by Wendy Newman | Aug 31, 2012 | German Culture, German Practice, German Zone
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...
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...
by Wendy Newman | Aug 31, 2012 | German Reviews, German Zone
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,...
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...
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...
