Fall 2025 OLLI Digital Catalog 

German: Beginning 11 (O319)

O – Languages

Required text: Learn German With Stories – Sturm auf Sylt – 10 Short Stories For Beginners, Andre Klein. Native German instructor use André Klein’s Learn German with Stories series to expose students to cultural and historical facts about cities where German is spoken today. The emphasis is on learning German the fun way.

This offering meets for a total of 11 session(s).

INSTRUCTORS: Christiane Shields, Lorena Meunier

SHIELDS, CHRISTIANE — M.A., school psychology, Smith College and Vanderbilt University, University of Hamburg and Berlin. Born and educated in Germany. Retired from the Pilot School, Inc. as psychologist and technology coordinator. Loved to travel when it was simpler. (O319)

MEUNIER, LORENA — B.A. German, Trinity College, Washington D.C., M.A., German language and literature, Middlebury College, Vermont. Born and raised in Wilmington. Lived and studied in Germany for three years. Career positions as technical German translator, technical writer and editor. Retired from SAP America. Loves learning languages, hiking and cross country skiing, knitting and reading. (O319)

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