Germans Are Funny: A Guide to Teaching Foreign Languages

This book offers ideas and inspiration to educators well beyond the foreign language teachers. The pedagogical insights are deep and meaningful, and convey to the educator possibilities on how to teach adolescents in a 'head, heart, and hands' approach. Although primarily targeted towards the teacher of foreign languages, this book is of interest to anyone involved in education of students grades 6 - 12. The author draws on a lifetime of work with this age group. New insights are presented in this book, concerning the developmental stages of the adolescent, from the revolutionary rebellious spirit to the beginnings of objectivity towards the self and others. The author reminds us to always make room for the necessary humor, and to see the potential absurdity of every situation.