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...

Teaching Christian Petzold’s film ‘Barbara’

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...

Why learn German? Answers since 1600*

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...

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...

The German Film Learning Initiative: Inspiring language learners of the future

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)....

News and Notes

by Wendy Newman | Oct 10, 2013 | German Culture, German updates, German Zone

Colleen Marshman, News and Notes Editor I would very much welcome articles for inclusion in News and Notes.  Please contact me via email: [email protected], or write to me at the address given on the contents page. JUDITH KERR PRIMARY SCHOOL In September the...