Goethe-Institut
In 2019, 270,000 people took part in a German language course. Worldwide, 95,000 schools teach 13.4 million German learners. It is the coordinating organisation of the project and through its close cooperation with the educational sector, the GI reaches about 90% of learners in primary and secondary schools. 22,200 children and teens attended courses for young German-learners, which are offered alongside adult courses. Further, GI offers continued education for foreign language teachers. 13,400 participants took part in the advanced training and qualification programme of GI worldwide.
Our work and methods
GI considers language as a key qualification for education, employment and intercultural understanding. In the host countries of GI, the branch-offices realise interdisciplinary projects on local, regional and national level. At a global level, GI promotes the understanding of Europe and develops shared European perspectives: its worldwide network stands for high quality and direct contact. GI generates about 40% of its budget through revenues from language courses and examinations.
Digital tools
In 2018, every day 200 new members signed up to the online community for German learners “Deutsch für dich”, which offers more than 17 exercises for community learning. 21,000 people were subscribed to the YouTube channel “24h Deutsch” where explanatory videos, mini-series and presentation formats are uploaded; 630,000 views were recorded. In 2019, 1 million downloads of the free app “German: A Learning Adventure – the Mystery of the Nebra Sky Disc” were registered. 436,000 readers were reached by the online magazine “Sprache - all about language learning”.
EU co-funded projects: ERASMUS+
The Goethe-Institut has profound knowledge and competences in the implementation of ERASMUS+ strategic partnership projects in the field of education and youth. Over the last years, GI implemented successfully several ERASMUS+ projects, such as the "Language Magician" at the branch office in London. The GI Brussels employs 4 staff members who support other branch offices during the implementation period to comply with the rules and regulations of the EC in regard to finance, communication, EC visibility and dissemination.
Monitoring and evaluation
In order to guarantee quality standards for its projects and its partners, Goethe-Institut developed a methodology called “Culture works” in 2015. The methodology considers the characteristics of cultural and educational work by complementing the OECD-DAC evaluation approach with additional criteria to enhance motivation and evaluation for such projects. The key is to narrow down the topic and define the specific purpose of each activity, outcome and output so as to be able to investigate them with quantitative and qualitative methods. This approach implies to identify key premises and methods, to develop an impact model for evaluation and basic principles of the working approach and to think in terms of impacts'
cycles.
The Goethe-Institut in London in particular is working with a number of digital and innovative teaching apps that it has developed by means of either European projects, such as the "Language Magician" app for primary language learning and testing (Erasmus + KA2, 2015-18), as well as secondary games such as "The German Quiz Challenge" and for instance the "Netzagenten" app, an Escape Room game that is played on iPads. The London GI branch further benefits from its strong school networks in the Teacher Services Department as well as the network of PASCH Schools in the UK with a special focus on
German and STEM subjects.
Our work and methods
GI considers language as a key qualification for education, employment and intercultural understanding. In the host countries of GI, the branch-offices realise interdisciplinary projects on local, regional and national level. At a global level, GI promotes the understanding of Europe and develops shared European perspectives: its worldwide network stands for high quality and direct contact. GI generates about 40% of its budget through revenues from language courses and examinations.
Digital tools
In 2018, every day 200 new members signed up to the online community for German learners “Deutsch für dich”, which offers more than 17 exercises for community learning. 21,000 people were subscribed to the YouTube channel “24h Deutsch” where explanatory videos, mini-series and presentation formats are uploaded; 630,000 views were recorded. In 2019, 1 million downloads of the free app “German: A Learning Adventure – the Mystery of the Nebra Sky Disc” were registered. 436,000 readers were reached by the online magazine “Sprache - all about language learning”.
EU co-funded projects: ERASMUS+
The Goethe-Institut has profound knowledge and competences in the implementation of ERASMUS+ strategic partnership projects in the field of education and youth. Over the last years, GI implemented successfully several ERASMUS+ projects, such as the "Language Magician" at the branch office in London. The GI Brussels employs 4 staff members who support other branch offices during the implementation period to comply with the rules and regulations of the EC in regard to finance, communication, EC visibility and dissemination.
Monitoring and evaluation
In order to guarantee quality standards for its projects and its partners, Goethe-Institut developed a methodology called “Culture works” in 2015. The methodology considers the characteristics of cultural and educational work by complementing the OECD-DAC evaluation approach with additional criteria to enhance motivation and evaluation for such projects. The key is to narrow down the topic and define the specific purpose of each activity, outcome and output so as to be able to investigate them with quantitative and qualitative methods. This approach implies to identify key premises and methods, to develop an impact model for evaluation and basic principles of the working approach and to think in terms of impacts'
cycles.
The Goethe-Institut in London in particular is working with a number of digital and innovative teaching apps that it has developed by means of either European projects, such as the "Language Magician" app for primary language learning and testing (Erasmus + KA2, 2015-18), as well as secondary games such as "The German Quiz Challenge" and for instance the "Netzagenten" app, an Escape Room game that is played on iPads. The London GI branch further benefits from its strong school networks in the Teacher Services Department as well as the network of PASCH Schools in the UK with a special focus on
German and STEM subjects.