by Wendy Newman | Jul 31, 2014 | Italian Culture, Italian updates, Italian Zone
ITALIAN IMMERSION Wendy Newman, ALL In summer 2013, I was given the opportunity to study Italian in Italy, as part of the European Union’s Lifelong Learning Programme. This programme offered In-Service Training Funding for language teachers to develop, revive and...
by Wendy Newman | May 19, 2014 | German Culture, German Practice, German Zone
Mandy Wight (formerly University of Sheffield) I first saw the film ‘Barbara’ shortly after it was released in the summer of 2012 and straightaway thought it was a film which students would enjoy: The plot includes a love story and the conflict between duty and...
by Wendy Newman | May 19, 2014 | German Culture, German Practice, German Zone
Nicola McLelland, Associate Professor in German and Head of German Studies (University of Nottingham) Four hundred years ago, virtually no one in Britain wanted to learn German. Yet 250 years later, in 1858, German was introduced alongside French as one of the two...
by Wendy Newman | May 19, 2014 | German Culture, German updates, German Zone
Colleen Marshman, News and Notes Editor I would very much welcome items for inclusion in News and Notes. Please contact me via email: [email protected]. SPRINGT ‘REIN ! The Jugend-Umwelt-Plattform, or JUMP, has just celebrated its third birthday. Based in...
by Wendy Newman | May 19, 2014 | German Culture, German Practice, German Zone
Elizabeth Ward (University of Leeds) and Hannah O’Connor (Cardiff University) The German Film Learning Initiative (GFLI) is a free-to-use multimedia resource created by two PhD students, Elizabeth Ward (University of Leeds) and Hannah O’Connor (Cardiff University)....
