

5. WHAT DID IT look like ? Part 1

6. What did it look like ? Part 2

7. What impact DID it haVE on my
students ?
They were relaxed
They were focused
They were working together
They were practising skills (listening,
understanding, reading, writing) in an
amusing way
They had a lot of fun
And the teaching process ?
It was interactive
It was dynamic
It was motivating

8. Mission accomplished
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Motivation loaded
Thank you for your attention!
@sfistrovic

9. Useful links
• http://seemoreplaces.com/blog/2010/09/using-songs-to-teach-foreign-language/
• http://www.nemcina.org/download/lieder_dfg.pdf
• http://musikimdeutschunterricht.blogspot.com/
• http://www.redmamy.de/daf-blog/category/daf-unterricht/