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Barbara
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2 Blackall Street London EC2A 4AD Tel: 020 7613 3177 e-mail: barbara@germantuition.com |
Dear German Tuition Student
To support your learning
progress further we have compiled this review for you. We hope it will
support your learning outside the class room.
Improve your German grammar by doing on-line exercises. Listen to Deutsche Welle, get a satelite dish for German TV and read German newspapers. Find out how you can set yourself a goal by working towards an exam and don't forget the fun bit - indulge in German cheesecake, spend an afternoon browsing in the European bookshop and make new German friends in Euroclub...
Online exercises
Newspapers, TV and Radio
Exams
Germany in London
German language holidays
Online exercises
http://www.pukkagerman.com For students who already have some German we just discoverd a brilliant German podcast teaching you real colloquial German. Lisa and Tyler cover everyday topics in an interesting way and their voices are clear and engaging. A vocab list at the end helps to revise.
Themen Neu -http://www.themen-aktuell.de
The best bet for you - the site offers on-line exercises in accordance
to the Themen Neu teaching and Themen aktuell teaching books. The exercises
are very straight -forward and give you an opportunity to revise or expand
on things you've learnt in class within the framework of our module system.
Forum Deutsch - http://www.deutsch-als-fremdsprache.de
This site offers a search engine ("Stichwortsuche"): Click on
"Online- Übungen" and you'll get to the search engine.
Now you simply type in a subject you're looking for
(in German! - e.g. Modalverben) and links to different on-line exercises
appear.
German for Travellers
- http://www.germanfortravellers.com
A very good site to practice German across learning levels and types.
There are a variety of exercises: grammar, picture clues, you can even
watch clips of "Lola rennt" & "Harry Potter" in
German and practice some grammar -(always click on full listing to see
all options!)
http://www.vocabulix.com. Very good online-tool to enhance your German (and other foreign language) skills. Includes vocabulary builder and conjugator.
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~wess/wessnews.html
The site is provided by Dartmouth College. The link will provide you with extensive links to all important newspapers, TV and Radio Stations from German speaking countries.
http://www.goethe.de/ins/gb/lon/lrn/prf/deindex.htm
We have prepared students for Goethe Institute exams for years and believe they are the best for adults as well as recognized world wide. This site gives an overwiev of GI exams including downloads of exam papers and exam times.
http://www.goethe.de/ins/gb/lon/deindex.htm
Homepage of the Goetheinstitute London.
http://www.germanbookshop.co.uk/
Part of the European Bookshop and located near Picadilly Circus. Nice shop to visit for German text books as well as fiction, non-fiction, newspapers and videos. The German bookshop also offer mail order service. The branch in Cecils Courts specialises on German and European books for children.
Established in 1936 Grant and Cutler is now the largest foreign language bookseller in the UK and has comprehensive German department. A mail order service is available. Grant and Cutler is located between Oxford Street and Picadilly Circus Tube stations.
New German newspaper in London.
Lovely German bread and cakes. The shop is located in Richmond but also runs a stall on Spitalfield Markets on Sundays. Home delivery can be negociated depending on size of order and delivery address.
Curious to find out about food from Germany, Switzerland or Austria ? Homesick and Dr. Oetker Schokoladenpudding would do the trick ? Manuel and his team will deliver a wide range of German goods, including organic food, breakfast cerials, baby food and beer/wine to your doorstep. Prices are reasonable.
Friendly club for anybody interested in European affairs and languages. Euroclub offers a wide range of social events where European languages are spoken. Some members are interested in language exchange schemes.
German Tuition London recently launched a branch in Germany offering tailormade German language holidays in Freiburg.