GTHS Reads
Thanks to technology, anyone can join this online class.
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Constanze Heitkötter is a GTHS member and has been teaching German classes for children and adults at the German Free School in Austin for more than 12 years.
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If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Constanze at constanze.heitkoetter@gmail.com.​
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To see what we've read in the past please click here
Starting Tuesday, September 16th, 2025 from 6pm-7:30pm, over the course of four consecutive Tuesdays, you can learn German with Literature: Goethes Faust in einfacher Sprache (A2) - Goethe's Faust in simplified language (A2).
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If you're at or above A2 level, this literature class is for you. Sign up HERE
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Wie der kleinen Fliege, die auf ihrer Suche nach Licht immer wieder gegen Fensterscheiben knallt, so geht es auch dem großen Doktor Faust: Keine seiner Wissenschaften bringt ihn der Wahrheit näher. Schon will er aus Enttäuschung sein Leben wegwerfen, da macht ihm Mephisto ein Angebot: Vergiss die fixen Ideen, stürz dich ins Vergnügen! Was dann folgt, ist jene bittere Geschichte, die Faust an den Rand des Wahnsinns treibt. Goethes "Faust, erster Teil" als A2-Werkstatt - zum Selbstlesen, zum Lesen mit verteilten Rollen, zum Nachdenken, zum Diskutieren.
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Like the little fly, which keeps banging against window panes in its search for light, that's exactly what's happening to the big doctor Faust: none of his sciences bring him closer to the truth. Already he wants to throw away his life out of disappointment when Mephisto makes him an offer: forget the fixed ideas, plunge yourself into pleasure! What then follows is the bitter story that drives Faust on the edge of madness. Goethe's "Faust, first part" as an A2 workshop - for self -reading, for reading with distributed roles, for thinking, to discuss.
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