Colloquial German by Carolyn Batstone

Colloquial German by Carolyn Batstone

Specially written by experienced teachers for self-study or class use, the course offers you a step-by-step approach to written and spoken German. No prior knowledge of the language is required.

What makes this new edition of Colloquial German your best choice in personal language learning?

• Interactive – lots of exercises for regular practice.
• Clear – concise grammar notes.
• Practical – useful vocabulary and pronunciation guide.
• Complete – including answer key and reference section.

Audio material to accompany the course is available to download freely in MP3 format from www.routledge.com/cw/colloquials. Recorded by native speakers, the audio material features the dialogues and texts from the book and will help develop your listening and pronunciation skills.

'The individual learner - and I have tested this on a mature student who has looked at a wide range of self-learning courses - gets an excellent deal: the course is reasonably priced, the tone is not patronising, guidance is sufficient while not overdoing instructions in German..The grammar tackled is particularly accessible, the vocabulary mostly that of in daily life.' Dr Ulrike Zitzlsperger, Exeter University

Glyn Hatherall

- Thames Valley University (formerly Ealing Technical College / Ealing College of Higher Education / Polytechnic of West London) [1969-1997]:

- Principal Lecturer [1983-85, 1992-97]

- Head of School / Department [1985-92]

- General Editor, Treffpunkt / German Teaching, Journal of the Association of Teachers of German / Association for Language Learning [1986-91]

- Reviews Editor, German Teaching [1991-94]

- Editorial Board member, Modern German Studies (Association for Modern German Studies) [2001-

- External examing for:

Institute of Linguists [1972-77; Diploma in Translation 1997- ]; Hatfield Polytechnic [1973-79]; Bulmershe College of Higher Education [1981-85]; Dublin College of Technology [1985-89]; Wolverhampton Polytechnic [1988-91]; Goethe-Institute, London [1992-93]; University of Southampton [1991-94]; Southampton Institute of Higher Education [1997-]; Institute of Linguists (Chief Examiner German>English for Diploma in Translation) [1998-2006]

- External member [variously] of course review/validation or subject/faculty review panels for:

Dublin Institute of Technology; Polytechnics of Middlesex, Sunderland, Wolverhampton, Stafford, Coventry, Bristol, Central London, Manchester, Oxford,

Dielinde Hatherall

German native speaker

1970-2006 Part-time lecturer in German:

Ealing Technical College > Ealing College of Higher Education > Polytechnic of West London > Thames Valley University

1976-84 Part-time lecturer in German:

Ealing Adult Education Service

1977-88 Part-time lecturer in German:

Hammersmith & North Kensington Adult Education Institute

1983-90 Support tutor for language teachers on in-service training:

Inner London Education Authority

1984-88 Examiner for German:

Institute of Linguists

1986 to date Various teaching contracts:

German for industry and commerce

1987-89 Temporary 0.5 post as lecturer in German:

Ealing College of Higher Education

1993-98 Part-time (associate) lecturer in German:

University of Greenwich