How it all began . . .
The German Language and Culture Institute is
the result of a pilot project in Spring of 2006.
Noticing a lack of opportunities for adults to
learn the German language in an alternative
setting in the Anchorage community, Dr.
Carlson offered first one class a couple of
times in the Pioneer School House in
downtown Anchorage. The class began with
12 students.
Then Mrs. Debbie Brewer, a science teacher
at Lumen Christi High School, joined the
learning merriment. Mrs. Brewer graciously
offered to share her classroom and thus the
adult German classes moved from downtown
Anchorage to Lumen Christi High School on
Jewel Lake Road. Mrs. Brewer has a great
science classroom with a fantastic saltwater
fish tank, a really old hermit crab, ugly stick
bugs, frogs, a hair-raising tarantula, all which
offer quite the conversational opportunities in
German for the students. The principal and
the administration have always extended a
warm hospitality to my adult students and me.
Word-of-mouth advertisement has helped to
increase the course offerings, which led to the
official opening of this small business.
Contact Information:
If you have an questions, please contact:
Antje Carlson
Tel: 907-345-0426
E-Mail: A.Carlson@german-in-anchorage.org
Taig
The German Language and Culture Institute is
the result of a pilot project in Spring of 2006.
Noticing a lack of opportunities for adults to
learn the German language in an alternative
setting in the Anchorage community, Dr.
Carlson offered first one class a couple of
times in the Pioneer School House in
downtown Anchorage. The class began with
12 students.
Then Mrs. Debbie Brewer, a science teacher
at Lumen Christi High School, joined the
learning merriment. Mrs. Brewer graciously
offered to share her classroom and thus the
adult German classes moved from downtown
Anchorage to Lumen Christi High School on
Jewel Lake Road. Mrs. Brewer has a great
science classroom with a fantastic saltwater
fish tank, a really old hermit crab, ugly stick
bugs, frogs, a hair-raising tarantula, all which
offer quite the conversational opportunities in
German for the students. The principal and
the administration have always extended a
warm hospitality to my adult students and me.
Word-of-mouth advertisement has helped to
increase the course offerings, which led to the
official opening of this small business.
Contact Information:
If you have an questions, please contact:
Antje Carlson
Tel: 907-345-0426
E-Mail: A.Carlson@german-in-anchorage.org
Taig
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Meet your instructor
Antje Carlson
. . . is a native German and a native speaker
of the German language. Born in Germany,
she grew up in Germany and Austria but has
called Alaska home since 1994.
She completed formal studies and research
in German instruction and learning in
adulthood. She received her Ph. D. from
Union Institute & University in Cincinnati, OH.
Dr. Carlson also received additional
qualification from the German Goethe Institut
in methods and didactics of teaching
German as a foreign language. She taught
German at the University of Alaska
Anchorage for several years. She has taught
German online and on campus at Alaska
Pacific University and at Wayland Baptist
University where she also taught Research
Writing. Currently Dr. Carlson teaches
English Fiction/Non-Fiction, Essentials of
English, Speech and Composition at Lumen
Christi High School.
Antje is particularly fond of being a founding
member of Rilke Schule German School of
Arts & Sciences. She played an integral part
in the planning, start-up, and opening of
Anchorage's only K-8 public German
immersion charter school. Teaching German
to adults, however, is her passion. Therefore
she continues to offer German Adult Classes
in the evening.
In her leisure time....
Dr. Carlson enjoys cooking and baking
German bread. Also, her two adopted
German Shorthair Pointers Taig and Merry
keep her out of trouble by taking her on long
hikes or skijoring. The dogs are good
companions on her daily Nordic Walking on
Anchorage's rich trail system. Digital close-up
photography of plants is one of her dearest
interests. In summer you find her camping
with her husband Martin and their dogs.
During those camping excursions and while
sitting at the camp fire, she recharges her
batteries by reading or thinking up new
activities for her classes.
Merry
. . . is a native German and a native speaker
of the German language. Born in Germany,
she grew up in Germany and Austria but has
called Alaska home since 1994.
She completed formal studies and research
in German instruction and learning in
adulthood. She received her Ph. D. from
Union Institute & University in Cincinnati, OH.
Dr. Carlson also received additional
qualification from the German Goethe Institut
in methods and didactics of teaching
German as a foreign language. She taught
German at the University of Alaska
Anchorage for several years. She has taught
German online and on campus at Alaska
Pacific University and at Wayland Baptist
University where she also taught Research
Writing. Currently Dr. Carlson teaches
English Fiction/Non-Fiction, Essentials of
English, Speech and Composition at Lumen
Christi High School.
Antje is particularly fond of being a founding
member of Rilke Schule German School of
Arts & Sciences. She played an integral part
in the planning, start-up, and opening of
Anchorage's only K-8 public German
immersion charter school. Teaching German
to adults, however, is her passion. Therefore
she continues to offer German Adult Classes
in the evening.
In her leisure time....
Dr. Carlson enjoys cooking and baking
German bread. Also, her two adopted
German Shorthair Pointers Taig and Merry
keep her out of trouble by taking her on long
hikes or skijoring. The dogs are good
companions on her daily Nordic Walking on
Anchorage's rich trail system. Digital close-up
photography of plants is one of her dearest
interests. In summer you find her camping
with her husband Martin and their dogs.
During those camping excursions and while
sitting at the camp fire, she recharges her
batteries by reading or thinking up new
activities for her classes.
Merry
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