Accessing and Working with Authentic Materials

    German Magazines and News Services:



  • All German Newspapers!
  • ARD-Tagesspiegel
  • Bildzeitung
  • EXPRESS aus Köln
  • Film, Funk, Fernsehen, Musik, Presse
  • Focus
  • GEO, with articles on environmental protection and the environment.
  • GLP International. A subscription service for German newspapers and magazines.
  • JUMA, a student magazine dedicated to K-12 learners of German.
  • Movieline, a film search engine.
  • Der Spiegel
  • Stern News, up-to-the-minute news reports from Germany.
  • Today's German News
  • Die Welt
  • Der Westdeutsche Rundfunk
  • Die Zeit
  • Die Zeitschrift

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    Satellite Programming:


  • SCOLA satellite rebroadcasts from around the world, with over 15 hours of German per week.
  • International Channel - multi-language programming in over 20 different languages.
  • Deutsche Welle Radio & TV International
  • Deutsche Welle News

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    On-line Resources:


    Miscellaneous

  • OU Alumni Association - Europe (careful: will freeze up Netscape!)
  • Deutsches Historisches Museum
  • LeMO - "Lebendiges virtuelles Museum Online"
  • BBC New Face of Germany page
  • German Cities maps and travel information
  • The German Way , a cultural and travel guide to the German-speaking world.
  • The Goethe Institute
  • TraXXX-Wetter, Check the weather around the world

    • Journals and On-Line Literary Text Data Bases

  • A commentated list of German literature links by Oliver Gassner, Uni-Konstanz
  • Deutscher Bildungs-Server, German Educational Resources.
  • The German Literary Archive, a library with over 450,000 volumes and 200,000 pictures.
  • glossen - An international on-line journal for literature, art, and film.
  • Schatzkammer
  • Selecta
  • Internet-Accessible Texts in German---A listing of literary texts in German and other languages
  • OSKAR'S a magazine devoted to German-American student exchange.
  • Zeitschrift für interkulturellen Fremdsprachenunterricht, an electronic jounal.
  • Dimension2 a journal devoted to the bilingual presentation of German literature.

    • Composers and Musical Text Data Bases

  • A Biographical Index of Composers
  • Folksongs complete with lyrics and midi samples.
  • German Music News

    • On-Line Dictionaries

  • LEO German-English Dictionary
  • A comprehensive list of German Dictionaries
  • Internet-terms in German
  • English-German Dictionary of Common Computing Terms

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    Web-Based/Web-Enhanced Teaching Units, Tests, and Pedagogy:


  • Language Learning via the Web, a paper by Michael Bush, BYU.
  • Center for Applied Linguistics Foreign Language Tests
  • Face-to-Face a project with lessons on non-verbal communication in German and French.
  • Lückentests zur Grundstufe in 6 Sprachen
  • Prüfungen des Goethe Instituts. (260 Seiten)
  • Deutschlernen mit dem Jugendmagazin 'jetzt online'
  • German Web units by Andreas Lixl-Purcell.
  • Institut für Internationale Kommunikation der Universität Düsseldorf.
  • Überlist for German U. of Alberta's extensive list of German links.
  • Netzspiegel, deutsche Landeskunde im Internet from UNC-G and the USAFA.
  • Teaching with the Web by Lauren Rosen, University of Wisconsin.
  • Collection of free software for all levels.
  • Rechtschreibereform information and student exercises.
  • WWW Tools for Instructors, a great collection of resources from the Hong Kong City University.

    • German Internet Cafes and Chat Groups

  • ChatLink, a listing of German language chat groups.
  • Munich Internet Cafe

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    Web-delivered German Courses and Satellite Programs:


  • Texthaus On Line, an interactive online learning service for German
  • German for Beginners, a Web-based course by Peter Gölz, University of Victoria, B.C.
  • Deutsche Kulturkunde A German Culture Course on the Web.
  • Power-glide Language Courses - offers foreign language courses in Spanish, French, German, Russian, and Japanese.
  • Syracuse Language Systems - offers online courses and software for Spanish, French, German, Japanese, English, Hebrew and Italian.
  • German Distance Learning -A comprehensive listing of German courses offered online or via distance/correspondence learning.

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    Commercial Sites for German Materials:


  • Agora Language Marketplace: News, Products, and Information.
  • Continuum Publishing Company
  • Computer-Based German Lessons by Dr. Hans Finger.
  • Goethe-Institute New York's German Resources Catalogue. Books, videos, CDs, software, etc.
  • The Internet Language Company.
  • The German Corner, resources from Davitt Publications.
  • Multi-lingual translator
  • Language Quest Software
  • LingoTech, learning German with song, dance and drama. Materials by Uwe Kind and Mark Schaffel.
  • International Book Import Service
  • Netscape German News and Product Information
  • Web Tools for Learning, a one-stop resource for university instructors interested in the World Wide Web as a teaching tool.from the City University of Hong Kong.
  • Quelle
  • Zyburas Arbeitshilfen für LehrerInnen. A collection of teachers' resources for Windows computers.

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