EIU Department of
World Languages and Cultures

German in the Community

• Professional Development

August 12, 2017: Annual AATG (American Association of Teachers of German) Meeting of the Southern Illinois Chapter. Chapter President: Christiane Eydt-Beebe, Eastern Illinois University.

High school and college faculty met at Bradley University for a day of professional development activities. Top from left: Barbara Huffman (Sacred Heart-Griffin High School Springfield), Christine Strelecky (Illinois Central College), Christiane Eydt-Beebe (Eastern Illinois University), Sharon Lorinskas (Carbondale Community High School), Alexandra Hagen (Bradley University), Pete Bachfischer (Metamora High School), Melissa Shalter (Nokomis High School). Front from left: Mirjam Schabel (Normal High School), Mary Jo Licht (Parkland College), Mary Malloy (Centennial High School, Champaign), Nicholas Pitz (Rock Island High School),  Beate Wilson (Western Illinois University). 

• Deutscher Tag 

Assisting at Deutscher Tag (German Immersion Day) at a Springfield high school

• Teaching an after-school German program in area elementary schools

• Newman Grade School

Maria (English Education, German Minor) is teaching a group of first graders at Newman Grade School

Making Schultüten

• Jefferson Elementary School

Emily (German Education, English Minor) is teaching a group of fourth graders at Jefferson Elementary School

Learning about culture