by Wendy Newman | Sep 1, 2011 | Russian Practice, Russian Zone
Ursula Stohler, Charles University Prague & Elena Makarova, University of Bern This paper discusses the didactic usefulness of games in foreign language teaching and highlights the most important points for language teachers who want to introduce games in their...
by Wendy Newman | Sep 1, 2011 | French Practice, French Updates, French Zone
Photo: Huw Meredith Photography Kate Norman, Jack Hunt School, Peterborough With the widening of participation and the growth of confidence in the Key Stage 2 languages classroom which we have seen slowly – and in many cases painfully- over the last few years, Key...
by Wendy Newman | Apr 1, 2011 | German Culture, German Practice, German Zone
Richard Littlejohns (Leicester) Hans Magnus Enzensberger published Hammerstein oder Der Eigensinn in 2008, since when it has appeared in paperback and reached the bestseller lists. Now in his eighties, Enzensberger has had a chequered and often controversial career...
by Wendy Newman | Sep 20, 2010 | German Practice, German updates, German Zone
Geoffrey Plow, University College School, Hampstead Deutsch: Lehren und Lernen, Autumn 2010, No 42, 3-7 INTRODUCTION When Jana Hensel published Zonenkinder in 2002,1 it was acclaimed for its documentation of an identity crisis felt by a whole generation of former East...
by Wendy Newman | Sep 1, 2010 | Italian Culture, Italian Practice, Italian Zone
Chiara Torriani, (University of Colorado, Boulder) Nella primavera del 2005, ho avviato presso il dipartimento d’italiano dell’University of Colorado a Boulder (USA) un corso sperimentale che utilizzava il teatro come veicolo d’insegnamento della lingua e che si...
