Pedagogy

Reflections on the teaching and learning of Yiddish, as well as downloadable guides, exercises, and lesson plans to use in the classroom.

Pedagogy

לויט די לערערס | Teachers Weigh In: Which Textbook to Use?

In an effort to pool the wis­dom and ques­tions acquired from our work in the class­room, In geveb reg­u­lar­ly polls Yid­dish lan­guage instruc­tors on top­ics relat­ed to Yid­dish ped­a­gogy. In this install­ment: what text­book do you use with begin­ning students? 

Pedagogy

Teaching Yiddish Through Performance

After-school enrich­ment class­es for chil­dren can be dead­ly to teach. Cre­ative per­for­mance is one way to keep stu­dents engaged and learning. 

Pedagogy

לויט די לערערס | Teachers Weigh In: The Great Weinreich Debate

The sec­ond install­ment of our ped­a­gogy forum, pre­sent­ing the opin­ions and expe­ri­ences of Yid­dish lan­guage teach­ers on the ques­tion of using the text­book Col­lege Yiddish. 

Pedagogy

Games for Small Groups

In geveb is shar­ing a series of games for use in Yid­dish lan­guage classes.

Pedagogy

Who am I and Why am I Here? A Note from the Pedagogy Editor

A note from the new Ped­a­gogy Edi­tor about our plans for the Ped­a­gogy sec­tion of In geveb for the com­ing year. 

Pedagogy

Lernen yidish far sholem: Teaching Yiddish in a Secular Jewish School

Erin Fai­gin dis­cuss­es the role of Yid­dish lan­guage instruc­tion in the cur­ricu­lum of the Sholem Com­mu­ni­ty, a sup­ple­men­tal sec­u­lar Jew­ish school in Mari­na Del Ray, California. 

Pedagogy

Teaching Yiddish in the Digital Age

The fourth in a series of reflec­tions on Yid­dish ped­a­gogy in the dig­i­tal age. Here, Paula Teitle­baum dis­cuss­es the way that dig­i­tal tech­nol­o­gy has shaped her teaching.

Pedagogy

Tam – Tastes of Yiddish Culture for Kids & Teens

Klez­Cal­i­for­nia, found­ed in 2003, and locat­ed in the San Fran­cis­co Bay Area, devel­oped an ini­tia­tive to bring mate­ri­als about Yid­dish cul­ture to Jew­ish youth in reli­gious schools and day schools. 

Pedagogy

Yiddish in Berlin/Berlin in Yiddish

Eka­te­ri­na Kuznetso­va reflects on the first-ever Yid­dish sum­mer pro­gram to take place in the Ger­man cap­i­tal (August 14 — Sep­tem­ber 1st 2017)

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