German Language Week
“do Deutsch” - German Language Week
at Boise State University is sponsored by the German Embassy: German Information Center USA, BSU’s Concurrent Enrollment, BSU’s College of Arts & Sciences, and BSU’s Department of Modern Languages & Literatures
German Language Week: Oct 24-28
Vielen Dank to all of the area high school teachers who brought more than 400 students to BSU for Friday’s Gala, and to the great BSU students and faculty members for helping us with the activities that day!
Special thanks to Brice Froschhauser and Christina Ocampo for their extra efforts!
Winners of the Schnitzeljagd! TJ Howard (1st place), Heather Darrington (2nd place) and Chala Gaipl (3rd place). Great job!
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The winners of the ”German Olympics” :
Film Category:
1st place = “In my Volkswagen” by John Franklin, Tanner Lewis and Justin of Capital High School.
2nd place = “Wie ein Boss” by Luke and Derek of Mountain Home High School.
3rd place = “Deutsch zu Englisch; Englisch zu Deutsch – A zu Z” by Hannal Clark and Erika Cook of Mountain Home High School.
Visual Arts Category (16 Entries!)
1st place = knit hat, scarf and wristies by Marissa and Hannah of Mountain Home High School
2nd place = framed photos of Germany by Sarah Ober of Boise State
3rd place = Painting by Lindsi Hanson and Megan Grossl of Capital High School.
Songwriting/Poetry Category:
1st place = “Deutsche Sammlung von Märchen” by Derek Skinner and Jill Fairchild, Nampa High.
2nd place = “Tiere gegen Leute” by Nellie Roberts of Nampa High.
3rd place = “Nur für Dich” by Jessica Melville of Mountain Home High.
Essay Category:
1st place = Hannah Holland, Mountain Home High.
2nd place = Kaitlyn Staufeberg, Nampa High.
3rd place = Chala Gaipl, BSU
Speech Category:
1st place = Nick Duvall, Mountain Home High
From the German Embassy about “do Deutsch”:
| The do Deutsch campaign aims to raise awareness among students and their parents, teachers of German and political decision makers as well as the media of the value of language learning. Languages open up opportunities. Practically each of the 350 million Europeans knows at least one foreign language, people in most parts of the world, particularly in China or other emerging powers, are very eager about learning languages because they know it’s a key skill for their future. |
Gala on Friday, Oct 28.
We’ll gather throughout the day in BSU’s Student Union Building. Winners of the German Olympics announced (time TBD)
Where? The Jordan Ballroom in the SUB from 11:30 am- 8 pm.
12:00p-2:00p High school groups & BSU Community invited for early afternoon events: games, etc.
3:00p-5:00p Film Goodbye, Lenin! (Dir. Wolfgang Becker, 2003) shown for BSU community and any high school groups that can attend (also in Jordan Ballroom–in the far corner from the door) (The time has changed back to original time of 3 pm!)
5:30p-8:00p Gala = evening program in the LOOKOUT Room for BSU students and guests
The “German Olympics”
All BSU students and any area high school students who are in German can submit an entry into any of the 5 areas of “Olympics” competition. Entries can be in English or in German. There is no limit to the number of entries one person submits. Deadline for entries is Friday, Oct. 21. Winners on our campus are sent on to the German Embassy for further possible prizes—including a trip to Berlin!
Film/video competition: Students produce short films of about five minutes that portray German influences on the daily lives of Americans.
Visual arts competition: The competition encourages students to produce pieces of visual art related to the German language or German culture.
Songwriting /poem competition: Students compose songs or write poems which deal with German, Germany or German influences in a musical or lyrical way. (Please submit audio recording and/or the text.)
Essay competition: Students prepare essays of 2-3 pages discussing the role of German influences in America.
Speech contest: Students film a 3-5 minute speech.