D Delaney

A group of thirty Third Year pupils, who study German, recently attended an exhibition at the Goethe Institut in Glasgow. The Goethe Institut is an organistaion which promotes the learning of the German language across the world. The pupils attended an exhibition organised to celebrate the 200th Anniversary of the publication of the first edition of Grimm’s Fairytales. The pupils were told about the origin of these stories and then worked in groups on various tasks using German vocabulary associated with fairy tales.

As well as expanding their knowledge of German language and literature, they were also given the opportunity to watch an extract of ‘Dornroschen’, or ‘Sleeping Beauty’, in German. They then worked on various speaking and interactive tasks connected to this story.

The pupils all thoroughly enjoyed their visit and agreed it was very worthwhile . Over the next few weeks the pupils will continue to look at this topic in class.