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The Modern Languages in Primary Schools Initiative: supporting German teaching in Irish primary schools

by Wendy Newman | Aug 31, 2012 | German Practice, German updates, German Zone

Gina Reilly (Regional Advisor & Advisor for German, Modern Languages in Primary Schools Initiative) As part of the Modern Languages in Primary Schools Initiative (MLPSI), 5th and 6th class pupils (9 to 12 year olds) in 96 primary schools in Ireland are learning...

News and Notes

by Wendy Newman | Aug 31, 2012 | German Culture, German updates, German Zone

Colleen Marshman, News and Notes Editor I very much welcome items for inclusion in News and Notes. Please contact me via email: [email protected]. My sincere thanks go to Emily Conley (formerly of Ilford County High School, Barkingside) for her contribution...

Three stories from Bernhard Schlink’s Sommerlügen

by Wendy Newman | Sep 20, 2011 | German Culture, German Practice, German updates, German Zone

Geoff Brammall, Stockport No 44 Autumn 2011 Sommerlügen (2010) is the latest publication by Bernhard Schlink, perhaps best known to the English reading public for his novel Der Vorleser (1995), which was turned into a highly successful film (2009) with Kate...

Reading (and re-reading) Jana Hensel’s Zonenkinder

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...

Using literary texts in a German A level speaking test

by Wendy Newman | Sep 20, 2009 | German Culture, German updates, German Zone

Geoffrey Plow University College School, Hampstead Deutsch: Lehren und Lernen, Autumn 2009, No 40, 10-15 In a previous article in Deutsch: Lehren und Lernen I suggested that the 2008 revision of A level specifications in foreign languages might allow a wider use of...