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The chapter argues in favor of conceptualizing Global Education as an approach to language education distinct from Trans- and Intercultural Learning. A major step to such an enterprise would be the replacement of semiotic concepts of culture dominant in Trans- and Intercultural Learning by a truly multidimensional one, built on insights from ecocriticism and New Materialism. The goal of Global Education in the foreign language classroom should be a deep integration of linguistic, literary, cultural, and ecological learning. For this, the genre of the Bildungsroman provides valuable opportunities, because the growing up of the protagonist is also a process of initiation into culture, in which the basic assumptions of this culture and its relationship to nature can be questioned. The chapter outlines a teaching unit on Margaret Atwood’s novel Surfacing (1972/1991) as an example.

An Hand von Dungungsversuchen wurde im Losgebiet von Sudniedersachen bei Wintergerste und Winterweizen gepruft, ob der Nitratgehalt in der Halmbasis ein geeignetes Mas ist, den N-Dungerbedarf zwischen Schossen und Ahrenschieben zu ermitteln. Im Hinblick auf die praktische Anwendung durch den Landwirt erfolgte die Nitratbestimmung mit Hilfe eines einfach durchzufuhrenden Nitratpflanzentestes. Folgende Ergebnisse wurden erzielt: 1 Mit dem Reagenz Diphenylamin-Schwefelsaure konnen Nitratkonzentrationen zwischen ca. 200 - 2000 ppm in der FM hinreichend genau erfast werden. Diese Methode ist fur die Anwendung in der landwirtschaftlichen Praxis geeignet, 1 Im Untersuchungsgebiet enthielten Winterweizen und Wintergerste wahrend des Schossens und Ahrenschiebens zwischen 50 - 4000 ppm NO3 in der Halmbasis, obwohl im Fruhjahr das N-Angebot (Nmin + N-Dungung) einheitlich war. Diese Unterschiede hangen im wesentlichen von der Vorfrucht und der organischen Dungung ab. 1 Zwischen dem Nitratgehalt in der Halmbasis der Pflanzen und der in der durchwurzelten Bodenschicht enthaltenen Nitratmenge besteht ein enger Zusammenhang. 1 Der wahrend des Schossens und des Ahrenschiebens ermittelte Nitratgehalt in der Halmbasis steht in Beziehung zum N-Dungerbedarf. Hieraus wurde eine Empfehlung fur die N-Spatdungung zu Winterweizen und Wintergerste sowohl hinsichtlich des Zeitpunktes als auch der Hohe der Dungergabe abgeleitet. The nitrate content of the basal internode of the stems as an indicator of the nitrogen fertilizer requirement of winter cereals In fertilizer experiments on loess soils in the southern part of Lower Saxony (FRG) the possibility was tested if the nitrate content of the basal internode of the stems can be used in the determination of the N-fertilizer requirement between stem elongation and ear emergence. The nitrate concentration was determined by a plant sap test. The following results were obtained: 1 Nitrate concentrations in the fresh matter between 200 and 2000 ppm can be determined by the reagent „Diphenylaminesulphuric acid”. This method is easily applicable and can be done by farmers. 1 Winter wheat and winter barley have different nitrate concentrations in the basal internode of the stems between stem elongation and ear emergence. As the N-supply in spring (Nmin + N-fertilizer) was the same in all fields, the different nitrate concentrations in the stems are due to the preceding crop and to different organic manuring. 1 There is a close relationship between the nitrate content in stems (basal internode) and the nitrate content of the soil. 1 The required amount of nitrogen fertilizer between stem elongation and ear emergence was significantly correlated with the nitrate content in the stems (basal intenode). Therefore, a recommendation of N-top dressings to winter wheat and winter barley was made on this basis. The method is suitable for determining the necessary amount and timing of N-fertilization.

Storytelling in Irish drama has traditionally been perceived as evidence for a continuity between Irish theatre and a pre-modern, distinctly Irish oral culture. Hans- Thies Lehmann's theory of Postdramatic Theatre, however, allows one to describe the exhibition of the act of narration in contemporary Irish plays as a break with both Epic Theatre and the drama of the Irish Literary Revival. In contrast with the alien- ation effects of Epic Theatre, contemporary Irish theatre texts create intense relation- ships between narrator and story on the one hand and between narrator and audience on the other. Yet the acts of narration also differ from those in the drama of the Irish Literary Revival in that oral storytelling takes the form of intimate confessions and focusses not on collective but individual memory. At the same time, the Irish example casts a critical light on some of Lehmann's concepts, particularly the avant-garde charac- ter of the so-called 'post-epic' narration and its inherent criticism of the mass media. 1. The Irish Dramatic Tradition and Hans-Thies Lehmann's Theory of Post