2009 Press Releases
Association of Third-Level Teachers of German of Ireland
20.10.2009
An event which brings together all academics involved in German Studies in Ireland, the annual conference of the Association of Third-Level Teachers of German of Ireland (ATLTGI), took place recently in UCC.
20.10.2009
An event which brings together all academics involved in German Studies in Ireland, the annual conference of the Association of Third-Level Teachers of German of Ireland (ATLTGI), took place recently in UCC.
The theme of the research strand of the conference was the burgeoning research area of Drama Pedagogy, teaching various contents across disciplines through drama, performance and role-play, a field in which the Head of UCC’s German Department, Dr Manfred Schewe, has undertaken pioneering work in Ireland.
The conference was also attended by his Excellency, Beat Loeliger, the Swiss Ambassador to Ireland, and his Excellency the German Ambassador to Ireland, Busso von Alvensleben. Both the Ambassadors and the speakers at the round table discussion on “Learning Languages in Times of Economic Crisis,” who included Enterprise Ireland’s Michael Moriarty, spoke about the urgent need for more (and indigenous rather than imported) speakers of German in Ireland in order to stop what is estimated to be an 11% loss in business to Irish firms caused by the language deficit alone.
At the conference, the fourth edition of the Association yearbook, Germanistik in Ireland, co-edited by Rachel MagShamhráin, was launched and a copy presented to Ambassador Loeliger, who had sponsored the volume, dedicated this year to “Intercultural Encounters in the Classroom.” Sponsors of the conference event included the Embassies of Switzerland, German and Austria, as well as the Goethe-Institut Dublin and Hayfield Manor.
The conference was organised by Rachel MagShamhráin of UCC’s German Department.
Pictured at the conference were L-R: Swiss Ambassador Beat Loeliger, Dr Manfred Schewe, Dr Rachel MagShamhráin, German Ambassador, Busso von Alvensleben.
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The conference was also attended by his Excellency, Beat Loeliger, the Swiss Ambassador to Ireland, and his Excellency the German Ambassador to Ireland, Busso von Alvensleben. Both the Ambassadors and the speakers at the round table discussion on “Learning Languages in Times of Economic Crisis,” who included Enterprise Ireland’s Michael Moriarty, spoke about the urgent need for more (and indigenous rather than imported) speakers of German in Ireland in order to stop what is estimated to be an 11% loss in business to Irish firms caused by the language deficit alone.
At the conference, the fourth edition of the Association yearbook, Germanistik in Ireland, co-edited by Rachel MagShamhráin, was launched and a copy presented to Ambassador Loeliger, who had sponsored the volume, dedicated this year to “Intercultural Encounters in the Classroom.” Sponsors of the conference event included the Embassies of Switzerland, German and Austria, as well as the Goethe-Institut Dublin and Hayfield Manor.
The conference was organised by Rachel MagShamhráin of UCC’s German Department.
Pictured at the conference were L-R: Swiss Ambassador Beat Loeliger, Dr Manfred Schewe, Dr Rachel MagShamhráin, German Ambassador, Busso von Alvensleben.
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