Colloquial German

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.

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