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...
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...
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...
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...
Languages Today, issue 1: Spring 2009 – Diana Smith Has German become too cool for school? We talk to the Goethe-Institut’s Karl Pfeiffer about how he plans to get Britain’s children speaking German Of all human institutions, language is one of the most important, and...
