Wer international Erfolg haben will, spricht Englisch!

Die englische Sprache ist ohne Frage eine der bedeutendsten Sprachen der Gegenwart und versteht sich als Weltsprache für Handel, Politik und Kultur. 

Im Zentrum des Unterrichts steht die Ausbildung der interkulturellen Handlungsfähigkeit. Dazu werden die Schüler*innen sukzessive auf authentische Sprachbegegnungen mittels der Entwicklung kommunikativer Kompetenzen (Lesen, Hören, Schreiben, Sprechen, Sprachmittlung) vorbereitet. 

Darüber hinaus entwickeln die Schüler*innen zunehmend über die Jahrgänge hinweg die Fähigkeit, über Sprache und Sprachverwendung zu reflektieren. 

Die Inhalte der Sekundarstufe I und II orientieren sich am gültigen Rahmenlehrplan, der unter 
https://www.berlin.de/sen/bildung/unterricht/faecher-rahmenlehrplaene/rahmenlehrplaene/ einzusehen ist. 

Während die landeskundlichen Themen in der 7. Klasse rund um das Vereinigte Königreich kreisen, geht es in der 8. Klasse um die USA.
In der 9. Klasse stehen Australien und weitere englischsprachige Länder im Vordergrund.
In der 10. Klasse werden die Schüler*innen schrittweise an die Anforderungen der Oberstufe herangeführt.
In der gymnasialen Oberstufe können die Schüler*innen Englisch als Leistungs- oder Grundkurs wählen. Darüber hinaus besteht die Möglichkeit, Business English oder Cambridge English als Zusatzkurse zu belegen und eine externe Prüfung abzulegen, die mit einem Cambridge (Business) Certificate bescheinigt wird.

Liebe Schüler:innen,

wir möchten euch dazu einladen, die Artikel des Leistungskurses Englisch unter der Leitung von Herrn Labenz zu lesen.

In diesen Beiträgen findet ihr zahlreiche Ideen und Anregungen, um die bevorstehenden Feiertage auf eine achtsame, umweltfreundliche und nachhaltige Weise zu feiern.
Wir sind sehr gespannt auf eure Gedanken und Ideen zu diesem Thema und freuen uns auf einen regen Austausch.

Zu den Artikeln geht es hier.

During the last couple of months classes 9e (Mr. Schultz) and 9f (Mr. Labenz) worked with Prometeruse, a charity run by Benedict O’Donnell, that has helped us to understand the causes of and solutions to climate change. Schools from Belgium, France, Poland and Iran were also among the participants for the Prometeruse edition of 2020/2021.

Students were put into researcher groups and worked alongside researchers Alkis Blanz (Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change) and Michael Kostmann (Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research) and a Polish partner school.

Students wrote and selected survey questions and sent the survey to friends but also to people with different ages, academic qualifications and jobs to collect data for a research poster.

The aim was to find out how much the students’ community and people in other countries (Poland) know and care about climate change. They finally presented the poster in an online-class. Some students were also keen to challenge themselves and presented their poster to a broad international audience on Earth Day, April 22. We are looking forward to listening to other presentations on May 16.

Congratulations to all students for coming up with so profound research posters. You all have definitely improved your English and Science Skills as well as your digital & media literacy.

Congratulations to Erna, Milli, Lisi & Tjorven in particular who were awarded the Prometeruse Poster Award for best poster.

"It is a good poster, a clear presentation and there is a palpable feeling of teamwork that makes it inviting to listen to. […] The scientific results are interesting. I might have liked to see at least one incorrect answer in the survey question options. It is hard to assess how much respondents really know on a question when all answers are at least partly correct. But it is undoubtedly an interesting piece of research. I found it interesting that so many respondents in both Germany and Poland know about the melting of permafrost. I honestly wouldn't have expected that and am now curious to know if people in Iran, France and Belgium would answer the same. For me, the greatest quality of this poster is how easy it is to grasp. Speakers explained very well what they did. They spoke calmly and clearly and in impeccable English about what they did. They stuck to the key information. It seemed admirably well-rehearsed. And they seemed to enjoy presenting their work, which made it easier for the audience to enjoy the presentation as well. Very well done.“

Benedict O’Donnell (Prometeruse)

Stefan Labenz, Head of Foreign Language Department

This week classes 9e (Mr Schultz) and 9f (Mr Labenz) had their kick off lesson on an international research project on climate change organized and conduced by Prometeruse. Until April 2021 we will be collaborating with partner schools in Poland and international researchers to create an academic poster.
The overall aim is to build positive sustainable solutions into our daily lives in order to reduce our carbon footprint.

Ahmaud Arbery, Michael Brown, Walter Scott, Eric Gardner, Alonzo Smith, Janet Wilson, Tanisha Anderson, Jordan Edwards, Breonna Taylor, Eric Reason, Terence Crutcher, George Floyd.
How many more?
This is just a short list of the people who died because of racial injustice and discrimination. Today, the movement against systemic racism is more present than ever. Since the beginning of history, racism has existed. Just think of slavery back then and casual racism today. We need to acknowledge the past, learn from the mistakes and think of the present and the future.
As Martin Luther King asked for a colorblind society in the 1960s, we are still waiting for his demands become finally reality in the 21st century. It will be long and tough way of seeking justice and equality. But we all are in this together and have to fight injustice and racism together.

LK Labenz/Zabel