German Class Documentaries

“Lights, Camera, Language!” is a recurring class project featured in German Advanced Conversation classes.  Franziska Lys, Assistant Professor of German, and Mark Schaefer, MMLC Media Specialist, together created a conversation class that uses video cameras and editing to reinforce language learning.  Students are asked to produce, edit, and perform in an eight-minute documentary on a subject of their choice.  During this process, they interview native speakers, create narration and on-camera performances in German, and edit these materials together—all of which reinforces their language learning. 

Visit “Lights, Camera, Language!” here: http://mmlc.northwestern.edu/videoreports/