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What's happening in German
in Utah?
Welcome to October.
In this month's issue you'll find a friendly reminder about upcoming events in
October. As always, we'll direct you to the information on the website. This month
we have another issue of Kellings Korner for you to check out. There's a link to
provide feedback about future topics you would like to hear about. These can be
cultural, language, or literary in nature. In trying to make the AATG more meaningful
for us all, you'll also find a link to a blog in which we hope you will post (in just 3-4
sentences, that's all though more would be welcome) what you have found works
for getting students involved in the National German Test. We call this segment
"Build Your Program." Hopefully together we can share insights that can help one
another without a lot of time commitment.
Thanks for all you do!

Laura Catharine Smith
President, Utah AATG Chapter

See below for a request for insights and your experience for our first "Build Your
Program" segment.
National German Placement
Test Announced
By now you should have received
news that registration for the National
German Exam is open. Registration
remains just $5 per student which will
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hopefully allow all students to
participate. Let's encourage all eligible
students in the state to take part and to
that end, let's get word out to our
colleagues who are not currently
members of the AATG so their
students can benefit from this great
opportunity. One of my current
students is a former winner of a trip to
Germany thanks to the German Exam!
Help us get word out. How many
students can we get involved this
year?
Check out the information
here: http://www.aatg.org/?page=NGE
Deutscher Tag
Our annual Deutscher Tag festivities
take place this week on October 9! If
you're participating (and we hope you
are), we look forward to hearing about
how things go at your location. Stay
tuned to send in your reports and
photos (with permissions to post) that
we can share with our membership!
Have fun! And thanks to all those
involved in planning, organising and
mentoring!
International Immersion Conference
It's not too late to sign up to participate in the
International Immersion Conference in Salt Lake City.
Workshops and School visits will take place October 15
and 16 with the conference at the Grand America Hotel
October 17 and 18. We'd love to have a strong
participation from our state German colleagues which
would help strengthen our case for growing our Dual
Language Immersion programs.
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If you will be attending, please let us know! We would
love to reserve enough space to sit together at the
luncheon on Saturday!
Sign up by clicking
here: https://umarket.utah.edu/um2/l2trecconf/index.php?
storecookie=1
New on the Utah AATG Website:
Kelling's Korner
Elections have taken place in Germany. Check out Kelling's Korner for an
overview of the results!
Click here to send your requests for future topics: http://aatg-
utah.weebly.com/kellings-korner.html
Build Your Program: The Blog
In our new blog, we'll share tips and experiences that can help one another in our
quest to build and strengthen our programs. We're all pretty busy, so we'll set this
up as a blog so you can share your ideas in even just 3-4 sentences that can
provide beneficial insights.
This month's theme:
How have you been able to encourage students to participate in the National
German Exam? What makes a difference in inspiring student participation?
How do you celebrate your students' accomplishments?
http://aatg-utah.weebly.com/build-your-program.html#/news/
Future themes:
German Clubs: Does your school/program have a German club? What has
worked for you? What types of activities have you had? How have you attracted
students to your club? What suggestions would you give to colleagues to build
successful programs?
Christmas in German-speaking countries: How do you incorporate German
Christmas traditions into your classrooms?
Calling for proposals for
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Check out Dr. Hans
Kelling's latest
contribution on German
language, culture and
current events.
This issue: Recent
German elections.
Our newest addition: A
forum to help share
ideas that can help us
build our programs and
improve our teaching.
Responses can be
short, to the point, and
most importantly, helpful
to colleagues without a
lot of time commitment!
Add your 2 cents worth
=3-4 sentences.
This month: How do
you get students to take
the National German
Exam?
UFLA's meeting. We've
got 3. We need 2 more
(though we'd love
more!)! Come share
your insights with your
fellow language
educators from German
and other languages!
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