Teaching and Learning Materials
The importance of good teaching materials for German lessons cannot be underestimated. They should convey a lively picture of the country and help students to 'experience' the language at first hand.
'Deutsche Kultur International' has copious information about the materials available and which organisations supply them.
You don't have the opportunity to attend a language course? We put together the information on distance learning German courses including useful accompanying materials.
Teaching Materials for German as a Foreign Language (DaF)
Materials on Methods and Didactics, on Specific Themes and Language Course Materials
Extensive online materials for self-study, students and teachers are available from the Goethe-Institute (GI).
Didactical teaching material about German language study, applied geography and literature is with costs and can be ordered online. These books, brochures, CDs, video- and audio-cassettes have been developed for a range of different target groups and levels of ability. Furthermore there is the opportunity to order documentaries and feature films from the film catalogue of the Goethe-Institute.
For German representations, schools, colleges, consultants and DAAD-lectors the Goethe-Institute offers a free of charge Themenpakete (website in German) about numerous subjects.
Libraries with Media for Loan
The libraries of the Goethe-Institutes in Germany and abroad are well stocked with German-language materials. Some libraries also offer an online search facility.
Distance Learning Language Courses
Multimedia Learning Programmes
Redaktion-D offers German language courses for beginners using the internet, TV or radio.
The language course for intermediate level Einblicke offers a learning programme including films on regional studies, text- and grammar-exercises.
CD-ROM-Language Course
The distance learning course Lina und Leo - a CD-ROM-language course for beginners - is related to the content of Goethe-Institute´s basic level 1 and 2 courses.
Internet Courses
You can learn German online. A whole variety of courses and exercises are available. Further details see Deutsche Kultur International at: German language - German language in the internet.
Video Courses
Alles Gute (All the best) teaches basic knowledge of German and of Germany.
Einblicke (Insights) is a series of films on everyday life, culture and science in Germany and includes a great number of exercises on intermediate level.
Hallo aus Berlin (Hello from Berlin), a film-serie for viewers from ages 11 to 13, in which six Berlin teenagers introduce themselves and their city.
Susanne, a film-serie for viewers from ages 14 to 16. Also available as television course.
Further information on these and other courses available to school teachers and university faculty members from Goethe-Institute.
German Literature for Schools, Colleges and Academics
Book- and Mediaservice
The Goethe-Institute provides schools, pedagogic university, DAAD Lectures and teachers’ training institution (pedagogic university) abroad a basic holdings for their libraries.
http://www.goethe.de/lhr/prj/mvm/deindex.htm (website in German).
Politics in Germany
Website discussing the latest politics, education, environment, human rights, conflict regions etc.
German Language in the Internet
University of Erlangen's link collection of institutes of German studies worldwide, institutions, grants etc. (website in German).
Forum Business German
List of links to all aspects of teaching German concerning vocational training (website in German).
Internet Licence
Internet course for internet-beginners especially for German teachers (website in German).
Project Gutenberg-DE
Offers free of charge online-texts. It contains more than 1.500 novels, short-stories, dramas and 13.000 poems of about 450 authors - classics, scientists, and philosophers from antiquity to the 20th century (website in German).
Litrix.de
This project initiated by the Federal Cultural Foundation, Germany, in cooperation with the Goethe Institute and the Frankfurt Book Fair provide information on an ongoing basis about the most important new publications in the fields of fiction, non-fiction and children’s and young people’s literature through presenting excerpts and specimen translations, as well as in-depth book reviews.
www.deutschunddeutlich.de
Work sheets for German lessons to download for free (website in German).
Teaching Materials for German Lessons
Regional studies material concerning German as a Foreign Language for educational institutions abroad.
Deutschlern.net
Online-magazine including exercises for DaF-teachers and -pupils (website in German).
List of Links about German as a Foreign Language (DaF) compiled by the Humbold-University Berlin
DaF at German universities, publishing and textbooks for DaF, information pool DaF (website in German).
Resources in German as a Foreign Language
Website round the subject "German as a Foreign Language" containing teaching- and learning materials on themes as origins of high days and holidays, German traditions etc.
Seite zur deutschen Sprache und zu deutschsprachigen Ländern
Exhaustive Informations and links to Germany and German as a Foreign Language (website in German).
German as a Foreign Language
250 work sheets for school, private lessons and self-study.
