Christa Wolf: A German writer

by Wendy Newman | Aug 31, 2012 | German Culture, German Zone

Peter J. Graves (University of Leicester) INSIGHT IN LA Since Christa Wolf was born in Germany, died in Germany and apart from some months spent in California, lived all her life in Germany, the description of her as ‘a German writer’ might seem a statement of the...

Inspiration, motivation and encouragement – the benefits of writing poems and stories in language learning

by Wendy Newman | Aug 31, 2012 | German Culture, German Practice, German Zone

Jutta Austin (Adult Community Learning, Colchester) Most of my students learning German are adults and face the usual barriers to their efforts: having lost the biological language learning facility of early childhood and not being surrounded by the language, they...

News and Notes

by Wendy Newman | Aug 31, 2012 | German Culture, German updates, German Zone

Colleen Marshman, News and Notes Editor I very much welcome items for inclusion in News and Notes.  Please contact me via email: [email protected].  My sincere thanks go to Emily Conley (formerly of Ilford County High School, Barkingside) for her contribution...

Three stories from Bernhard Schlink’s Sommerlügen

by Wendy Newman | Sep 20, 2011 | German Culture, German Practice, German updates, German Zone

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...

Hans Magnus Enzensberger’s Hammerstein oder Der Eigensinn. Warum dieses Buch doch ein Roman ist

by Wendy Newman | Apr 1, 2011 | German Culture, German Practice, German Zone

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...

Using literary texts in a German A level speaking test

by Wendy Newman | Sep 20, 2009 | German Culture, German updates, German Zone

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...