Tuesday, 24 December 2013

Websites for learning German

Websites for learning German
1.  BBC - German Learning  http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/german/
2.  LEO Deutsch - Englisch Wörterbuch (German-English Dictionary)  http://dict.leo.org/
3.  Teach yourself German-

Paul Joyce German Course

A mainly text-based beginners’ German course from Portsmouth University containing 12 units which deal with everyday situations, vocabulary and grammar as well as providing audio assistance with pronunciation.

http://userweb.port.ac.uk/~joyce1/abinitio/

German Resources on the Web (GROW)

Online materials from the American Association of Teachers of German. Under the heading 'Grammatik' there are grammar exercises which are mainly self-correcting. You need to have some German already to be able to cope with these materials.

http://www.aatg.org/teaching-resources/255-grow-german-resources-on-the-web

DAF-Portal

This is the portal for Deutsch als Fremdsprache (DaF) (German as a Foreign Language). Under the Datenbanken heading there are links to many exercises listed alphabetically, but you do need some German to be able to navigate the site. It's worth it.

http://www.daf-portal.de/index.php

BEOLINGUS

Another useful dictionary service run by the Technical University, Chemnitz. It provides not only the genders of nouns, but also their plurals, together with examples in context. Verbs, too, are given with their principal parts.

http://dict.tu-chemnitz.de/
4.  Deutsche Welle (Germany’s international broadcaster)  http://www.dw-world.de/
5.  Deutsch Lernen http://www.deutsch-lernen.com/
6.  German for Travellers http://www.germanfortravellers.com/
7.  Goethe-Institut  http://www.goethe.de/enindex.htm
8.  Deutschkurs http://www.german-grammar.de/
9.  Deutschland.de http://www.deutschland.de/home.php