TTA German Extension CourseInternet Resources

BBC: First steps: http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/german/lj/An online course for beginners (aimed at adults) with interactive exercies, covering the following topics: meeting people, getting around Berlin, food & drink, taking a holiday, making arrangements & shops and services

Talk German http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/german/talk/Another online course aimed at adults with audio,video & quizzes

Deutsch Plus http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/german/dplus/building on “Talk German”, 10 online interctive units with audio, video & quizzes

Make German your business: http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/languages/german/business/index.shtmlAimed at adults & includes a v useful “cultural notes” section

Goethe Institutehttp://www.goethe.de/dll/mat/deindex.htmClick on Landeskunde online for texts on current events and social issues together with carefully structured exercises designed to exploit the material and develop the theme

Children’s Storieshttp://www.fln.vcu.edu/menu.html

Weatherhttp://www.wetteronline.de/

Juma – a webzine designed for teenage learners of Germanhttp://www.juma.de/v.php?fl=welcome.htmlJetzt www.jetzt.de

German shoppingwww.quelle.de

German Railwayswww.bahn.de

Culturehttp://www.germanfortravellers.com/kultur/index.html

Authentic texts covering sport, culture, education, the environment, media, festivals etchttp://www.blinde-kuh.de/

Tagesschauhttp://www.tagesschau.de/Short news texts in German (listening resource)

Brennpunkt Onlinehttp://www.nelsonthornes.com/secondary/modern_lang/bp/frame.htmlIncludes vocab, grammar and access to relevant sites

Family Magazinewww.familie.de

German Tourist Infohttp://www.deutschland-tourismus.de/

Regions & Citieswww.entry.de

Foodhttp://www.klinikschoensicht.de/InfoWeb/dge.htm

Jobshttp://www.stellenanzeigen.de/tips/tips1.htm

Mediahttp://www.spiegel.de/http://www.sueddeutsche.de/http://www.presse.de/

TV Facts: http://www.ip-deutschland.de/ipdeutschland/index.htm

Environmenthttp://www.umweltbundesamt.de./http://www.greenpeace-magazin.de/magazin/index.phphttp://www.genfood.at/argumente/index.html

History of Berlin Wallhttp://www.dailysoft.com/berlinwall/index_de.html

Politicshttp://www.bundesregierung.de/

Health/ smokinghttp://www.rauchen.de/

Filmhttp://www.filmspiegel.de/

Wendy AdenijiApril 2004