Pronouns: she/her
Office:听 McKenna 235
Office Hours: Fridays 10:00听鈥� 10:50听via Zoom and Mondays by appointment
Statement on Graduate Student Advising
Teaching Professor Saskia Hintz holds a teaching certificate ("Staatsexamen") in German, Danish, and Education from P盲dagogische Hochschule Flensburg/Germany and a Ph.D. in German from New York University. Her teaching experience includes language classes on all levels of instruction as well as culture and literature classes and Business German. In her research she explores innovative approaches to teaching literature, culture, and particularly creative writing in the foreign language classroom and she has organized and presented workshops at the ACTFL/AATG, CCFLT and NECTFL conferences as well as for the Goethe Institute鈥檚 Trainer Networks Chicago and San Francisco. Her additional teaching and research interests are: children's literature, radio-plays, art, poetry and short film and their use in the German classroom as well as creative uses for new technologies. She directs the regional Goethe Institut Examination Center housed in the department of GSLL and is a tester of the Goethe Institute exams (Goethe-Zertifikat B1, B2 and C1). She also is a Professional Development Consultant for the American Association of Teachers of German.
RECENT CONFERENCE PAPERS, WORKSHOPS AND PRESENTATIONS:
鈥淩acism听鈥撎齀nclusion.听Authentic听Materials听from听Germany听[鈥淩assismus听鈥撎齀nklusion.听Authentische Materialien aus Deutschland".] Avalanche Webinar. AATG Virtual Immersion Workshop. November 2020.听
"Social听Justice/Living听Expenses听as听a听Topic听in听the听German听Classroom"听[鈥淪oziale Gerechtigkeit/Lebenshaltungskosten鈥澨齛ls听Thema听f眉r听den听DaF-Unterricht].听Session听co- presentedwith听Petra听Landfester.听CCFLT听conference.听February 2020.听
鈥�30 Years Fall of the Wall.听Berlin/Germany Today鈥� [30 Jahre Mauerfall.听Berlin/Deutschland heute]听Invited co-presentation with Berit Jany, 3-day workshop for AATG Fall 2019 German Teacher Immersion Retreat, Fraser. September 2019.
鈥淭eaching German with Short Films鈥�. Session organizer co-presented with Berit Jany. Colorado Congress of Foreign Language Teachers. (CCFLT). Denver. February 2019.
鈥淭he Topic of Crime in the German as a Foreign Language Classroom鈥� [Das Thema Kriminalit盲t im Daf-Unterricht鈥漖. Co-presented with Petra Landfester. CCFLT. Denver. February 2019.
鈥淯sing VoiceThread to Engage Intermediate and Advanced Students in the Language Classroom鈥�. Invited presentation,1-hr webinar for International Association of Language Learning Technology (IALLT). April 2018.
鈥淢igration: Materials and Activities for the German Classroom鈥�. Session organizer co-presented with Petra Landfester. American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages/ American Association of Teachers of German (ACTFL/AATG) Annual Convention, Nashville. November 2017.
鈥淎rt in Teaching German as a Foreign Language: Visual Speaking and Writing Prompts in the Classroom and in the Museum鈥� [鈥淜unst im DaF-Unterricht: Visuelle Sprech- und Schreibanl盲sse im Klassenzimmer und im Museum鈥漖. Invited presentation, 2-hour workshop. German as a Foreign Language Conference (DaF-Konferenz) Denver, Denver. September 2017.
鈥溾�楽how Us What We still Spared鈥�: Nature and the Environment 鈥� Today and Tomorrow鈥� [鈥溾�榋eigt uns, was wir noch 眉brig lie脽en鈥�: Natur und Umwelt 鈥� heute und morgen鈥淽 Invited presentation, 3-day workshop for AATG Fall 2016 German Teacher Immersion Retreat, Tabernash. September 2016.
鈥淔oreigners, Refugees, Asylum Seekers: Materials and Activities on the Topic of Migration for Teaching German as a Foreign Language鈥� [鈥淎usl盲nder, Fl眉chtlinge, Asylbewerber: Materialien und Aktivit盲ten zum Thema Migration f眉r den DaF Unterricht鈥漖. 2-hour Session-organizer and co-presenter. CCFLT Conference, Loveland. February 2016.
鈥淪hort Films in the German as a Foreign Language Classroom鈥� [鈥淜urze Filme im DaF-Unterricht鈥漖. Session organizer and co-presenter with Berit Jany. ACTFL/AATG Annual Convention, San Diego. November 2015.
鈥淐onversations about Trees: The Topics Nature and Environment K-16鈥� [鈥淕espr盲ch 眉ber B盲ume: Das Thema Natur und Umwelt K-16鈥漖. Session organizer and co-presenter. ACTFL/AATG Annual Convention, San Antonio. November 2014.
鈥淕erman in the Museum: Visual Speaking and Writing Prompts in the Classroom and in the Museum鈥� [鈥淒eutsch im Museum: Visuelle Sprech- und Schreibanl盲sse im Klassenzimmer und im Museum鈥漖. Invited presentation, co-presented with Paula Blum. AATG CO/WY, Boulder. May 2014.
鈥淭eaching with Art: Visual Speaking and Writing Prompts in the Classroom and in the Museum鈥� [鈥淯nterrichten mit Kunst: Visuelle Sprech- und Schreibanl盲sse im Klassenzimmer und im Museum鈥漖. CCFLT Conference, Loveland. February 2014.
鈥淭rainer Network Seminar: Learning German with Art鈥� [鈥淭rainernetzwerkseminar: Mit Kunst Deutsch lernen鈥漖. Invited presentation, co-presented with Miranda Emre. 3-day workshop for Goethe Institut San Francisco Trainer Network and AATG-Multiplikator participants, San Francisco. March 2013.
鈥淟ove Story? Crime Story? Literature? Learn German with Audio-Books and Radio Plays!鈥� Co-presented with Miranda Emre. ACTFL/AATG Conference, Philadelphia. November 2012.
鈥淓xploring Art: Communicative and Creative Activities for the German Classroom鈥�. Half-Day Pre-Conference Workshop. ACTFL/AATG Conference, Denver. November 2011.
Interviewed for the article 鈥淎rt for Language鈥檚 Sake鈥� by Patricia Koning, published November 2011 in The Language Educator (Volume 6 Issue 6).
鈥淟earning German with Art鈥� [鈥淢it Kunst Deutsch lernen鈥漖. Invited presentation, co-presented with Miranda Emre. 3-day workshop for Goethe Institut Chicago Trainer Network and AATG-Multiplikator participants, Columbus. September 2010.
鈥淭eaching with Art: Visual Speaking and Writing Prompts for Beginning German鈥� [鈥淯nterrichten mit Kunst: Visuelle Sprech- und Schreibanl盲sse im Anf盲ngerunterricht鈥漖. Co-presented with Miranda Emre. ACTFL/AATG Conference, San Diego. November 2009.
PUBLICATIONS:
Courtney Glore, Saskia Hintz, Miranda Schmetzer. Lagune 3 - Deutsch als Fremdsprache. Niveaustufe B1. Glossar XXL German-English. Max Hueber Verlag, M眉nchen. 2009. (English language glossary including extensive explanations for all grammar, culture and pronunciation material covered in the new German textbook series "Lagune").
鈥濻teckbrief Portr盲t鈥�, 鈥淲ohin geht鈥檚?鈥�, 鈥淓s gibt so Tage鈥�, 鈥淜ennenlern-Aktivit盲t f眉r Fortgeschrittene鈥�: 4 Classroom Activity Descriptions published in the new AATG Teaching Ideas: Volume VII. A Collection of Successful Classroom Strategies. Edited by Rosmarie Morewedge. AATG. January 2009.
Courtney Glore, Saskia Hintz, Miranda Schmetzer. Lagune 2 - Deutsch als Fremdsprache. Niveaustufe A2. Glossar XXL German-English. Max Hueber Verlag, M眉nchen. 2008.
Courtney Glore, Saskia Hintz, Miranda Schmetzer. Lagune 1 - Deutsch als Fremdsprache. Niveaustufe A1. Glossar XXL German-English. Max Hueber Verlag, M眉nchen. 2008.
鈥淧raktische 脺bungen zur kreativen F枚rderung der Fertigkeiten Sprechen und Schreiben im Unterricht dargestellt am Beispiel von Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten鈥� Ana Djukiccocks and Saskia Hintz. Paid article, published in 鈥濪as Goethe Netzwerk 鈥� Fachblatt f眉r Trainer鈥� (Insert of the AATG Newsletter) September 2006.听
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