German
Course Links
- Moodle - Link to German Moodle exercises.
- Kunterbunt und kurz geschrieben - For German 2010/2011
- German and Russian Department's Homepage
- German online tutorials - Practice for your final oral exam on this site.
Other Useful Links
Grammar and Vocab:
- Leo - One of the best English-German dictionaries!
- Larousse - English-German, German-English dictionary.
- Word Reference - Online multilingual dictionary word searches from English to German, to Spanish, to French, and a host of other languages.
- Online bilingual dictionaries - Choose from a variety of online dictionaries to help you find the word you're looking for.
- German Online - Practice your German with these exercises created by Prof. Lizz Caplan-Carbin.
- Tools for German - Exercises developed at the University of Calgary to help you with verbs and other basic grammar.
- BBC Languages - Interactive videos, cool German, crosswords and lots more!
- Transparent Lanugage German Proficiency Test - Score your German knowledge with this self-test (intermediate/advanced level).
- Digital Dialects - for the beginner to intermediate level
- Fun German Crosswords - Crosswords in both HTML and 'Across' formats.
- Online Drag and Drop Game - German vocabulary games that can be played online using JavaScript technology.
- Internet Handbook of German Grammar - Lots of great excercises including adjective endings and definitions of important words.
- Deutsch üben im Internet - Great English-German dictionaries and more.
- Germanistik.net - Internet resources for Germanists.
- Deutsch interaktiv - This German school's site offers grammar practice, crossword puzzles with help.
- German for Travellers - A website dedicated to German help for people planning to travel to a German speaking area.
- McKinnon Secondary College - Home of all sorts of fun activities to practice numbers, the weather, greeting each other, and more.
- University of Waterloo - A site hosted by the University of Waterloo with many helpful exercises.
- Deutsch lernen - Useful exercises, sections on testing yourself and opportunities for international penpals highlight this commercial site.
News:
- Deutsche Welle - Listen and watch daily news clips in German.
- Die Zeit online - A variety of topics surrounding world events, the arts, culture and sports.
- Spiegel Online - This well-known news magazine includes reports about world events, cultural happenings, scientific breakthroughs, and the latest on the Bundesliga.
- Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung - Read about current events in the online version of this liberal newspaper.
Other:
- German Wikipedia - Practice your reading skills on a topic that interests you.
- New! Blinde Kuh Küche - Kids' recipes - easy to make - suitable for intermediate to advanced learners.
- Collection of short stories - For intermediate reading practice. These are based on what would be done in Grade 9 in Germany.
- International Brecht Society - A collection of resources pertaining to Berthold Brecht.
- Wolfgang Borchert - The website of the international society celebrating this author's life and work
- Heinrich Böll - A starting point to exploring the life and works of one of the most important modern German writers.
- Stefan George - A collection of his works and related information.
- Rainer Maria Rilke - A selection of his poetry, prose, drama, short stories and political writings.
- Thomas Mann - Lesebegegnungen.
- Migrant Literature in Germany - Explore intercultural diversity through the articles found here.
- Goethe Institut - All sorts of cultural and language-related information can be found on the Goethe Institute's sites.
- Step into German - Check out the coolest German Rock, Pop and HopHop videos!
- Projekt Gutenberg - Read the literary works of great writers online by clicking on the starting letter of your choice (site is in German).
- Spider.de - A German language search engine and portal.
- CAUTG/APAUC - Canadian Association of University Teachers of German.
- AATG - American Association of Teachers of German
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German Culture and Geography - German Bundeslaender and their websites.
