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German is a world language used widely in the Australian community and relevant to any career pathway.

Every University in Victoria has direct links with German-speaking countries where students can study, gain international experience and develop intercultural skills, an essential quality of a global citizen. A PowerPoint presentation with details can be downloaded HERE.

Learning another language brings personal benefits including developing social and intercultural skills, building self-esteem, strengthening literacy and promoting cognitive growth.

This section of the AGTV website contains promotional materials for downloading and also useful links for teachers in promoting the learning of German in schools.

AGTV Promotional Activities

The AGTV and Goethe-Institut host specific days for Primary and Secondary students under the banner of ‘German Day Out’. It is our experience that students in both Primary and Secondary are impressed by seeing so many students and has a positive affect on their attitude to German. For reports on these days, visit our Germanlinx website.

Information and tips are regularly shared through the local, state and national networks of the AGTV. In 2007 the AGTV produced a CD - Deutsch für die Zukunft, which was sent to all AGTV member secondary schools. It contained a collation of materials to promote German, including a promotional PPT. Contact the AGTV for further information about the contents.

Secondary students can apply for Scholarships & Exchanges.

More Promotional Downloads for German

There are many good reasons for continuing with German at school and beyond. Use these downloads to promote German in your school:

• Facts about German and Testimonials CLICK HERE
  
• Information on how German increases your Tertiary Entrance Score (TER) CLICK HERE
  
• For a list of the opportunities related to German that Tertiary institutions have with companies and partner institutions in German-speaking communities CLICK HERE

Further Links

• 12 Reasons to Learn German - this website contains an impressive advocacy section
  
• German and Careers, including GERMANLINX - this website gives reasons for learning German, profiles of individuals who have used German in their careers, information about seeking work and work-experience places using German, as well as a link to LOTELINX
  
• General Advocacy for Languages – visit the website of the Modern Language Teachers' Association of Victoria (MLTAV)
  
• Department of Education & Early Childhood Development (DEECD) pages for LOTE and information about language policy

Life-long benefits with German

Browse the Goethe-Institut Australia’s Bridging the World website to read how people all over the world are learning German and how it helped them in their personal or professional lives. Please consider contributing if you have benefited or encourage someone you know to add to this online resource bank of testimonials.

Australians live and work in Germany

Explore the Goethe-Institut Australia’s project Far Away - So Close to find photographic portraits and life stories about Australians who have made Germany their home and likewise of Germans in Australia. There is information about German-speaking immigrants in the 19th and 20th Century and links for exploring the topic of migration.

German – a Community Language

German-speakers have been arriving in Australia since 1838. Australia has a significant German-speaking heritage. The Migration Museum in Victoria will be launching a website with materials for exploring the migration of German-speakers to Victoria with online materials for both Primary and Secondary students.