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Find items of interest related to teaching and learning German here. Programs for upcoming PD provided by the AGTV will be here with online registration in 2013.
From 2013, a companion membership management website provides new ways to communicate with our individual members, as well as provide online registration for events.
Information, resources, blogs and online forums will be available online for individual members, who will also receive eNewsletters and other opportunities such as online PD.
ALERT! - ACARA Australian Curriculum for Languages
Consultation for German from 27 May when the document is released for comment.
AGTV Victorian Poetry Competition 2013
There are many changes to arrangements for 2013.
NEW! NEW! - Competition for Secondary Students
German Song Writing Competition Deutsch roX 2013
See the Competitions page under Students on this website for details.
Entries close September 13, 2013
Saturday PD on 25 May
- Registrations open now! - see Events
Thursday VCE PD on 30 May
- Registrations open now! - see Events
Launch of Language Perfect World Championships
The competition is over 10 days from 20 to 30 May, taking is Education Week which has a language focus this year.
The AGTV member school with the highest number of points will be awarded a special cup.
Online Individual Membership Applications
The AGTV is using an online membership system to streamline the administration of our association and save our Committee hours of volunteer work.
You will be able to pay directly from our website via PayPal Express Checkout as a guest (the fastest way to become a member), or by bank transfer, or cheque.
Individual members will also be able to access further resources, member forums and blogs on our online professional learning network (PLN).
- Apply online for AGTV Individual Membership - Click on 'Membership & SZENE subscription' on top toolbar.
AGTV School Membership
Please complete an online form via this link to Survey Monkey and we will create and invoice and forward for payment.
AGTV-BJR 25th Anniversary
UPCOMING EVENTS
Registration for AGTV events is online in 2013.
For full list of events, visit What's on for German.
MLTAV Webinar Series
- Blended Learning - from 16th April until 7th August
In the News
Tina Turner is learning German to gain Swiss citizenship
New in 2013
NEW DEECD Structure in 2013
There are now only four regions in Victoria.
Consultation on the Australian Curriculum for Languages
The draft curriculum documents for Chinese and Italian are available for consultation.
- ACARA Consultation Website - Consultation closes 12 April 2013
- ACARA Languages Homepage
National Professional Standards for Teachers
- National Standards - apply from 2013
VCE Scaling Report for 2012
- Download VTAC Report - languages boost your ATAR
SBS Radio
There is a new Schedule for SBS Radio from April 2013, which includes a reduction of time for German. JUGENDMAILBOX will remain a part of any future programing for German.
- New SBS Radio Schedule from April 2013 - research your area
- SBS Radio German Program - website
- German Podcasts - subscribe to the podcasts
Cultural Hotlinks in 2013
Links of interest will be shared with individual members through our online Professional Learning Network from 2013.
Links from 2012 can be found below.
Government School Term Dates 2013
Term 1: 29 January to 28 March
Term 2: 15 April to 28 June
[14-16 May NAPLAN Testing]
Term 3: 15 July to 20 September
Term 4: 7 October to 20 December
- Victorian Government School Term Dates - With links for term holidays in Australia
- DEECD Key Dates
ITEMS FROM 2012
Deutschradio24sieben
Musicisthelanguage, based in New Zealand, has founded an innovative online radio service called Deutschradio24sieben.
Contributions are produced by the young and young at heart with a connection to the German language. Segments have been submitted from throughout the world. More evidence of the global reach of German.
Listeners choose the segment they want to hear whenever they have access to an Internet connection: Whoever, Whenever, Wherever. Cool!
In the News from 2012
Mercer: Quality of Living Ranking
- Vienna - winner of this survey in 2012
International Highrise Award 2012 in Frankfurt
Radio National: Creative Instinct
3-part series in on 'Who is Germany' produced by Michael Shirrefs, winner of the 2012 German Grant for Journalism.
- Who is Germany? - Broadcast on 17 Nov, 24 Nov, 1 Dec 2012
Dimboola Courier: Dimboola Memorial Secondary College are finalists in a national competition.
- Die Deutschen in der Wimmera - video in German with English sub-titles
RMIT News
University of Melbourne
David Tacon wins a Walkley Award for Journalism. The Walkley Award was for independent journalism. See this amazing story about him in the new University of Melbourne Arts newsletter. David studied German at the university and wrote his Honours thesis in German.
GERMAN IS PART OF THE ASIAN CENTURY
- German for the Future - Collection of links from our website using Symbaloo
- SBS Radio German Program - Interview with Dr. Arpad Sölter, Director, Goethe-Institut Australia
- SBS Radio German Program - Various responses to the Asian Century White Paper
- Link to the Federal Government Website - Australia in the Asian Century
Letter to Peter Garrett AM, MP
The AGTV has written a letter of protest to Federal government for withdrawing funding for Goethe-Institut scholarship programs.
- Letter from the AGTV - Oct 2012
German and the Victorian Plan for Languages
Victorian Government
- NEW - Towards Victoria as a Learning Community - Position paper and draft Compact
Cultural Hotlinks for 2012
December 2012
- Goethe-Institut Adventskalendar - with a fairytale theme
- Adventskalendar Gewinnspiel 2012 - Hueber
- Adventskalendar 2012 - Klett
- Vienna Advent Calendar 2012 - Vienna Tourist Board
- Advent Quiz (einmal anders) - Deutsche-Welle
- Advent and Christmas in Germany - Embassy in the USA
- Christmas Time in Germany - by Study in Germany
November 2012
- APP Platform - German government launches a new service
- So geht Deutschland - Deutsche-Welle
- Revolution in Berlin - Cultural Institut - in many languages
- Die Deutschland-Liste - a Vox Pop about how Germany is viewed by other countries
- Lernspass-fuer-Kinder - in German
- German for the Future - Collection of links from our website using Symbaloo
October 2012
- RMIT RIIERP Partner Companies - 103 of 104 are in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Liechtenstein
- RIIERP Student Feedbback - Feedback from students about the RMIT University international industry experience program
- Kanal von DAAD Bonn - Videos in German with English subtitles on studying in Germany
- Study in Germany - website with lots of information and advice for international students
- Schulportal - for Austria
- Simple Science Experiments - for Primary classrooms (and more)
September 2012
- Greening with Goethe - Environment Projects with India
- Fokus pe Germana - Rumanian GI site and very cool links
- Ampelmann Berlin - history of design and future directions (promo)
August 2012
- ZDFtivi - logo! - Super resource with many topics
- Kaleidoskop - Alltag in Deutschland - Alltag in meinem Land
- Double Translate - online learning support for German
- Foodlexx - infos about all types of food and pictures
- DW: Chinese Students Search for Opportunity in Germany - German is part of the Asian Century
July 2012
- Olympic Games Resources - developed by the MLTAV
- Lernspaβ für Kinder - BRD produced resource for young learners of German with news, games and Landeskunde. Very cool!
- KiKa - Sendungen von A bis Z - program sites from ARD and ZDF including videos, infos and much more
- 10 Things German - explanations about grammar
- Think German - Ideas to promote German from the UK, including champions for German
June 2012
- Zukunftsprojeckt: Erde
- Klaus Staeck Exhibition - GI Melbourne until 28 September
- 18th Jewish Film Festival 2012 Berlin and Potsdam
May 2012
- Märchenwelten - GI Australia materials for the classroom
- Märchen - Fantastic GI resources for all things to do with fairy tales
- MYLO - Fantastic UK online resource with refreshing ideas for German
- Europe Day - May 9th
- CityTales - BLOG - Melbourne
April 2012
- Audi Festival of German Films - April / May 2012
- Walpurgisnacht - 30 April 2012
March 2012
- Kleiner Kalendar .de - March 2012
- CeBit 2012 - 6-10 March, world's largest ICT trade fair in Hannover
- Internationaler Frauentag - 8 March
- Ostern - About German
- Australian Bach Society Inc. - Program and booking for March in Melbourne
- Fairly Grimm Part 1 - MYLO I need a challenge
- Duden - Die Wörter der Jahrzehnte - what words expressed the Zeitgeist of each decade
- Fleisch schmeckt, oder? - Umwelt und Fleisch - a report on Bayerischers Fernsehen
February 2012
- Liebe - Always a good topic for young and old , how do you say 'I love you?' - About German website
- Berlinale - 62nd Annual Film Festival in Berlin
- 100 Jahre Studio Babelsberg - founded in February 1912
- Fasching - Hueber Verlag
- Karneval - German Missions in Australia website
Other former items
- Europe and Australia in Conversation: Germany and France - Part 2 of the Radio National Big Ideas special series
- Goethe-Institut have a free APP to practise learning German
- Victorian Government's Vision for Languages launched 8 November 2011
- ACARA publishes Shape of Australian Curriculum: Languages - and report on the consultation
- Tim Bendzko wins Bundesvision 2011 - View all video clips of entries, interviews and more
Odd Spot
- How Luther went viral - how social media helped spark the reformation
New Materials for German
- Landeskunde Deutsch - a new WIKI developed by Goethe-Institut Australia
In the News
Egon Vetter, President of SAGSE, was awarded the Cross of the Order of Merit by the General Consul Dr. Anne-Marie Schleich, on behalf of the Federal President Christian Wulff.
An Australian Council for Educational Research media release promotes a new book by Dr John Munro. The topic calls for teaching oral skills in Primary School. According to the author, more than one in every five children entering primary school lacks the oral language skills necessary for successful school learning, particularly in literacy and numeracy. More information in the Media Release.
- ACER Media Release - 15th August 2011
