by Wendy Newman | Jan 12, 2015 | 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]. YOUR CUP OF TEA? During my year abroad of 1994/95, a colleague, sympathising with the fact that I was full...
by Wendy Newman | Jan 12, 2015 | German Practice, German Zone
Julian Preece (Professor of German at Swansea University) Following the Oxford German Network model and at the suggestion of the German Cultural Attaché, the Think German Wales Network was launched at Swansea on 10 July by MEP Jill Evans. She was the keynote speaker...
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 | French Practice, French Zone, Language Zones
by Tessa Leuchars (Prince William School, Oundle) Much has been said about the need to differentiate work to ensure all pupils learn effectively. Indeed, it is expected of all teachers to plan differentiated lessons on a daily basis. To what extent the term...
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...
