Every year the Deutschmobil visits partner schools where German is already taught in order to revive students’ interest in the German language, and to give them an up-to-date picture of Germany. A team of German and Thai teachers from the Goethe-Institut Thailand travels to different regions of Thailand to promote the German language and culture with entertaining activities for language and culture.
The current focus of the Deutschmobil is on environmental protection. With the champagne Goethe Goes Green. we aim to build awareness about eco-friendly daily routine among Thai students, and to inform them about the significance of sustainability within the German society.
Why Promote German?
Mastering several foreign languages is highly beneficial to both professional and personal lives.
When it comes to choosing a second foreign language at Thai secondary schools, German competes above all with Asian languages, primarily with Chinese and Korean. Since German is, however, an important language for the future education of young Thais, we use the Deutschmobil to promote German as a second foreign language at secondary schools.
“In recent years, German language teaching in Thailand has drastically been modernized.” reported Prasanee Sinlapanawin, a staff member for the German Teachers Support Services of the Goethe-Institut in our jubilee interview. “At school, students can choose to take German not only as their core subject but also as a minor subject or an elective subject. There is still a lot of potential for German as foreign language”.
What takes place in the schools?
In a joint organization on site students can playfully explore some advantages of having learned German at school. We offer the show in differently smaller sizes with various activities such as a Germany Quiz, learning stations or even a short German class.
Three teachers describe their impressions of our visit at their schools.
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Mrs Malai Hugsam from Satri Phuket School:
“Every time, when the Goethe-Institut together with its Deutschmobil visits Satri Phuket School, they bring joy and a wide range of interesting activities. For example, students can seek advice about learning German in the upper secondary grades, and are informed about some good reasons for choosing German as the second foreign language. They also get an opportunity to express themselves in German. There are no Deutschmobil -activities without laugh and fun. A lot of thanks to the Goethe-Institut and its staff.” -
Mr Natthawut Rattanapirom from Kanlayanawat School:
“Learning interesting issues with laugh and through movement. All these occur to me when I think of the Deutschmobil of the Goethe-Institut Thailand. This project sparks students’ interest in the German language. It never gets boring. They always beg for more time to finish all the activities that the Deutschmobil offers. Each year, a lot of students take the school’s German courses, after they participated in the program. It is really remarkable that the great team prepared and organized all the activities very well. My heartfelt thanks to this project on behalf of Kanlayanawat School. I very much hope that our students are able to join this again in the future too.” -
Mrs Nootchanart Ratchaborworn, Kanjanapisek from Witthavalai School:
“The students and I like the activities a lot. They had so much fun and were provided with detailed information. After joining in, many students showed a strong interest in learning German and decided to learn German in the upper grades. Deutschmobil helped the school enormously in promoting German classes offered by our department.
Warm regards and a lot of thanks for your continued and great support!”
You want to bring the Deutschmobil to your school? We are glad to come by.
We need a hall with enough space to accommodate all participants, a projector and, if possible, a notebook computer including support from a German teacher or a school caretaker for technical questions. Feel free to contact us!
Prasanee.Sinlapanawin@goethe.de
Prewsulee.Nikrothanon@goethe.de
