We provide support services for the teaching in German as a foreign language, supply information on new teaching methods, material, examinations and on how to promote the German language. We also arrange in-service training courses on methodology, didactics and German background studies both in the host country and in Germany. The Goethe-Institut has 127 branches in 76 foreign countries and territories, in addition to 15 institutes in Germany. This enables us to maintain a comprehensive network of contacts to Departments of Education, associations of teachers of German, universities, polytechnics and experts on German as a foreign language and provides an international framework to promote German as a foreign language. The Goethe-Institut offers special classes for teachers in German culture, teaching methods, etc.
Scholarships are available.
The deadline is November 15, 2001. 8-week courses throughout the year. There are several Goethe-Institutes in Germany to choose from. Inc. Teachers receive a discount on the courses. The Goethe-Institut Atlanta has a trained group of network teachers throughout the Southeast.