Mandy Wight, Reviews Editor REVIEWS The books reviewed for this edition are aimed at learners of German at Intermediate to Advanced level. Two coursebooks reviewed here are aimed specifically at learners intending to study or work in Germany: ‘Campus Deutsch- Lesen’...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...