Enterprise German promotes the collaboration between schools, universitires, and German companies or Irish companies with a relationship to German speaking countries within the region. The project combines aspects of professional orientation with creativity and inventor spirit.
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Learning German opens up opportunities far beyond the classroom.
Unternehmen Deutsch is a project for Irish schools and universities that brings together learners of German and German companies in Ireland.
Through your participation, you give your students the chance to get to know German as a business language and, over the course of a pre-structured teaching unit, to visit a German partner company in Ireland.
Your learners will also take part in the accompanying competition of business ideas, for which they work in groups to develop an innovative business idea for their partner company. They are going to present their products and services in a multimedia format of their choice and send it in for the competition – and all that in German, of course.
At the end of the project phase, a jury will decide which results are especially well-made and which team is going to win the first prize. Schools and universities compete in separate categories, so two winning teams will be celebrating at the end.
And it’s worth it! The winning teams will be given the unique chance to do an internship at their group’s German partner company. This is a great opportunity to explore potential career paths and a great addition to every CV.
Would you like to know more? Below you will find a videoclip introducing the project, our current teaching materials to download and an overview of all our partner companies.
Time Plan Enterprise German 2024/2025
Registration of participants: deadline 24 January 2025
Kick-off Event (digital): 30 January 2025
Interviews with Companies: 3 February - 14 March 2025
Submission of Projects: deadline 4 April 2025
Announcement of Winners: 11 April 2025
Closing event: 29 April 2025
Registration
Registrations for 2024/2025 are open until 24 January 2025.
If you have any enquiries do not hesitate to contact us: ud-irland@goethe.de
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Teaching Materials
The teaching materials at B1 level are divided into three modules. The materials serve as a basis for the participation in the idea contest, but can also be used without taking part in the competition.
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MODULE 1: OUR ECONOMIC AREA
Getting to know the domestic economy and finding a partner company.
