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Below is a list of variety of sources for German language learning and media resources.“The links on this Web site are provided for your information and convenience. By clicking on a link, you will be leaving the district Web site. Please be aware that, while we make every effort to evaluate all the sites to which we link, we cannot endorse nor be responsible for the content provided on these sites.”
News media- http://www.3sat.de/ (TV website)
- http://www.n-tv.de/ (TV website)
- http://www.taggesschau.de/ (links to news, videos, weather, etc.)
- http://www.muensterschezeitung.de/ (example of a regional news site)
- http://www.abendblatt.de/ (example of a regional news site)
- http://www.de.yahoo.com/ (links to news, videos, weather, etc.)
Dictionaries
- http://www.dict.leo.org/ (online German-English dictionary)
- http://www.pons.de/ (online German-English dictionary)
Online language learning tools
- http://www.vocabulix.com/ (online language learning program)
- http://www.vokabel.com/german.html (help with German vocabulary)
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/german/cool/(online program with useful phrases)
- http://www.wordchamp.com/ (online language learning program)
- http://www.flashcardexchange.com/ (flashcards)
Online reading / writing / speaking skill building
- http://voicethread.com/ (upload photos, audio or video; add text and/or voice recordings)
- http://www.toondoo.com/ (create your own comic strip)
- http://blabberize.com/ (create talking pictures)
- http://www.voki.com/ (create a speaking avatar)
- http://www.animoto.com/ (make your own movie with your photos and music)
- http://www.pimpampum.net/bookr (select photos from flickr and write a story)
- http://www.superlame.com/ (write a story online)
Culture / info sites
- http://www.ingeb.org/Volksong.html (German folksongs)
- http://www.bundesrat.de/ (German Bundesrat homepage)
- http://www.germany-info.org/ (German Information Center)
- http://www.geobeats.com/ (culture tips – in English, but exceptionally well done)
- http://www.feiern-online.de/ (holiday guide)
- http://www.dah-bremerhaven.de/ (museum of German migration / emigration)
- http://www.deutsche-staedte.de/ (information on German cities)
Sample sites useful for specific topics
- http://www.immobilien.de/ (real estate / housing in Germany)
- http://www.kino.de/ (movies)
- http://www.arzt.de/ (medicine / ethical issues in medicine)
- http://www.umwelt.de/ (environment)
- http://www.umweltkids.de/ (environment)
- http://www.bahn.de/ (travel / train travel / trip planning)
- http://www.wetteronline.de/ (weather)
Online magazines
- http://www.wasistwas.de/ (a large variety of articles and readings)
- http://www.juma.de/ (youth magazine online)
- http://www.young-germany.de/ (resource guide for young people in Germany)
Online literature links
- http://gutenberg.spiegel.de/ (fairy tales, poems, etc.)
- http://www.maerchen.com/ (fairy tales)
Other teacher / student resources
- http://www.german.about.com/ (many teacher/student resources)
- http://www.quia.com/shared/ (lessons plan and activity sharing)
- http://www.unterrichtsmaterial-schule.de/ (materials for teaching)
- http://german.about.com/od/teaching/a/textbooks.htm (German textbook guide)
- http://www.aatg.org/ (American Association for Teachers of German)
- http://www.goethe.de/ (Goethe Institut)
- http://www.austria.info/ (Austrian Culture Center)
- http://www.swissworld.org/ (Information on Switzerland)
- http://www.google.de/ (search engine)
- http://blindekuh.de/ (search engine)
Music and music resources
- http://www.stepintogerman.org/ (many German songs with student activities)
- http://www.lyriks.de/ (for finding song lyrics)
- http://www.lyricsbox.com/ (for finding song lyrics)
- http://de.music.yahoo.com/ (for finding current music and videos)
- http://www.apple.com/de/itunes (current music, videos, podcasts and other downloads)
For early beginners
- http://www.washjeff.edu/capl/ (online picture dictionary)
- http://www.sandmaennchen.de/
- http://childrenslibrary.org/ (International Children’s Digital Library)
- http://www.philipp-maus.de/start.html
- http://www.hello-world.com/ (games, activities, and songs with native speakers)
- http://www.kinderreimeseite.de/ (children’s poems, stories, etc.)
- http://www.kindernetz.de/ (children’s games and activities)
Television / Radio
- http://www.tvinfo.de/ (online TV guide)
- http://www.daserste.de/ (Das Erste TV channel)
- http://www.mtv.de/ (MTV Germany)
- http://rtl-now.rtl.de/ (free downloads of current German TV shows)
- http://www.listenlive.eu/germany.html (German radio online)
- http://www.prosieben.de/ (ProSieben TV channel)
