Spirit of Football CIC and the Goethe-Institut are now officially partners. Andrew Aris, one of Spirit of Football’s three directors, and Michael Hoefig from the Goethe-Institut of New York signed off on a comprehensive memorandum of understanding on Sunday August 10th in Atlanta, Georgia.
Andrew and Michael work hard on the agreementThe Goethe-Institut is getting ready to launch an interactive, three language, youth web portal named Todo Alemán, which will include a blog about The Ball and its journey from London to Johannesburg next year. This blog, which will be in English and German, will enable young people to learn via The Ball about the geographies, histories and cultures of the countries The Ball passes through in Europe and Africa en route to Johannesburg and the FIFA World Cup Opening Ceremony in June.
Time to practice for the game aheadThis blog will enable German language teachers to integrate The Ball’s epic third journey into their curriculum via the interactive platform of Todo Alemán. This will take place initially in classrooms across North America but we hope this can be expanded to encompass the entire Goethe Institut network by the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.
Written by Andrew Aris on Monday, August 17th, 2009
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