Even more Munich photos!

This is probably the final instalment!

View of BMW-Welt from the Olympiapark:

Dachau town (much prettier than the concentration camp!):


That's about all our best photos - if you were on the trip and have any snaps you'd like to see here, pass them on to your German teacher! Everyone had a great time, practised their German and gained a really good appreciation of German history and culture.

More Munich photos!

Im Hofbräuhaus:

Die Blaskapelle:

Auf dem Viktualienmarkt:

Das Olympiastadion:

München Fotos!

Here we are outside the Bayern München training grounds:

and here are Bayern München training:

This is Bismarck outside the Deutsches Museum:

and this is the groovy water sculpture inside the Deutsches Museum:

Watch this space - more to come later!

Montanalingua III - The Revenge of Montanalingua!

Zum dritten Mal kehrten wir zurück nach Greenhill YMCA um abenteuerliche Aktivitäten zu erleben, alles in der deutschen Sprache, und mit Hilfe von den vielen echten Deutschen, die dort oben in Greenhill leben!

Es hat viel Spaß gemacht, und wir haben viele wichtige und interessante neue Wörter gelernt!

München 2009

Plans are afoot to have a group heading off to München (Munich) in February. This is a very exciting opportunity for our German students, especially those preparing for exams: a great chance to be immersed in German language and culture.

Munich is the capital of Bavaria, in the south of Germany. The Bavarians are proud of their distinct identity and the city offers lots of interesting things to do. We will be staying in a very high-quality hostel close to the city centre and, while we'll certainly be soaking up the culture and history, everyone will be sure to get a chance to practise their German!

If you're interested you need to let us know soon - if you don't already have a letter, speak to Herr McMillan as soon as possible!

Montanalingua 2

The Return of Montanalingua!! Last year we took a group of German students to Greenhill YMCA to work with some of their German staff; it was such a success that we did it again!

Sixteen students and two staff participated in a variety of exciting activities with the four Germans who are currently working as instructors at Greenhill. We all spoke lots of German along the way, and even learnt a thing or two:

Wir waren klettern! - We were climbing!
Das Wetter war schlecht! - The weather was bad!
Wo ist die Kokosnuss? - Where is the coconut?
Wer hat die Kokosnuss geklaut? - Who stole the coconut?

Montanalingua

Remember our German-immersion residential back in October? With climbing and canoeing - all in German? Well, part of the project was to trial-run some modules for Montanalingua, who are developing the use of Outdoor Activities in Language Learning.

The good news is that they have now published their book of Outdoor-Language-Learning modules, and we are very proud to have played our small part in this exciting initiative.