Links - German as a foreign language
The following collection of links was kindly made available by the Institute for Foreign Languages (IfF) at Reutlingen University.
Dictionaries
Tips for learning languages
Placement tests
Offers for all levels
- Deutsche Welle
- Offers from the Goethe Institute
- Deutsch.info: courses, grammar, games and audio-visual materials in various languages
- Deutschland.de: Tips and information on learning German, about Germany and the German language in 10 different languages
- deutsch-lernen.com: German courses for different language levels
- deutsch-lernen.com: German courses for different language levels
- Deutsche Welle
- Learning platform and community "German for you": exercises and learning games for beginners and advanced learners
- "German Perfect": Reading, listening and practicing German at various levels on current topics about life in Germany, Austria and Switzerland
- Mein-Deutschbuch.de: Internet portal for German as a foreign language with grammar, verb lists, reading comprehension and videos
Learn German on Youtube
Offers according to level
A1:
- "Deutschtrainer": App for practising vocabulary and structures with short audio dialogues at language level A1
- German trial course "Mission Europe": Exciting crime thriller with audio and text files
- Game "Learn German - The City of Words": Online game or app to learn your first words in German - with pictures, audios and example sentences. Also possible for several players.
- Web portal “Mein Weg nach Deutschland”: Listening, reading, practicing, series “First Ways in Germany”, information about life in Germany in 25 languages
Exams and certificates
Listen
- Audio-lingua: database with recordings by native speakers, good search function (A1-C2)
- "Deutsch aktuell": slowly spoken news and current topics, with vocabulary aids
- Learn German: Podcast on and about learning German with various topics
- German to go: listening texts for learners of German at various levels
- Duolingo Stories
- Step into German: Podcasts on the topics of music, sustainability, football and cinema
Links for refugees about living and working in Germany
Read
- Current German: current news and topics, spoken slowly or as text with vocabulary aids
- German Bundestag: Information on the Bundestag in easy language
- "German Perfect": Reading, listening and practicing German at various levels on current topics about life in Germany, Austria and Switzerland
- Duolingo Stories
- Nachrichtenleicht.de: Weekly review in simple language
- TAZ: News from the daily newspaper in easy language
Vocabulary
- Deutsche Welle German trainer (A1 and A2)
- Goethe Institut: Vocabulary trainer of the Goethe Institut (app)
- Goethe Institut: "My way to Germany"
- Language Guide: Vocabulary exercises with audio examples
- Links to the vocabulary of the Free University of Berlin
- Quiz app for idioms
- TELC vocabulary app C1
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