“Klaro! Denn Deutsch macht Laune!”
German GCSE Conference in Westminster – 11th March 2008
A small but intrepid band of GCSE German students, their numbers swelled by the presence of two Y9 girls who have chosen German as an option for next year, travelled up to London for the now annual trip to this Conference.
Over an intensive 5 hour period, they and approximately 1000 other 15 and 16 year-olds took part in a range of activities. The conference was almost exclusively in the target-language, and led by two genuine Germans, Thomas and Hanja, in a friendly and conversational style. Hooked-up to a giant screen with popstar-style headset microphones, they managed to make even quite hard-core grammar seem appealing!
The 8 Ballard students behaved in an exemplary fashion throughout, and will hopefully have gained a tremendous amount from their day out. Two of them were even brave enough to get up on-stage in front of the assembled throng!