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Notices for learners and teachers of German here and under What's on for German.
LANGUAGE TEACHER REGISTER
The Language Teacher Register has been developed by the Department of Education and Training (DET) to assist schools to source qualified languages teachers to fill vacant language teaching positions in government schools. It is is open to graduating, graduate and currently employed language teachers who are seeking a language teaching position in a government primary or secondary school. Eligible language teachers can register using the new online form at: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/VMGB9WY
Scroll down for details of competitions and entry forms
Registration for AGTV Years 4 to 9 Poetry Competition 2019
Open to students from AGTV member schools.
- Online registration of participation - live in 2019
NB: University of Melbourne is organising the Year 10 to 12 Goethe Competition in 2019.
Expressions of Interest for the AGTV-BJR Exchange
Expressions of Interest are invited for the 2020-2021 10-week reciprocal exchange program.
Download information and form from this websiute under Students: Scholarships and Exchanges.
Closing date is 30 April 2019
- Exprssion of interest - available in 2019
Melbourne German Weeks: 6-19 May
United Nations Model Conference in German 2019
Teachers are invited to reigster to participate in the 2018 conference for Years 11 and 12 students of German.
Date: Friday 21 June 2019 at Bayview Eden (Confirmed)
Topic: Nachhaltige Städte und Gemeinschaften: In Richtung einer robusten Zukunft
Sustainable cities and communities: Towards a resilient future
- Link to further informaiton and registraion - Registrations close 13 March
Registrations for the UN Model Conference are through the UNAA
AGTV Werbespot 2019
Students in Years 5 to 12 from AGTV member schools are invited to enter.
A maximum of 4 entries per school or campus mayb be submitted for the state final.
Theme: Grammatik macht Spaß!
- Compeition Details - 2019 design brief and scenario
- A Student Guide to Advertising - I am Creative in the UK
- Student Entry Form - 2019
- Parent/Carer Approval Form - 2019
- School Entry Form - 2019
Registration of participation
- Online registration fof participation in 2019
Entries accepted anytime up until: Sat 7 Sep 2019
AGTV Kunst und Poesie 2019
Theme: Selbsporträt
Foundation to Year 6 students from AGTV member schools are invited to enter.
Teachers register the school's participation - see link on Competition Details.
- Competition Details - 2019
NB: There are 3 elements for each entry: artwork, artist's statement and poem (Elfchen or Akrostichon)
- Student Entry Form 2019 - state finalists only - retained by the school
- School Entry Form 2019 - submitted with entries from the school
Registration of participation
- Online registration of participation in 2019
Entries accepted anytime up until: Sat 7 Sep 2019
NEW IN 2019
Schreibwettbewerb 2019
Theme: Welthundetag
Primary and Secondary students from AGTV member schools are invited to enter.
A certificate of participation will be forwarded to the school for all students preparing an entry.
Schools select and forward a maximum of 5 entries per school for the state final.
- Competition Details - 5 options from which to choose
- Entry Forms available in 2019
Registration of participation
- Online registration of participation in 2019
Entries accepted anytime up until: Sat 12 Oct 2019
Contact for any questions: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Song des Jahres 2019
Primary and Secondary students from AGTV member schools are invited to enter.
Individuals or groups (max 6) write and record an original song in German and design a single cover.
- Competition Details - 2019
- Parent Permission form - 2019, kept by the school
- Individual or Group entry form - 2019, sent with entry
- School entry form - 2019, sent with all entries from the school
Registration of participation
- Online registration of participation in 2019
Entries accepted anytime up until Sat 19 Oct 2019
AGTV Chor des Jahres 2019
Choirs from AGTV member schools are invited to enter.
A performance is recorded to forward for judging.
- Competition details - 2019
- Parent / Carer permission form - 2019
- School entry form - 2019
Registration of participation
- Online registration of participation in 2019
Entries accepted anytime until Sat 19 Oct 2019
AGTV Competition Details from 2018
- Kunst und Poesie: Gabriele Münter
- Werbespot: Sport
- Fotowettbewerb: Auf der Spur von Deutsch in Victoria
- Song - und Chor des Jahres
AGTV on Deutsche Welle
The AGTV is a member of the Internationale Deutschlehrerinnen und Deutshlehrerverband (IDV).
Deutsche Welle have included an overview of associations on their website.
- Bericht - 2017
AGTV Kunst und Poesie 2017
A competition for primary students from AGTV member schools.
The theme for 2017 is: WALD.
Deadline for entries: Fri 25th August
PLEASE NOTE the changes to the competition., Please see the flyer.
- Kunst und Poesie 2017 Flyer
- Registration of Interest
- Student Entry Form - word
- Student Entry Form - PDF
- School Entry Form - send with entries
AGTV Werbespot 2017
A competition for secondary students from AGTV member schools. The task this year is to create a promotional video for a new DW section on their website called-
"(Un)bekannte Erfindungen aus dem deutschsprachigen Raum"
Teacher registration of participation required:
Entries due Friday 1st September
- AGTV Werbespot Competition 2017 - full details and judging criteria
- A Student Guide to Advertising - I am Creative in the UK
- Parent/Carer permission form (keep at school)
- Student/Group entry form
- School entry form
AGTV Song des Jahres 2017
Teacher registration of participation required:
Deadline for entries: Friday 8th September
- Song des Jahres Competition Details
- Parent/carer approval form - PDF
- Student/Group entry form
- School entry summary form
AGTV Chor des Jahres 2017
Teacher registration of participation required:
Deadline for entries: Friday 20th October
- Chor des Jahres Competition Details
- Parent Permission form - to be kept by the school
- School entry form - to submit with entry/entries
Other AGTV Services and Events in 2017
Please visit this Noticeboard page for general notices and information and downloads.
Visit What's on for German for a list of events and links, updated as they become known of available.
Download a list of services and opportunities for 2017 for students and teachers.
AGTV Kunst und Poesie Competition 2016
The artist in focus for 2016 is Paul Klee. This competition is for Primary students from AGTV member schools.
- Details about the Competition - Flyer for classroom, Classroom Ideas, Entry Details
- Register the school's participation - online
- Paul Klee - DW Kultur 21 video
- Paul Klee - Abstraction, Expressionism, Cubism and Surrealism - artworks with music
- Paul Klee - artworks with music
- Paul Klee - Hansiland (auf Deutsch)
- Paul Klee - Lesson Guided Drawing Slowmation - English
- Zentrum Paul Klee - video - museum gallery in Switzerland
- Student Entry Form - for students in the state final - kept by the school
- School Entry Form - a summary entry form - forward with entries
- View some of the artworks and poems on VIMEO from 2015: Hundertwasser
Entries accepted until Friday, 26 August, 2016
AGTV Werbespot Competition 2016
Secondary students from AGTV member schools are invited to make a 10 to 40 second Werbespot.
- AGTV Werbespot 2016 - Download the full Design Brief and Scope of Task.
- Register the school's participation - online
- Video about how to approach an Design Brief
- Unit of work for A1 German on Advertising - Goethe-Institut Italien
- A Student Guide to Advertising - I am Creative in the UK
- Erfinderland Deutschland - Goethe-Institut
- Student/Group Entry Form - forward with entry
- Parent Permission Form - remains at school
- School Entry Form - forward with entry
- View winners of the first competition in 2015 on AGTV VIMEO
Entries accepted until Friday 26 August, 2016
AGTV Song des Jahres Competition 2016
The Committee of the AGTV invites students (individuals and groups) from AGTV member schools to submit entries for this competition.
- View Past Winners of Deutsch roX on AGTV VIMEO
Song need not be too complex. The Beatles had a hit with 'Sie liebt mich'. Students can use Garage Band App to create music. Some Rap without music.
- Song des Jahres 2016 - Details about the AGTV Competition
- Register the school's participation - online
- 10 Songwriting Tips for Beginners - video from Emma McGann
- Using Grammatikuss to write a song - a resource from a few years ago
- Lautstark - Goethe-Institut
- School entry form
- Student/Group entry form
- Parent permission form
Entries accepted until Friday, 15 September, 2017
AGTV Chor des Jahres Competition 2017
School choirs from AGTV member schools are invited to enter this competition.
- View Past Winners of Deutsch roX on AGTV VIMEO
Trophies will be awarded to Primary, Secondary or Combined Primary/Secondary choirs.
- Information and entry forms to be published shortly
Entries accepted until Friday, 19 October 2017
Results for AGTV Competitions 2015
Winners of the Kunst und Poesie, Chor des Jahres, Werbespot, and Deutsch roX competitions were announced at the Presentation Evening on Friday 13th November. Teachers from Prize-Winning schools were invited to attend.
Competition results are posted on the Students pages of this website.
VCE Results 2015
Congratulations to all students enrolled in German Units 3 and 4 in 2015. A special thanks to the teachers of these students throughout their years of studying German at school.
Some students will have automatically qualified for the VCE Baccalaureate by including German in their VCE pathway. All students will receive the bonus of studying a Language and the scaling for their ATAR scores.
- Top Scorers for German - look up online
- VCE Baccalaureate FAQs
- VTAC Scaling Report 2015
Australian Curriculum for Languages
The curriculum for the Australian Curriculum for Languages for German curriculum has been endorsed. The Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority will be uploading a new curriculum for German soon.
- Languages - German
IDV - Internationaler Deutschlehrerverband
Video Languages Testimonials
German Government Order of Merit Awarded in Victoria
The President of the Federal Republic of Germany has awarded Catherine Gosling the 'Verdienstkreuz am Bande'. The Deputy Ambassador from Canberra, Mr Joseph Reichhardt, presented the award at a reception in Melbourne on Friday 3rd October, the German Day of Unity.
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 if submissions are received.
- New SBS Radio Schedule from April 2013 - research your area
- SBS Radio German Program - website
- German Podcasts - subscribe to the podcasts
NOTICE TO ALL TEACHERS OF GERMAN 2014
Information about membership and changes to our association in 2014.
AGTV Years 4 to 9 Poetry Competition 2014
Cultural Hotlinks in 2013
Links of interest will be shared with individual members by email from 2013.
Links from 2012 can be found below.
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
