German Resources

Textbook Audio Files:

http://stream.mcl.uconn.edu/
You may access all lab audio files for your textbook via this password-protected server. You will need a computer with Internet access and the user name and password provided by your instructor.

AATG (American Association of Teachers of German)

http://www.aatg.org/

About.com's German Language Home Page

http://german.about.com/homework/german/mbody.htm
This following links come courtesy of the German section of the about.com site. Each site has a guide who maintains the links and supplies informative articles. All site guides and chat moderators have the appropriate expertise in their subject matter — you can check out their bios online — and you can email them your questions or comments. One caveat—these sites have loads of pop-up ads! Below are just some of the many resources available to you:

German Chat

http://german.about.com/mpchat.htm
Regularly scheduled, hosted chat sessions for German are held every day of the week except Tuesday and Friday in two chat rooms with a unique focus for each day the chat is hosted. Mondays are for beginners!

Glossaries and Special German Dictionaries:

http://german.about.com/cs/dictspecial/
This is an excellent compilation of interesting and worthwhile dictionaries for students of the German language. The site also hosts a German thesaurus as well as links to information, activities and exercises related to proverbs, idioms, grammar and the spelling reform.

Homework Help for German

http://german.about.com/cs/homeworkhelp/
From adjectives to the subjective this area comes complete with audio files for listening practice and self-scoring tests for grammar review to name just a few of the resources available here.

Working with director Tom Tykwer's film,"Lola rennt?"

http://german.about.com/homework/german/library/weekly/aa122099a.htm
You'll want to take a look at the teaching opportunities this site has to offer: worksheets, exercises and links to various aspects of the film.

About.com. German Culture

http://german.about.com/cs/culture/
More from the host of About.com. This time the focus is on culture.

Authentic Literary Materials

http://www.phil.uni-erlangen.de/~p2gerlw/ressourc/eltext.html
Das deutsche Literaturzentrum im Internet. Sie finden hier Texte von Autoren, deren Urheberrechte abgelaufen sind in nicht-wissenschaftlichen Ausgaben. Weiterhin können Sie auch Märchen, Fabeln und Sagen abrufen.

Bilder und Zeugnisse der deutschen Geschichte

http://www.dhm.de/ausstellungen/bildzeug/
A virtual tour of exhibits from the German Historical Museum in Berlin that includes audio clips about and panoramic video views of objects spanning the periods from the Middle Ages until today. This site is in German.

Cityscope

http://www.cityscope.de/citypanorama/index.html
An online virtual panorama of large construction sites in selected German cities. Come see Europe's largest construction site in the new commercial center of Berlin.

Deutsche Internetquellen

http://www.tcd.ie/CLCS/deutsch/deutschhome.html
From Kaus Schweinhorst at Trinity College Dublin. "Die folgende Sammlung von deutschsprachigen Quellen soll und kann gar nicht vollständig sein. Sie soll lediglich ein Anfang und ein Anreiz sein, das deutschsprachige Internet zu entdecken und es für das Sprachenlernen zu nutzen. Diese Sammlung hat auch nicht nur deutsche Quellen, sondern auch Adressen in Österreich, der Schweiz und anderen deutschsprachigen Gegenden in der Welt. Besonderer Wert wird auf gute Suchmaschinen gelegt, mit denen Studenten schnell und einfach auf ihre Interessengebiete und Adressen zugreifen können."

Deutsche Wörterbuch und Grammatik

http://www.canoo.net/index.html
A German web site that offers various interactive resources relating to the German spelling reform, inflection and word formation.

German Language Resources

http://polyglot.lss.wisc.edu/lss/lang/german/germlink.html#city
Visitors will find a very nice series of concise, annotated links organized under familiar headings. From Lauren Rosen at the University of Wisconsin; this site is worth a visit.

Goethe Institut

http://www.goethe.de/
An organization devoted to the cultivation of the German language abroad and the promotion of international cultural cooperation

Goethe Interaktiv

http://www.goethe.de/z/50/interaktiv/
Ein Gewinnspiel zum 250. Geburtstag Goethes

German Resources

http://www.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de/Outerspace/VirtualLibrary/
Around 50 German links to thematically grouped sites such as art, engineering, law, natural sciences, sports, etc.

Kontakte—Student Resources

http://www.mhhe.com/socscience/german/kontakte/kontakte_online/inhalt.htm
This site offers you a "guided tour" of several German web sites in order to illustrate the topics from your text book. There are links to a German dictionary, a vocabulary list, grouped according to the relevant chapters in the text book and a series of self-correcting exercises based on chapter materials.

Schweiz in Sicht

http://www.switzerland-in-sight.ch/
Schweiz in Sicht bietet Ihnen einen multimedialen und interaktiven Einblick in verschiedene Themen und Aspekte eines kleinen Landes, in dem sich drei grosse europäische Kultur- und Sprachräume begegnen.Die Informations- und Kommunikationsplattform Schweiz in Sicht bietet Lehrern/Lehrerinnen landeskundliche Informationen zur Schweiz, die sie mit ihren Studenten behandeln können.

Ten Ways to Keep Your German"rostfrei"

http://german.about.com/library/weekly/aa120798.htm?terms=rostfrei

Virtuelle Ausstellungen des Hauses der Geschichte

http://www.hdg.de/index.html
Several remarkable virtual exhibits can be found under the link "Ausstellungen". Be sure to click on the "virtuelle Ausstellungen" and you will find an award-winning site entitled, "Geteilt - Vereint. 50 Jahre deutsche Frage in Karikaturen des Hauses der Geschichte". Also of interest is the "50 Jahre deutsche Kinogeschichte in Filmplakaten des Hauses der Geschichte" exhibit.