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Fall 2013 Update

Fall 2013 Update. Membership . Why do 5,000 language educators belong to AATG? networking collaboration awards and recognition scholarships honor societies student trips abroad webinars professional development and CEUs seminars and workshops national advocacy

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Fall 2013 Update

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  1. Fall 2013 Update

  2. Membership Why do 5,000 language educators belong to AATG? • networking • collaboration • awards and recognition • scholarships • honor societies • student trips abroad • webinars • professional development and CEUs • seminars and workshops • national advocacy • reduced rates on teaching materials • the AATG/ACTFL Annual Convention Your membership now runs a full 12 months from your renewal date!

  3. www.aatg.org Community Coming in November! AATG’s new ONLINE COMMUNITY

  4. Newsletter

  5. Journals

  6. Webinars Professional Development comes to you! 20 On-Demand Webinars And more!

  7. ACTFL Convention and World Languages Expo • Join us in Orlando for the largest professional development event for language teachers! • Over 70 sessions for German teachers! • AATG Awards! • Special Cultural Event!

  8. Summer Seminars 2014 • A wide variety of offerings • LandeskundeÖsterreich: Klischee und Vorurteil • Kompetenzentwicklung in der Kommunikationsstrategien, Präsentationstechniken und Aussprachetraining • Meeting Tomorrow’s Needs Today in College German Programs • MINT-FächerimDaF-Unterricht

  9. AATG Discussion Forum and Jobs List The Discussion Forum connects you with colleagues and provides a venue for useful and helpful discourse on teaching German language and culture. The Jobs List connects you with German teaching positions at all levels of instruction.

  10. Awards • Outstanding German Educator Awardrecognizes excellence in teaching and outstanding contributions to the German teaching profession. Awards are presented to: an elementary, middle school or junior high school educator; a high school educator; and a post-secondary educator. • Friend of German Awardrecognizes exemplary leadership in the advocacy of German and German language education at the local, regional, or national level. Awards are presented to an individual or organization outside the German teaching profession, as well as to a German educator.Goethe-Institut/AATG Certificate of Meritrecognizes achievement in furthering the teaching of German in the US.German Embassy Teacher of Excellence Awardrecognizes up-and-coming teachers who may have started a new program or revitalized an existing one, and contribute to their AATG chapter. • Nominations due May 31, 2014

  11. National German Exam Revised • The National German Exam will continue to be offered for Level 2, Level 3, and Level 4 • The NGE is comprised of 100 questions divided into two sections: • Section I assesses listening and viewing and consists of 40 questions. • Section II assesses reading and text completion and consists of 60 questions. • NGE items are based on authentic resources with vocabulary focused on self, family, daily life, school, chores, travel, and hobbies.

  12. National German Exam Revised Questions Level 2 New question types Authentic resources

  13. National German Exam Revised Questions Level 3 Video resources Students can view multiple times

  14. National German Exam Important Dates 2013-14

  15. National German Exam Recognizing Success!

  16. German Summer Study Program • 3 Week Homestay • Study at a German Gymnasium • Excursions • Chaperoned by AATG members • AATG Handles all Details • Application Deadline: April 1, 2014 Earlybird price $3,395 Program costs = $3,695 Scholarships available!

  17. National Honor Society for German Delta Epsilon Phi for High School Junior Delta Epsilon Phi for Middle and Junior High School Epsilon Phi Delta for Community College Recognizing Student Excellence

  18. Great Items in the AATG Store

  19. Show your Pride! AATG Lapel Pins and Polo Shirts

  20. Join us on

  21. Important Dates

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