About Our Department

The German Department of CBC Monkstown is a committed and vibrant department, facilitating learners of all abilities to achieve their full potential as speakers of the EU's most spoken mother tongue. Over the years we have built on excellent classroom practice to enrich the learning experience of our students with a highly successful exchange program, language assistants, pen-pals and the use of ICT and interactive digital media projects.

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

AA Gill Article...


Interesting article in the Sunday Times last week on the River Danube (Donau) which rises in Donaueschingen, in southern Germany.

I don't think Gill always understands Germany or Germans terribly well, but it's a great read. you can read it by clicking here

(that's him in the suit on the left in Furtwangen...)