The Cambridge German Network (COGS)
Contents:
- About
- Outreach Communications
- COGS: Cambridge Online German for Schools
- German in Our Region
- Partners
About German Outreach at Cambridge
The Cambridge German Network aims to support the teaching and learning of the German language, to facilitate contacts between institutions interested in German culture and to promote the collaboration of academic and business partners. The Network was originally founded as part of the German Embassy’s Think German Network in 2015.
We work on outreach events with the wider Faculty as well as organising our own events and visits. Outreach activities include:
- The annual Cambridge Undergraduate Conference in German Studies, which has a specific schools strand (March)
- Participation in Faculty and University Open Days (March and July)
- Visits to schools both nearby and further away (on request)
- School German Clubs (on request)
- Adopt-A-Class (pilot scheme)
- German Film Day (September)
The German section has its own part-time Outreach Coordinator, so get in touch if you’d like us to visit you, participate in an event you’re involved with, or collaborate in any other way!
German Outreach Communications
We’d like to stay in touch! You can sign up below for our mailing lists so that you can receive our regular newsletter and invitations to outreach-related events.
German Outreach Events Mailing List
COGS: Cambridge Online German for Schools
How COGS works
For teachers looking for materials
Whether you need a brief revision exercise for part of a lesson, or a longer programme of materials around which to structure part of your teaching, you should find something to help you.
For teachers wishing to share materials
If you'd like to share some of your materials, please contact the Outreach Coordinator for German.
Resources for Teachers
Information for Teachers at Primary level
The German Section is interested in establishing links with schools in our region where German is taught at primary level, or where there is an interest in doing so. We would like to hear from you with a view to encouraging links between primary and secondary schools and members of the department.
The Key Stage 3 resource bundle contains vocabulary and grammar exercises put together by German teachers on the topics of family, holiday, leisure, and music.
The Key Stage 4 resource bundle contains vocabulary, literature, and grammar exercises put together by German teachers and German Section staff on the topics of history, culture, and music.
The Key Stage 5 resource bundle contains teaching material on film and translation put together by German teachers and German Section staff.
Download a collection of short texts on aspects of German history and culture written by members of staff in the German Section at Cambridge.
Other material available for free
- Material from the Goethe-Institut (CEFR levels A1-C2)
- Film, Fernsehen, Hörfunk - Goethe-Institut
- Resources and information from UK-German Connection
- Forum Deutsch als Fremdsprache
- Freie Universität Berlin Sprachen-Links
- Free online exercises from Ralf Kinas
- teachSam
- GrimmGrammar
Suggestions of additional links are very welcome.
German in Our Region
Below is a list of opportunities related to German in the East of England. Contact us if you know others!
Schools Networks
- University Council for Languages: Routes East
- NCLE East of England Lead Hub School (Anglo-European School)
German Social and Cultural Groups
- Cambridge German Group | Meetup
- Chelmsford German Circle
- Cambridge German Church
- Deutsche Samstagsschule Cambridge
- Cambridge University German Society
German Learning Opportunities
Norfolk:
Cambridgeshire:
Essex:
- Bishops Stortford (beginners)
- Bishops Stortford (house group)
- Chelmsford
Partners
We are grateful to the German Embassy and Routes into Languages East for their support, as well as the Goethe Institut, UK-German Connection, and DAAD. The Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics works closely with the Cambridge University Language Centre.
