Die Besten Links fürs Deutschlernen

Diese Seite zeigt die besten Links für Deutsch. Diese Seite ist für Studenten, die viel alleine Deutsch lernen möchten oder müssen. Zuletzt aktualisiert am 9.8.2010 um 17:10 Uhr.

I. Interaktive Seiten mit Feedback für Grammatik und Vokabeln

Vorsprung ACE test: beginning German I and II
Kontakte ACE test: beginning German I and II
Handbuch zur deu. Grammatik: Intermediate / Advanced Ger. I and II
Deutschseite.de: Grammar & exercise pages, incl. PDFs.
interdeutsch.de, interactive exercises with feedback, Level one, two, and three (for advanced)
Grammatik Tutorials / Erklärungen mit Audio. So kann man schnell Grammatik lernen! [Cengage Learning]

II. Lernprogramme mit Audio, inklusive Lesen mit Wordchamp Webreader.

Deutsche Welle online has complete language courses with Audio, PDFs, and more. If necessary, choose your mother tongue in the pull down menu "language selector". Choose "Grundstufe" (basic), "Mittelstufe" (intermediate), or Wirtschaftsdeutsch (business German).
LanguageGuide.org. Study the pronunciation of many domains, e.g. die Schule, die Kleidung, etc.
Practice your pronunciation with expert linguistic explanations. Learn German Pronunciation with linguistic explanations and Audio, Video, and Animation. The sounds of spoken language, University of Iowa.
Deutsche Welle Langsam gesprochene Nachrichten. Daily news on weekdays with MP3 and Transcripts. You can even copy and paste the transcribed news text into Wordchamp's Webreader for instant word-by-word translations. Click on the TEXT tab on the WebReader page to paste the text in.
Alltag in Deutschland (kaleidoskop.de ist KEIN Textbuch); Beispiel mit Audio Anemarie [click on green pencil]; Selbstportrait.

III. Videos auf Deutsch

Videos für typische Alltagssituationen (LangMedia 5Colleges)
Short Video situations with emphasis on socio-cultural pragmatic functions, i.e. "this is what Germans would say". Even has Transcripts / Sogar mit Text. Nm=native male, NNf=non-native female... (CLEAR at MSU) NEW 2010
Deutsche Welle Deutschlernen mit Videos.
Deutsche Welle Video-on-Demand. You can't watch DW-TV live in the USA, but VoD works fine.
German Music videos with Lyrics from StepIntoGerman. Why German is for you.
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IV. Mega-Sites, große Sammlungen mit vielen Links; Huge Collections with Many Links.

GROW American Association of Teachers of German.
like GROW, but hosted in Germany for DaF (Deutsch als Fremdsprache)
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V. Dictionaries / Wörterbücher für Deutsch & READ German with instant mouse-over translation via Wordchamp.

Wordmirror Nicely lists all occurrences of a verb in context. Try 'ging' to see for yourself.
Leo.org Just type the word in English or German.
Dict.cc Another great dictionary.
Wordreference.com has finally added German (in 2008).
Wordchamp's Web Reader! Die Zeit, der Spiegel etc.

VI. Helper Programs, Plug-ins, etc.

Adobe Flash Player. 95% of users have this plug-in and enjoy multimedia and interactivity.
Adobe Shockwave Player. The first (mid 1990s) serious web-based plug-in for interactivity.
Apple QuickTime. And get iTunes too if you want to explore the multimedia world of video podcasts from Germany, for example, LOGO news for kids, Heute Journal, or Tagesschau. Alternative to iTunes is Juice as a Podcatcher. Watch a Podcast tutorial (QuickTime needed).
Windows Media Player by Microsoft for Windows and Apple computers. Or try Apple's WMV Player. Or you can use Flip4Mac and watch WMV videos inside QuickTime.
Some web-broadcasters still use Real Player. Here is a link to the player. Make sure to click on the FREE player.

Links zu Kultur- und Lernmaterialien (Best links for teachers of German):

Cultural Interviews with German-Speaking Executives is a compilation of brief video clips in which German executives discuss cultural issues that are of interest to North Americans... more. (Kelm, Somerholter, Rathmann - UTAustin)
Rechtschreibregeln und Wörterverzeichnis: Die Deutsche Rechtschreibung.
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