It has long been a painful rite of passage for German schoolchildren to learn die Schreibschrift, a fiddly form of joined-up handwriting all pupils are expected to have mastered by the time they leave ...

Only four percent of German teachers believe their pupils' handwriting makes the grade. More than three-out-of-ten, boys mainly, are unable to write legibly. Teachers blamed digital-age neglect of ...

“Handwriting was initially the first means of preserving information that was previously only passed down orally,” explains Donica. Before the invention of the printing press, copying information or ...

Update: Mennonite Life has an Intro to German Script class, 10-11:30 a.m., Friday, Feb. 7, 2025. The class will teach the basics of reading German script and include the chance to interpret 18th- and ...

Computers and tablets are changing how we write – will the ability and need to wield a pen die out altogether? We're told that writing is dying. Typing on keyboards and screens dominates written ...