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Events

Strasbourg & the History of the Book: Five centuries of German printed books and manuscripts.
11 July - 4 November 2009 (closed Saturday 29 August to Tuesday 8 September)

For details of a presentation of some of the Taylor Institution Library holdings illustrating the history of German book production in Strasbourg from the humanist period onwards, see:
http://www.mod-langs.ox.ac.uk/german/strasbourghob/
Click on the link at the bottom of the page for the accompanying booklet (46 pages) or go to:
http://www.mod-langs.ox.ac.uk/german/strasbourghob/strasbourg_booklet.pdf

 

Course handbooks

The handbook for German is divided into two parts, the handbook for the preliminary course and the handbook for the final honours school.

German Prelims handbook

German FHS handbook

For Prelims students, additional guidance and learning materials are also provided:

German Language Guide

 

Examination conventions

 

Prelims FHS
Descriptors for Prelims Guidelines for the Assessment of Papers in Modern Languages Finals
Marking and examining conventions Examination conventions for Honour School of Modern Languages
German conventions Oral descriptors
  German conventions

 

Examination prescription

Prescribed texts for commentary, Paper III [PDF ]

 

Bibliographies and teaching materials

Modern Literature

Medieval Literature

Linguistics

Further bibliographies and teaching materials for German are available on Weblearn:

http://www.weblearn.ox.ac.uk/site/human/modlang/german/

 

German language exercises

German CALL exercises in the 1st-year course

 

Related Websites

Medieval German Studies at Oxford
German sites and resources from the Taylor Institution Language/Country Resources page
German Weblinks from the Language Centre website
German for Chemistry Weblinks from the Language Centre website
German for Engineering Science Weblinks from the Language Centre website
The Lambda Project- German at the Language Centre
10 Gründe, Deutsch zu lernen
Women and Death in German Literature, Art and Media after 1500 - Attitudes to women dying, killing and fighting, as represented in German literature and art, are at the centre of this three-year research project, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council.