The end of German degrees in Northern Ireland

by Wendy Newman | Dec 2, 2015 | German updates, German Zone

Ian Collen, School of Education, Queen’s University Belfast   The announcement on 2 September 2015 by Ulster University to close their German Department, along with Chinese, French and Spanish, has sent shockwaves through the community in Northern Ireland and beyond....

News & Notes

by Wendy Newman | Jul 10, 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]. Amplelfigur nur noch im Zweierpack When Chief East German traffic psychologist Karl Peglau presented his...

Top tips for online language tutors

by Wendy Newman | Jul 10, 2015 | German Practice, German updates, German Zone

Katrin Uhlig, University of Glasgow Most of us now use online techniques and resources in our daily practice either to supplement a face to face class, to teach blended learning courses or even teaching in a purely online-based context.  There are of course plenty of,...

News and Notes

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...

Die Internationale Deutschlehrertagung (IDT) in Bozen

by Wendy Newman | May 19, 2014 | German updates, German Zone

Alice Gruber (The Open University) Die Internationale Deutschlehrertagung (IDT) fand vom 29. Juli bis zum 3. August 2013 an der Universität Bozen und der Europäischen Akademie Bozen (EURAC) statt. Bozen ist die Hauptstadt der autonomen, italienischen Region Südtirol,...

News and Notes

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...