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International Relations and Foreign Rights

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Deutsch international –

Now being used in

Chinese Schools

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Bilingual teaching –

CLIL in the

German Context

P. 6

Portrait:

Prof. Dr. Hilbert Meyer

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Profession: Teacher

Bilingual teaching

No. 1 · 2007

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On this page you will once again find the titles of our latest licensed editions. The titles are published by Cornelsen Verlag and Cornelsen Verlag Scriptor.

Español Profesional – 1 coursebook, Netherlands, Uitgeverij Intertaal bv, is a beginners’ Spanish course which centres on the practical require-ments of communication in trade and commerce. It is aimed at both beginners and false beginners who want to build a solid foundation in vocational Spanish in the shortest possible time. The course comprises two volumes and provides preparation for the “Certificado de Español Comercial” and the European Language Certificate Spanish (B1).

Words for Business, Greece, Patakis Publishers, is a learner’s dictionary and reference book which contains the 3,000 most important vocabu-lary items in the field of business. It is divided into subject areas and includes detailed examples of all headwords. A total of 19 subject areas are supplemented by graphics, statistics and model letters.

Didaktische Modelle (Educational Models), Denmark, Gyldendal, offers a detailed description of the most important educational theories, a concise overview of current educational concepts and a practical guide to writing lesson plans.

The Groovy Granny Show (Video und Teacher’s Materials), Czech Re-public, Nakladatelstvi Fraus, shows exciting and humorous situations from the everyday life of English children with whom students can easily identify. The films link language learning and cultural infor-mation in an entertaining way.

studio d 2, Czech Republic, Nakladatelstvi Fraus, is the second volume of the three-volume (or alternatively: five-volume) series for German as a Foreign Language. It leads to the Common European Framework level B1 and was designed for adult learners. The consistent integrati-on of vocational settings and the presentation of specific types of jobs accommodates the needs of the many adults motivated by vocational interests

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The Parents’ Choice Recommended Award is conferred annually and is recognized in the United States as a seal of quality for high-quali-ty learning software. The jury is comprised of experienced media educationalists, experts from va-rious branches of the media and children, who participate in the

selection of the best learning soft-ware titles. To our great delight, we were recently informed by the Ameri-can concern Viva Media, licence holder for Genius-Unternehmen Physik software, that this title has succeeded against stiff competi-tion and won the 2006 Parents’

Choice Recommended Award for quality learning software. Genius is a versatile and detailed planning and construction simu-lation and at the same time en-tertaining educational software. In a successful genre mix, Genius integrates a business simulati-on with a large exercise section

Genius Venture Physics – From Trainee to CEO: awarded in the USA

which deals with the basic terms and laws of physics.On the long path towards buil-ding a major conglomerate, the players make important business decisions, solve technical pro-blems, come up with significant inventions as well as manage employ-ees and resources, thus bringing life to the 100-year his-tory of technology.

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needs of Chinese students. In-structions are in both languages and pronunciation guides have been supplemented.

Chinese school students can use Deutsch international as prepara-tion for the Zertifikat Deutsch, a qualification for which there is considerable interest.

Cornelsen, together with the educational publishing house Jiangsu, has tailored the course-book series Deutsch international to the needs of Chinese students. The cooperation partner Jiangsu Education Publishing House is a

state-owned publisher in the pro-vincial capital Nanjing and is one of the leading general education schoolbook publishers in China. In September 2006, the Chinese edition of Deutsch international

was officially introduced in state schools throughout China. The series was developed especially for adolescents and is based on the latest educational theories. Vocabulary, grammar and spea-king are presented via everyday situations, thus placing particu-lar emphasis on the acquisition of learning strategies and the development of independent learning.

In China there is a growing trend away from the traditional teacher-centred classroom and towards learner-centred lessons. For this kind of teaching the concept and structure of Deutsch international is of great help. During the adaptation, the series was also tailored to the particular

Effective Lesson Planning – New Multimedia Tools for TrainersTeachers nowadays have a wealth of media and materials at their disposal for optimum lesson planning. This preparation using various media and formats still requires a considerable amount of coordination and time. New interactive lesson planners now offer teachers a clear, compact and convenient means of simplifying and improving efficiency in day-to-day work.

We would like to demonstrate the possibilities offered by interac-tive lesson planning using lesson planners from the publications First Choice (English for Adults) and studio d (German as a Foreign Language for Adults).

Clearly structured and easy to useThe course pack with integra-ted supplementary materials and tools forms the core in each case. The main menu of First Choice offers the menu items Les-son planner, Tools, Materials and

Teacher development. Materials offers an overview of and quick access to all photocopiable temp-lates and listening texts as well as links to free material on the First Choice website.

Time-saving navigation between textbook pages and media With a click on Lesson plan-ner, the appropriate page of the coursebook appears on the left-hand side of the screen. Parallel to this, related (media) pages can be accessed on the right-hand side. A click on the tab Commen-tary accesses the lesson procedu-re notes. Vocabulary links to the new lexis for the unit, and Key reveals solutions to exercises. Ex-tras offers a wealth of additional exercise options. The correspon-ding supplementary materials are also saved here and are ready for printing out. A real treat can be found under Audio: the individu-al listening materials relating to a unit can be played and the script

designed supplementary materi-al. With a few clicks, teachers can produce exercises such as letter, word or sentence mixes from any suitable text. Gapfill exercises and crossword puzzles can also be produced in no time at all.

displayed on screen. studio d also offers direct access to the video material.

Facilitation of enriched and holistic learningIn addition, there is a collection of useful tools, such as a dictiona-ry which gives not only a transla-tion but also an example sentence and acts as a primary vocabulary resource. The Worksheet genera-tor has proved to be particularly useful for preparing individually

Deutsch international – Now being used in Chinese Schools

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Bilingual teaching – CLIL in the German ContextAs the importance of CLIL – Content and Language Integra-ted Learning – continues to grow all over Europe, the last twelve months have been a good time for the English Department at Cornelsen to step back and take a new look at developments in this area and what consequences they can have for the development of the Cornelsen program.

This was done in some detail with international participati-on when Cornelsen hosted the annual Language conference of the EEPG (European Educa-tional Publishers Group) at the Cornelsen Publishing House in April 2006. The theme of the conference was Developments and Opportunities in CLIL.

Europe’s commercial and indus-trial involvement at a global level and the expansion of the Europe-an Commission have accelerated these processes in many countries across the continent.European Commision research** shows that only three EU coun-tries have no CLIL provision in their schools.

The reasons are simple and ob-vious – as more students become more proficient in English at an earlier age, it becomes ineffective to continue to teach “only” the language. Thus at secondary level English can become the langua-ge of instruction for teaching at least some of the other subjects in the timetable. This English is strongly user-oriented and prag-

matic. The focus shifts strongly towards effective spoken and written discourse and away from linguistic finesse. Thus it reflects the way English is used in the real and adult world.

In German secondary schools there are now an estimated 120,000 pupils per school year doing some form of subject learning in a foreign language (Grades 7-10). The large majority is doing this in English, although French is also on the timetable in many schools.

The key subjects for English in Germany are Geography and History – although Biology is on the increase. In the early 1990’s a large number of schools

The development of CLIL/Bilin-gual teaching is closely connected to the enormous expansion of English as a global language and to the increasingly early ages from which English is taught in most countries around the world. Re-cent studies – most significantly that undertaken by the British linguist David Graddol on behalf of the British Council* – estimate that future language teaching re-quirements for older students and adults will in fact decrease over the next 20-30 years. This is because people are learning Eng-lish earlier and because its use as a lingua franca between many dif-ferent countries – and especially between non-native speakers – is transforming English into a basic skill for almost everybody.

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Selection of titles developed for bilingual education

Invitation to History 1

The successor to Spotlight on

History 1.

Topics in this fi rst volume include:

the American Revolution; the French

Revolution; the modernization of

Germany in the 19th century; German

Unifi cation, 1870–1881; Imperialism

in Europe; the First World War.

Also still available:

Spotlight on History 1 + 2

Topics in these volumes include:

the American Revolution; industri-

alization and the social question;

imperialism; Nationalism and World

War I; Weimar Republic and National

Socialism; the global village and

Europe since 1945

Around the World 1 – New Edition

Geography for years 7 and 8

Topics covered in this fi rst volume

include:

Orientation in the world; Vegetation

zones/Ecosystems; Cultural regions of

the world; Plates, earthquakes and

volcanoes

Also still available:

Around the World 1 + 2

Geography for years 7 and 8

The chapter topics in these volumes

include:

The Earth in Space; Tropical Rain

Forests (The Amazonas); Hot Deserts

(The Sahara); Polar Lands; USA (demo-

graphic developments, agribusiness

in California, land of big cities); Russia

(Moscow, Siberia, problems of a di-

verse country); Japan (industrial pow-

er, lack of raw materials, environmen-

tal protection); Nigeria (an example of

measures to improve development);

China; The Restless Earth (volcanoes,

earthquakes, plate tectonics).

There and Then – New Edition

Geography and history for year 6

line bilingual program which will offer bilingual teachers a broad range of downloadable materials from simple worksheets to more elaborate lessons, as well as other resources.The most significant develop-ment recently has been the intro-duction of “bilingual modules”. This means the expansion of the use of English for teaching some parts of the curricula of other subjects through English – but in all classes, not just in bilingual streams. So less of the curriculum of, say, geography, is done in Eng-lish – perhaps just one or two to-pics from the curriculum per year – but it is done by all.

This makes the potential market more attractive as it is larger, but calls for a different approach. Material on offer must be more flexible. There is little scope for larger textbooks in English. But topic-based material on a range of themes seems to be a promi-sing area. This is the focus of our online development.

We have also asked ourselves – and discussed the issue at the EEPG conference in April – of joint development of materials in English between publishers from several companies. Surely the key topic areas of many sub-jects must be similar in many cur-ricula? And the English version of such subject-based topics is indeed very similar. We are very keen in looking in to this kind of development

Cedric Sherratt

* David Graddol, English Next. British

Council, February 2006. The whole study

is available online:

http://www.britishcouncil.de/pdf/eng-

lish_next.pdf

**Content and language integrated lear-

ning (CLIL) at school in Europe,

Eurydice Council of Europe, February

2006.

www.eurydice.org

introduced bilingual programs – ie teaching some subjects in English from grade 7 onwards. Most schools have done this on the basis of forming special bilingual classes, so-called bi-lingual streams. These systems have been very effective and are still successfully in operation to-day. It was for these groups that Cornelsen originally developed the bilingual geography books Around the World (Volumes 1 and 2) and the history titles Spot-light on History (Volumes 1 and 2). The program was not develo-ped further because the number of bilingual streams has not in-creased greatly and thus the to-tal number of students remained small in terms of successful ma-terial development.

The developments outlined above however have enlivened the deve-lopments once more and led to the reworking of our existing pro-gram and the development of new titles. We are most excited about the development of our new on-

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educational publications, who of-fers valuable assistance to teachers in their everyday work. Almost all of Dr. Meyer’s publications have appeared in Cornelsen Scriptor. Hilbert Meyer comes from a family of teachers. His father, grandfather, brothers, sisters, wife and sisters-in-law all trained in this profession, so it was no surprise that Hilbert Meyer also chose this path. After his school-leaving examination in 1961 and degree at the Teacher Training College in Oldenburg he taught mainly primary school children

for almost three years. His dis-sertation was later printed in his book Türklinkendidaktik.This experience also made an impression on Hilbert Meyer in relation to his later university career. He learnt how to over-come initial problems and saw how a clear structure provides many opportunities for produc-tive learning.From 1967 to 1972 he studied for a doctorate at the Freie Uni-versität Berlin and (for his major) at the University of Münster.In 1972 Hilbert Meyer gained his doctorate of philosophy under the well-known educationalist Herwig Blankertz with a thesis on curriculum development. After three years spent working for the culture ministry of North Rhine-Westphalia he took over the professorship of school edu-cation at the Carl von Ossietzky University in Oldenburg, where he still teaches. Hilbert Meyer writes his books, which pursue ambitious educa-tional goals, in everyday school language. Clarity, ease of com-prehension and humour are fea-tures of his texts. This is also the secret of his exceptional success as an author. The total circulation of his books amounts to roughly 950,000 copies. His books have been translated into Italian, Cro-atian, Japanese, Swedish, Slove-nian and Danish.

Prof. Dr. Hilbert Meyer

Guide to Lesson Preparation

ISBN 978-3-589-20969-9

Teaching Methods I

Theory

ISBN 978-3-589-20850-0

Teaching Methods II

Practice

ISBN 978-3-589-20851-7

• Translated into Croatian

and Japanese

Didactic Models

(co-authored with Werner Jank)

ISBN 978-3-589-21566-9

• Translated into Slovenian,

Swedish and Danish

Schoolteaching I

for Beginners

ISBN 978-3-589-21145-6

Schoolteaching II

Advanced

ISBN 978-3-589-21146-3

Türklinkendidaktik

ISBN 978-3-589-21454-9

• Translated into Croatian

Compact Course:

Introduction to Schoolteaching

(co-authored with Hanna Kiper

and Wilhelm Topsch)

ISBN 978-3-589-21657-4

What is good teaching?

(also available with DVD)

ISBN 978-3-589-22047-2

• Translated into Croatian

and Danish

The following books by Professor Meyer have appeared in Cornelsen Scriptor:

The textbooks which publishing houses develop for classroom use are only one aspect of imparting knowledge. The way in which teachers present the material and make it understandable is also a significant factor. Teacher trai-ning provides an important foun-dation for preparing teachers for this task. The challenges faced by teachers in their day-to-day work, however, are far more complex than could be covered completely in an initial teacher training pro-gramme. On this page we would like to introduce Prof. Dr. Hilbert Meyer, the author of numerous

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Profession: Teacher Working as a teacher means being confronted with mani-fold difficult conflicts: students, colleagues, parents, the media and society itself make high and often contradicting demands on teachers.With the books in this new se-ries not only is the focus placed on the teachers’ work with their students, but their personalities including possible questions they might have, lack of self-confi-dence and other problems take centre stage.Each book in this series offers well-founded information on a certain subject. Starting from this respective subject, concrete hints, possible solutions and en-couraging examples are offered and can easily be included into daily work at school. The authors are experts familiar with everyday life at school and its demands.Each volume seeks to improve the teachers’ professional com-petences and to strengthen their personalities.Great importance is placed on a reader-friendly text and book

from educational psychology, and draws from the abundance of common learning strategies those strategies suitable for compulsory school teachers and the vocational fields of their respective subjects. This volume makes clear to what extent learning techniques can help to facilitate a teacher’s life in and outside school. It shows easy ways to remember faces and names as well as to organize class preparation at home. The teacher is offered numerous tips, practical examples and tried-and-proven suggestions which will encourage them to imitate and give them a try themself

New publications to be released in autumn 2007:• Teacher: A Character with Class

(ISBN 978-3-7058-7555-5)Based on their years of experience in training personalities, the aut-hors present ways for teachers to develop and move away from a “square” claim to perfection to-wards a realistic, healthy, “round” personality. After defining the present state of things, different

design in order to make it easier and an enjoyment to read a pas-sage after a hard day or week at school.

New publications to be released in spring 2007:• Preparation, Teaching

and Assessment (ISBN 978-3-7058-7572-2

• Communication, Teaching Study Skills, Presentation (ISBN 978-3-7058-7610-1)

These two volumes give a com-pact summary of the know-how of teaching. They are designed for tutors in their first years of teaching as well as for re-entering teachers. The teacher is offered two reference books that show ways for all those involved to meet the central requirements of teaching. With the help of short, precise and clearly presented se-quences teachers receive efficient help in being successful in their jobs.

• How to Learn as a Teacher (ISBN 978-3-7058-7552-4)

The book is based on findings

approaches are introduced on how to deal best with individual resources, how to extend one’s repertoire of action or how to find new ways to understand pedagogy.

• Violence Is No Solution (ISBN 978-3-7058-7551-7)

Experience shows which kinds of conflict are particularly frequent at school, what situations teachers are confronted with there and when they need additional sup-port. This book seeks to inspire and offers advice as well as useful tips for teachers to help them noti-ce conflicts, mobbing in class and possible violent experiences of their students, to help them un-derstand and, finally, to achieve a lasting effect on them. The author stresses the importance of tea-chers’ behaviour, their limits and their self-protection and provides information on important aspects of developmental psychology for 10-to-14-year-olds. Numerous suggestions and examples are of-fered in order to help teachers deal with concrete cases.

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New Ideas Are Child’s Playachieve a creative and exciting atmosphere in class.

The 100 games presented in Potz-blitz!• encourage imagination and

creativity• put students in a good mood• stimulate new ideas (for both

teachers and students)• reduce tension and aid concen-

tration• provide a short creative break

between more strenuous lesson activities

A lot of teachers know the situa-tion: by the fifth lesson students have no energy left, are tired and listless. Children have just finis-hed a demanding piece of written work – now they urgently need some activity. Before starting so-mething new, the teacher has to regain the class’s attention.The book Potzblitz! offers teachers immediate help. Fun indoor and outdoor games for movement and relaxation make students lively and attentive again. Practi-cal tips also demonstrate how to

Potzblitz!

Ring Binder

numerous illustrations

Approx 108 pages

Approx. € 17.95

ISBN 978-3-589-22299-5

Classroom Decoration – Art Projects for Children in School Years 1 and 2

such as the start of term, autumn, winter and Christmas, the car-nival season, spring, Easter and summer. Easy-to-understand ins-tructions as well as carefully-illus-trated templates guarantee quick and successful results.

The finished projects not only improve the classroom but also add a personal note to the school environment.

The contents include: Our class tree; bats at Halloween; autumn trees with finger painting, winter landscape, animal masks, rabbits on the lead, bee lanterns, a win-dow as an aquarium, etc

Children spend a large part of the day in school, which makes it important for them not only as a place to learn and work, but also as part of their living environment.

This new book from the Olden-bourg Kopiervorlagen (Olden-bourg Copy Templates) series shows primary school teachers how, together with the children, they can turn a classroom into a room to feel at home in. Over 50 art projects, especially designed for years 1 and 2, help children practise motor skills, stimulate their creativity and strengthen community feeling in class. The book covers all seasonal events

Classroom Decoration –

Art Projects for Children in

School Years 1 and 2

56 pages, numerous photo-

copiable templates, printed on

one side only,

presented in a folder

€ 17.80

ISBN 978-3-486-00294-2

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