Spotlight (voice magazine)
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| Area of Expertise | Voice magazine |
| language | English |
| publishing company | Spotlight Verlag ( Germany ) |
| Headquarters | Munich |
| First edition | November 1981 |
| founder | Egon Müller / Hans Zettler |
| Frequency of publication | 14 times a year |
| Editor-in-chief | Inez Sharp |
| editor | Jan Henrik Gross |
| Web link | spotlight-online.de |
| ISSN |
0723-0206 |
Spotlight has been a language magazine for English learners that has been published since November 1981. It is aimed primarily at native German speakers who want to improve and practice their English. The magazine and its by-products are published by Spotlight Verlag . Until 1995 the magazine was called Anglo-American Spotlight . The circulation sold is copies, an error in the printout: Missing operand for> from Error in the printout: Missing operand for / percent since 1998.
The editorial team of “Spotlight” is led by the British journalist Inez Sharp. The American Claudine Weber-Hof is the deputy editor-in-chief. Both British and American English are trained in “Spotlight”.
concept
The 80-page magazine covers current topics from the English-speaking world, such as politics, culture and travel. In addition, exercises for English learners are printed, explanations of difficult words and trading cards for vocabulary, idioms, etc. All articles are in English. A translation aid for difficult or unusual vocabulary is included to make it easier to understand the text. The structure of the articles is based on language psychology in order to promote the learning of the foreign language.
Byproducts
In addition to the parent booklet “Spotlight”, the exercise book PLUS and the teacher service “Spotlight in the classroom” are published. The “Spotlight” booklet is also supplemented by an audio product and the vocabulary trainer “Spotlight express”.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ according to IVW ( details on ivw.eu )