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  • Workshop overview

    Online | € 500 | 4 x 1.5 hours of training | 13, 14, 20 & 21 November 2025 | 16:00-17:30 (Berlin time) | workshop leader: Conny Brock 

    Register for this workshop

    • This live online workshop is aimed at German Ab Initio teachers in the IB Programme.
    • The workshop leader, Conny Brock, is also the author of the German B Support Site and the coursebook German B for the IB Diploma by Cambridge University Press and Assessment.
    • The workshop consists of 4 x 1.5 hours of instruction, discussion and activities. 
    • The number of participants is limited to 20 participants, who will be able to engage with each other and the content through Google Meet and this website. Recordings of each session and downloadable content will be made available to participants who cannot make the live sessions. 
    • The workshop fee is € 500 (excl. VAT if applicable).
    • Participants will receive a digital Philpot Education certificate afterwards. This workshop is not endorsed by the IB.

     

    Workshop leader: Conny Brock

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    Conny Brock has been working as an international educator for 17 years and is currently Home Languages and EE coordinator at the International School of Dresden, where she tries to instil her students with a love for languages–especially German. Her IB career began at Scarborough College, UK where she taught DP German Literature, German B, and Spanish. After five years in the UK she moved to Atlanta, Georgia to teach MYP/DP German Language and Literature, DP German B, German Ab initio, and MYP ESL at Atlanta International School. She then taught English A, B and MYP German Language Acquisition in Bogota, Colombia, and loved every minute of it! Conny has presented conference papers on European literature, the effective use of film in the MFL classroom, Thinking Routines, and teachers’ strategies during the pandemic. She has a Masters Degree in Applied Linguistics from the Open University, has co-authored Cambridge University Press and Assessment's German B text book, ‘Deutsch im Einsatz’ and is an experienced examiner and MYP/DP assessment content developer.

    Erfahrungsbericht/Testimonials

    During the last two weeks I had the opportunity to attend a workshop related to teaching German B in the IB program that was led by the wonderful Conny Brock. Conny is an experienced IB language A and B teacher and I can only recommend her workshop. The workshop is designed for all German B teachers and is valuable for experienced and inexperienced teachers. After this workshop I feel more confident to continue my good practices and implement new strategies and help my students reach their full potential. - Ilda, Latvia

  • Session 1

    Overview:
    Part 1 - General bits and bobs: What is the German Ab initio course all about? How do I structure this two-year course? How do we best support our students acquiring vocabulary and practising their different skills? How do I go about writing a DP unit plan? 

    Part 2 - Individual Oral Exam: Which pictures are suitable for the exam? How do I go about parts 1, 2 and 3? Which questions can I ask in the follow-up discussion/s? How can we best help our students to tackle and structure this 15-minute exam? We'll be looking at exam strategies, marked exams and their examiner comments.

  • Session 2

    Overview:

    Paper 2 - Listening: Here, we will focus on Paper 2's Listening Exam. We’ll discuss the challenges students face, review common listening exercises, and analyze specimen papers. Participants will also receive practical tips and tricks for helping students improve their listening skills and navigate the exam with confidence.

     

     

  • Session 3

    Overview:

    Paper 2 - Reading: In this second part, we’ll delve into the reading exam. We’ll examine the challenges students encounter, review reading questions such as correct/incorret and justification, and analyze specimen papers. Additionally, we’ll share practical tips and strategies to help students enhance their reading skills and approach the exam with confidence.

  • Session 4

    Overview:

    Paper 1 - Written production

    How do we get our students to properly understand, analyse and 'dissect' the prompts of the Paper 1 exam, choose the right text types, and plan accordingly? We’ll be looking at this exam component’s criteria, discuss marked exams with examiner comments and how to support students with exam specific writing skills.

  • January 2022