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Dear Colleagues in ab initio,
I have received the following message:

Date sent:      	Mon, 09 Oct 2000 19:50:49 GMT
From:           	"Nils Langer" <[log in to unmask]>
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Liebe KollegInnen,

looking ahead into the future, we're currently looking into the
possibility to admit Ab initio and/or post-GCSE students of German
to our Honours degree programme. Since we're probably not the only
ones, we'd be interested to find out what experiences other depts.
had/have with Beginner's German for "proper" (i.e. not subsidiary)
students. Any comments whatsoever are invited - I'll post a summary
within 4 weeks.

Greetings!
Nils Langer

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Dr Nils Langer
Dept of German
University of Bristol
Bristol
BS8 1TE
0044-(0)117-928 9841

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From:           	Michael Robert Jones <[log in to unmask]>
To:             	"Nils Langer" <[log in to unmask]>
Subject:        	Re: 
Date sent:      	Wed, 11 Oct 2000 11:50:46 GMT



Dear Nils, 
Your surmise that ab initio  German is currently on the agenda in several institutions is 
undoubtedly correct.However, you may  not be aware that a lot of in this field work has been done  
over the last decade in UK and Irish German circles, not least by the "Standing 
Conference on ab initio German in the UK and Ireland" which has been holding meetings 
and conferences on ab initio issues and spawning publications on 
just this topic for several years now.

The two most recent publications you may wish to look at are:
		1. Ab initio language learning - A guide to good practice in universities 
		and colleges - The example of German, eds.: Gabriela Leder; Nicola 
		Reimann; Riana Walsh.  CILT, London 1996   and
		2. Ab initio German: Trends and Perspectives, eds,: Christine Flude 
		and Susan Tebbutt.= Issue No, 4 of INTERFACE, Bradford Studies in 
		Language, Culture and Society, University of Bradford 1999.

I hope this information will assist your project.

Alles Gute,
Mike Jones
Do I sense a revival here?
Gruesse an alle,
Mike


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