Peter J. Graves (University of Leicester) INSIGHT IN LA Since Christa Wolf was born in Germany, died in Germany and apart from some months spent in California, lived all her life in Germany, the description of her as ‘a German writer’ might seem a statement of the...
Jutta Austin (Adult Community Learning, Colchester) Most of my students learning German are adults and face the usual barriers to their efforts: having lost the biological language learning facility of early childhood and not being surrounded by the language, they...
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...
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...
The following titles are reviewed in this issue: Corinna Schicker, Marcus Waltl and Chalin Malz, Zoom Deutsch 1. Reviewed by Dawn Sadler. Corinna Schicker, Ann Adler, Geoff Brammall, Maria Hunt, Morag McCrorie, Dagmar Sauer, Zeitgeist 1. German AS für AQA student...
Mandy Wight, Reviews Editor For this, our first online reviews section, I am delighted to be able to include reviews of the new OUP Key Stage 3 course Zoom, which offers an exciting multimedia start to German, as well as a review of the new Zeitgeist for AS level,...