Web Resources for German

Listen @ Surrey

Listen to German @ Surrey is series of web information pages for advanced learners, which gives practice in the skill of listening. It is specially designed for students of GCE AS level, but the texts and exercises may be used at higher or lower levels, depending on the ability of the learner.

Read @ Surrey

Read German @ Surrey is series of web information pages for advanced learners, which gives practice in the skill of reading. It is specially designed for students of GCE AS level, but the texts and exercises may be used at higher or lower levels, depending on the ability of the learner.

Beginner to intermediate level: A1-B1

http://www.dw-world.de/dw/0,,2068,00.html
Deutsch – warum nicht? Online course for beginners and intermediate speakers from Deutche Welle

http://ralf-kinas.de
Text comprehension, grammar and vocabulary exercises

http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/german
Audio, video and text resources from the BBC, pitched to lower levels of proficiency

http://www.young-germany.de/
Deutsch@YG: Texts and Podcasts on various topical aspects, including studying and living in Germany

Intermediate to advanced level: B1-C2

http://www.goethe.de/z/jetzt/deindex.htm
Texts, video-clips and exercises on aspects of German life

http://deutschlandhoeren.de
Reports on different aspects of life in Germany

http://www.dw-world.de/dw/0,,2068,00.html
Wieso nicht? Online course for intermediate/advanced speakers

http://www.dw-world.de/dw/0,2142,8031,00.html
Podcasts, texts and vocabulary on various topics

http://www.dw-world.de/dw/0,2142,8030,00.html
Slowly spoken news

http://www.deutschlern.net/
Texts, audio files and exercises for intermediate/advanced learners of German

http://ralf-kinas.de
Text comprehension, grammar and vocabulary exercises

http://www.lindenstrasse.de
Watch the “Lindenstraße“, Germany’s longest running soap, online

http://www.podcast.de/kategorien
Links to podcasts on various topics

http://tatsachen-ueber-deutschland.de
Facts about Germany

http://www.goethe.de/wis/pre/kub/kub/deindex.htm
‘Kubus’ videos and transcripts about topical issues in Germany

http://www.young-germany.de/
Career, education and lifestyle guide

http://www.dradio.de
Podcasts and texts about aspects of life in Germany

Business German

http://www.dw-world.de/dw/0,,2068,00.html
Online course for business German

http://www.goethe.de/lrn/prj/mol/mpr/deindex.htm
Magazine (downloadable as PDF) featuring topics related to the world of work/economy

http://tatsachen-ueber-deutschland.de
Facts about Germany

The Press

http://www.spiegel.de
News website

http://www.stern.de
News website

http://www.sueddeutsche.de
News website

http://www.marbuch-verlag.de/tv.asp
Current TV schedule

http://www.wdr.de/themen/homepages/webtv.jhtml?rubrikenstyle=multimedia
Online TV programmes by the German broadcaster WDR (other broadcasters may have similar databases)

http://www.dradio.de/
Website of radio broadcaster “Deutschland Radio”

http://www.antenne.de
Website of radio broadcaster “Antenne Bayern”

http://www.deutsche-welle.de
Website of TV/Radio broadcaster “Deutsche Welle”

http://www.juma.de
Magazine for young people with interesting texts, only back issues available now

http://www.fluter.de
Magazine for young people with dossiers on various topics, featuring texts as well as video and audio clips

http://jetzt.sueddeutsche.de/
Online magazine for young people

http://www.spiesser.de
Magazine for young people

Listening

BoB (Box of Broadcasts)

The Box of Broadcasts (also known as BoB) is the University of Surrey's media archive service which allows you to search and watch programmes from the archive. The link below will take you to a playlist of programmes which have been recorded on BoB. Watching these programmes is a great way of improving your listening skills.

When you click on a video it will ask you to log in to BoB. You can use your Surrey username and password to log in and watch the programme.

German language, culture and film on BoB

Podcasts

Audio-Lingua: an online bank of authentic audio resources, recorded by native speakers. These mp3 files are classified according to the reference levels defined by the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages, meaning you can find audio tracks that suit your level. You can listen to the files online, download them or register to the podcast.