Image: Huw Meredith Photography Peter Downes, ‘Discovering Languages’ Project Director, Association of School and College Leaders REVIEWING THE NATIONAL CURRICULUM As many readers will know, a root-and-branch review of the national curriculum is now under way. As...
Álvaro Acosta Corte, University of Leicester INTRODUCTION This article evaluates the current research landscape regarding heritage speakers of Spanish. It intends to review and critically assess the literature and the current research trends and methods in this...
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...
Abele Longo, Middlesex University Internet ha ridefinito la natura individuale e sociale dell’atto poetico che vede l’autore in una posizione sempre meno isolata collaborare con altri autori e farsi allo stesso tempo promotore culturale. Se da una parte troviamo poeti...
Andrew Jameson, Reviews Editor Food and Everyday Life in the Post-Socialist World Melissa L Caldwell, ed. Indiana University Press, 2009, 231pp, £17.99 ISBN 978-0-253-22139-1 A curious feature of the socialist countries is that their generally unsuccessful doctrinaire...
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...