Christoph Jaffke
Prof. Dr. Christoph Jaffke besuchte die Rudolf-Steiner-Schule Wuppertal und begann 1967 mit dem Englischunterricht an einer Stuttgarter Waldorfschule. Er ist einer der erfahrensten Englischlehrer in der Waldorfbewegung. Er veröffentlichte 1994 die erste wissenschaftliche Forschungsarbeit über die Methode des Fremdsprachenunterrichts in der Unterstufe der Waldorfschulen und in der Regelschule. 1976 begründete er die Reihe Materialien für den Sprachunterricht in Rudolf Steiner Waldorfschulen. Seit 1975 ist er in der Ausbildung von Englischlehrern an der Freien Hochschule Stuttgart, Seminar für Waldorfpädagogik, tätig. 2005 war er Gastprofessor an der Universität Hiroshima, im Jahr darauf an der Aoyama Gakuin University in Tokio. Er verfügt über reiche internationale Unterrichtserfahrungen und hält Seminare und Workshops in Europa, Asien und Südamerika.
Publikationen bei der Pädagogischen Forschungsstelle
More Plays for the Lower and Middle School
A second collection of plays about various subjects: Folk Tales and Fables, Legends and Ballads, Seasonal Plays, Work and Occupations, Myth and History, and Literature.
The First Four Years of English
Prof. Dr. Christoph Jaffke, Begründer der Reihe Materialien für den Sprachunterricht an Waldorfschulen, hat ein Handbuch für die Fremdsprachlehrer der Unterstufe geschrieben. Obwohl das Buch in englischer Sprache verfasst ist, werden sich die theoretischen Einblicke, die der Autor bietet und seine methodischen Ratschläge, die auf mehr als 50 Jahren Erfahrung im Bereich der Waldorfpädagogik basieren, auch für die Lehrer der anderen Fremdsprachen als hilfreich erweisen.
Aus einer Rezension…
Recueil de poèmes, chants, jeux et comptines
Pour le professeur; petits poèmes, textes rythmisés et chants, sur les animaux, les plantes, les saisons, le temps qu’il fait, les métiers etc. ainsi que jeux de doigts et saynètes.
Plays for the Lower and Middle School
The standard collection consisting of fifty plays from Fairy Tales and Ballads, from Folk Tales, Fables and Stories, as well as Seasonal Plays and Plays from Myth and History.
Rhythms, Rhymes, Games and Songs for the Lower School
Material accumulated over the decades within the Waldorf School movement. For use in the first three (four) classes. Appendix with examples of especially suitable stories. Index of first lines. More than 70 finger plays, mostly accompanied by instructions, 35 classroom games, almost 30 singing-games, about 50 traditional English and American children’s songs, numerous action rhymes and poems.
Fremdsprachenunterricht auf der Primarstufe
Die vorliegende Darstellung bietet eine Fülle von Anregungen für die Unterrichtspraxis, die die über zwanzigjährige Erfahrung des Autors und Herausgebers von Unterrichtsmaterial spiegeln. Das Buch ist eine Fundgrube für jeden Sprachlehrer – nicht nur den in der Unterstufe unterrichtenden – und für interessierte Eltern.
Russische Lieder, Spiele, Tänze
Der zweite Band bietet eine reiche Sammlung des russischen Liedguts für die Unterstufe.
Russische Gedichte, Erzählungen, Geschichten, Spiele
Der erste Band beinhaltet eine thematisch geordnete Sammlung aus der russischen Kinderliteratur und der Folklore für die Arbeit in der Unterstufe.
Poésies, textes et chansons
Recueil pour le professeur. Poèmes et textes ayant fait leurs preuves pour les classes 4/5 jusqu’à la 9e, proverbes, dictons, virelangues, et saynètes. Nombreuses remarques pédagogiques et méthodiques.
Six Romantic Poets - Additional Material for Teachers
A bibliography, and relevant passages from Kaethe Wolf-Gumpold’s book about William Blake, from Owen Barfield’s "Romanticism Comes of Age" and from "Poetry and the Art of Speech" by Rudolf Steiner and Marie Steiner-von Sivers.
Riddles
More than 150 riddles, from very easy ones for the Lower School to more difficult ones, ancient and modern, as well as conundrums, words to construe and an appendix containing an extract from The Merry Book of Riddles (1629).
Tongue Twisters and Speech Exercises
Large selection, grouped by sound values. Useful for teachers from Class 4 onwards.
Pentatonic Songs
Elisabeth Lebret komponierte eine Fülle von pentatonischen Liedern „für Kindergarten und die Klassen 1 und 2“ für verschiedene Anlässe: Aktivitäten, Feste, Jahreszeiten, Geburtstage … Die Sammlung erschien erstmals 1971, und Elisabeths Wunsch, dass „dieses Büchlein seinen Weg in die weltweite Waldorfbewegung finden möge“, wurde inzwischen mehr als erfüllt. Wir erwarten, dass diese neu gesetzte und sehr attraktive zweite Auflage in der gleichen Tradition ihren Weg finden wird.
Early One Morning
Thirty-three folk songs, forty-three rounds, seven ballads, five shanties, nine spirituals and plantation songs, and six madrigals, making 103 songs in all, among them several two-part folk songs and eleven songs for three or four parts. A well-balanced mixture – light-hearted and pensive, serious and jolly, loving and bantering, this collection represents many streams of songs in English, from easy folk tunes and rounds to madrigals and other part-songs. A core of well-known songs is…
Ripe Plums in Spring
Four stories have been selected from the classic Waldorf collection for early readers, Hay for my Ox. Edited and - with a light touch! - modernized for learners of English, they are suitable for use in Classes 4 or 5 of Waldorf Schools. The language is easy to understand, though a little more difficult than the well-known reader, The Pancake, and the stories will be enjoyed for their humour and many surprises. Frequent (but never boring!) repetition gives young learners the practice they need on…
La Légende de Roland
L’épopée classique de la littérature française. Charlemagne et Roland, son pair valeureux face à la trahison au retour de la campagne contre les Maures. Pour une 8e classe. Supplément de vocabulaire bilingue.
Monsieur et Madame Curie
Cette biographie montre la tenacité et l’enthousiasme pour un but qu’on s’est fixé soi-même. C’est aussi une page de l’histoire du 20e siècle.
Lecture convenant aux premières classes supérieures (9/10). Index de vocabulaire bilingue.
Mahatma Gandhi
This biography of one of the most inspiring and important personalities of the 20th century offers a complete overview of Gandhi’s life, work and times, while – with 36 pages of actual text – remaining an easily readable length. The reader contains many photographs, a vocabulary (thematic and in text sequence) as well as exercises in comprehension and individual use of the language at various levels of ability. - For Class 10 (9)
Leben und Werk von Alexander Puschkin
Dieses Buch führt in die Biographie des großen russischen Dichters und seiner Zeit ein. Die anschaulichen Texte und zahlreiche Abbildungen zeichnen ein lebendiges Bild der ersten Hälfte des 19. Jahrhunderts. Für die Oberstufe.
A Change in the Year: Pentatonic Songs
While Rhythms, Rhymes, Games and Songs contains quite a number of the more traditional children’s songs, the importance of pentatonic songs for at least the first two years of the Lower School can hardly be overestimated. Among other things, they often have a therapeutic effect in that they can help to calm and harmonize the children. These two collections offer a considerable variety of songs.
A Christmas Carol - THE PLAY
This play is particularly suited for Class 8, 9 or 10. While some classes may just use it for a dramatic reading of the Carol, others will be keen to perform it. The words of this play keep very close to Dickens’ tale in order to preserve its typical Dickensian atmosphere. This was made possible by the fact that Dickens often uses the form of direct dialogue and always tries to let his characters speak in their own individual language. – Since this dramatic version was written for performance by…
The Ship that turned over
After the world of fairy tales, legends and nursery tales, this story leads into “real life“, in short sentences, simply structured. - A ship sinks in the Atlantic, its passengers are saved, the captain attempts to salvage the wreck but fails. - Suitable for a short and exciting read, unhampered by “hard“ words, once the vocabulary of ship and seamanship is mastered. (Even simple words are explained in the annotations, mainly in English). For Class 5/(4). Limited stock.
We Wish You a Merry Christmas
English Songs for Advent and Christmas. Well-known carols as well as hymns and rounds, some of them contributed by Waldorf Schools in Britain and hardly known on the Continent. It is intended that each student should have his/her own copy of this collection as a companion throughout the Christmas seasons from the fifth grade to the twelfth – and beyond.
The King’s Bread
This new collection for Early Readers brings together four classic folk tales:
- The Giant Turnip
- Goldilocks and the Three Bears
- Stone Soup
- The King’s Bread
The stories are retold in simple but interesting English — lots of repetition, but with enough small variations to keep young readers’ attention! Several tales are presented both as stories and plays, offering extra variety in class.
Word lists and a broad range of exercises for first oral use, together with many…
Robin Hood
Materials for language teaching at Rudolf Steiner (Waldorf) Schools This exciting story captures the essence of one of England’s most enduring legends. Robin Hood is everybody’s hero, taking his place beside Saint George, King Arthur and other immortals of English folklore. Here, the famous outlaw comes to life in a new retelling of his adventures, which offers a moderately easy text, illustrated with fine line drawings by Christiane Lesch. – The text and illustrations are complemented by a very…
Six Romantic Poets
Meant for the use of the students, particularly in Class 10. It contains a description of the historical background of the Romantic Era as well as biographies and a representative selection of the poetry of Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley and Keats. This reader includes carefully chosen portraits of the six poets and two of Blake's illustrations for his Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience.
Dick Whittington
Newly rewritten for a fast and easy read!
Dick, a poor boy from the country, goes to London. And there his life is changed – by a cat! One of England’s most famous stories, with Antony Maitland’s classic illustrations.
For Class 5/6.
A reader with beautiful full-colour illustrations. Three vocabularies – word groups, opposites and page by page – are included, together with a very extensive range of comprehension questions and exercises, and concluding with a list of…
Long Walk to Freedom
The vivid and often dramatic memoirs of one of the great moral and political leaders of our time – an international hero whose accomplishments won him the 1993 Nobel Prize for Peace.
Nelson Mandela was imprisoned for almost 27 years for opposing South Africa’s white-minority government. Instead of disappearing from view, he became a worldwide symbol of resistance to racism. After his release in 1990, he helped guide the country on its peaceful transition to full democracy.
For class…
Outlaw: Robin of Sherwood - Reader
Robin Hood is everybody’s hero.
Here the famous outlaw comes to life in an all-new retelling, completely rewritten for a fast and easy read. With black-and-white illustrations by Christiane Lesch and a page by page vocabulary.
This new reader is accompanied by a separate workbook with a wide range of grammar, language and vocabulary exercises keyed to the text.
suitable for class 6
The Canterbury Tales
A selection of five stories retold in prose, giving a good background for further work of a literary quality – short story, novel – in the final classes. The stories live in a world between acute bservation of human behaviour and traditional stories handed down from classical and medieval sources. – Suitable for exercises in creative writing. A good introduction to English humour.
For Class 10.
Living and Working in the Days of Charles Dickens
WIEDER LIEFERBAR AB 10. Dezember 2024
A reader for “cultural studies” about social conditions in England at the time of the Industrial Revolution which can be read independently of the A Christmas Carol. The book offers descriptions of early industrial processes and of men and women who worked to keep the human aspect alive (Elizabeth Fry, Lord Shaftesbury, Dr. Barnado et al.).
Vocabulary in groups of related words and in text sequence. Wide range of graded exercises by Peter…
A Christmas Carol
A new edition of the much-loved story which Rudolf Steiner recommended for the Upper Middle School. It offers material suitable for both this age level and later. In A Christmas Carol Dickens wove his concern for the poor and unfortunate together with visits of four ghosts to tell the story of a hard man’s inner transformation. This classic tale is both a cry for social justice and a moving parable of human development. – Several episodes not included in the previous editions have been added,…
The Pancake and Other Stories
Many experienced teachers see this classic as an almost ideal first reader. Its seven stories have been favourites of generations of English-speaking children around the world. Between its first appearance in 1922 and the first Waldorf edition in the 1990s, The Pancake was reprinted over seventy times.
What makes this reader so attractive?
⦁ The language is simple but natural, and full of repetitive rhythmic elements that build confidence & ease the path to fluent reading.
⦁ The…
Ghosts at the Castle - Reader
Materials for language teaching at Rudolf Steiner (Waldorf) Schools.
Here is the story of Brian and Julie, and their problems with the ghosts at the age-old castle of the McPhantoms! This book was specially written to provide a fast, entertaining and not-too-difficult read after stories like The Pancake or Silly Simon. It unites puzzles, excitement and comedy with useful, everyday language.
It is beautifully complemented by eight watercolour-illustrations by Christiane Lesch, in full…
Silly Simon
This little booklet has every quality it takes to be a suitable reader for Class 4 or 5.
The story of Simple Simon may well have been one that children loved to hear in the years of oral work, they may even have acted it and have found their favourite incidents. Mollie Clarke has retold it in clear and lively style and yet uses repetitions in such a way that children will be able to recognise and thus read entire sentences rather than work at deciphering one word after another. The…
Outlaw: Robin of Sherwood – Practice Book
This practice book accompanies the new reader “Outlaw: Robin of Sherwood” with a wide-ranging and extensive selection of exercises keyed to the text of the reader. Recommended for class 6.
Robin Hood is everybody’s hero. In the story the famous outlaw comes to life in an all-new retelling, completely rewritten for a fast, easy read. The reader has black-and-white illustrations by Christiane Lesch and an extensive page by page vocabulary. This practice book can be used with the reader…
