German for Kids

German for Kids – Sprich mit!
Directed by Sergej Moya
Produced by Julia Moya
Christopher Zwickler
Written by Sergej Moya
Starring Kaan Aydogdu
Hannah Herzsprung
Clemens Schick
Elyas M’Barek
Trystan Pütter
Leonardo Nigro
Stefan Konarske
Music by Stefan Henning
Sergej Lubic
Cinematography Armin Franzen
Edited by Rob Myers
Distributed by Lingua-Video.com
Release date
  • 2011 (2011)
Running time
 23 minutes
Country Germany
Language German

German for Kids - Sprich mit! (German for Kids) is an educational film for children and an award-winning introduction to the German language.[1][2]

Plot

9-year-old Elias and his father are going for a walk in Berlin. Suddenly, Elias loses sight of his father. This is the start of an adventurous journey through the capital. But Elias has a problem: He doesn’t speak German! Fortunately, many people help him with his search and teach him basic lessons of the German language. Elias learns how to introduce himself, how to express feelings, names of food, the alphabet, the numbers from 1 to 10, and many other things...[3]

Release

German for Kids premiered in Berlin on November 28, 2011.[4]

The publishing house Lingua-Video.com released the film on DVD-ROM – licensed for educational purposes – in addition with 9 educational short films and a comprehensive study guide in November, 2011.[5]

DVD

The DVD-ROM – licensed for educational purposes – is in three parts:[6]

  1. Main feature (23 min.)
  2. 9 educational short films (14 min.)
  3. A comprehensive study guide
    • 6 units with detailed teacher guidelines
    • 49 work sheets for different levels (self-explanatory)
    • Wide variety of possible applications
    • Interactive picture gallery
    • Script
    • Links for further activities

Reception

German for Kids – in Germany released as Sprich mit! – has been widely acclaimed and recommended by German politics and media.[7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16]

Awards

German for Kids has been awarded the Berlin prize for Integration and Tolerance 2011.[17]

References

  1. ↑ German for Kids Official Page and Trailer
  2. ↑ Berlin prize for Integration and Tolerance
  3. ↑ German for Kids Official Page
  4. ↑ German news clip about the premiere in Berlin
  5. ↑ German for Kids Official Page
  6. ↑ German for Kids Official Page
  7. ↑ The German Federal Government on German for Kids
  8. ↑ The Christian Democratic Union party on German for Kids
  9. ↑ The Social Democratic party on German for Kids
  10. ↑ German news clip about the premiere in Berlin
  11. ↑ German news clip on German for Kids at the didacta (leading fair in the education sector)
  12. ↑ Bild newspaper on German for Kids
  13. ↑ Spiegel Online online newspaper on German for Kids
  14. ↑ Bonner Generalanzeiger newspaper on German for Kids
  15. ↑ Berliner Tagesspiegel newspaper on Sprich mit!
  16. ↑ German for Kids recommendation for parents - T-Online website
  17. ↑ Berlin prize for Integration and Tolerance
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