1. TTA German Extension Course
Internet 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.shtml
Aimed at adults & includes a v useful “cultural notes” section
Goethe Institute
http://www.goethe.de/dll/mat/deindex.htm
Click 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 Stories
http://www.fln.vcu.edu/menu.html
Weather
http://www.wetteronline.de/
Juma – a webzine designed for teenage learners of German
http://www.juma.de/v.php?fl=welcome.html
Jetzt www.jetzt.de
German shopping
www.quelle.de
German Railways
www.bahn.de
Culture
http://www.germanfortravellers.com/kultur/index.html
Authentic texts covering sport, culture, education, the environment, media, festivals
etc
http://www.blinde-kuh.de/
Tagesschau
http://www.tagesschau.de/
Short news texts in German (listening resource)

2. Brennpunkt Online
http://www.nelsonthornes.com/secondary/modern_lang/bp/frame.html
Includes vocab, grammar and access to relevant sites
Family Magazine
www.familie.de
German Tourist Info
http://www.deutschland-tourismus.de/
Regions & Cities
www.entry.de
Food
http://www.klinikschoensicht.de/InfoWeb/dge.htm
Jobs
http://www.stellenanzeigen.de/tips/tips1.htm
Media
http://www.spiegel.de/
http://www.sueddeutsche.de/
http://www.presse.de/
TV Facts: http://www.ip-deutschland.de/ipdeutschland/index.htm
Environment
http://www.umweltbundesamt.de./
http://www.greenpeace-magazin.de/magazin/index.php
http://www.genfood.at/argumente/index.html
History of Berlin Wall
http://www.dailysoft.com/berlinwall/index_de.html
Politics
http://www.bundesregierung.de/
Health/ smoking
http://www.rauchen.de/
Film
http://www.filmspiegel.de/
Wendy Adeniji
April 2004