German

The Country Studies Series presents a description and analysis of the historical setting and the social, economic, political, and national security systems and institutions of countries throughout the world.

DW uses innovative, interactive formats to promote the German language by listening to the latest from culture, business & politics. One popular component is the “slowly-spoken news “ langsam gesprochene nachrichten.

Archival materials (personal documents, correspondence, family & community histories, genealogical materials, business records); unpublished memoirs & manuscripts; over 2,000 images of art and collected objects; out-of-copyright books & periodicals, including some rare renaissance books & illustrated portfolios; over 25,000 photographs; and audio recordings of oral history interviews and liturgical music.

Single access point to millions of books, paintings, films, museum objects & archival records that have been digitised throughout Europe.

Forvo is a wiki that claims to be the largest pronunciation guide in the world. Listen to words pronounced by others, or register to add words yourself.

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Four courses--German Programmed Introduction Course; German Basic Course; German FAST; German Headstart--originally developed by the United States government & now in the public domain.

Guten Tag!
Watch and listen to the clips and have a look at the key language and transcripts if needed. The Talk German TV series from which these clips are taken, is repeated from time to time on BBC Learning Zone.

* Newspapers & Other News Sources
* Reference Shelf (Dictionaries, guides, directories, train schedules, etc. )
* Other German Studies Homepages
* Digital Texts & Images
* History
* Literature
* Politics Government & Law
* Theater, Film & Performing Arts

Not a translation of the English language Wikipedia site. Entries by German speakers.

Interactive writing site available in German and English. Includes Weblogs (express your views and join the communities taking part in our projects) Social Media (Facebook, Twitter, etc.); Videos (clips of events at Goethe-Instituts around the globe); Podcasts; Quizzes and Games (play, and explore Germany).

Some documents offer both facsimile and translations in German and other languages.

Type "English translation" in the search box to locate only those documents available in English.

MyLanguageExchange.com uses the Cormier method of language exchange that has been proven for 3 years at the C.E.L.M. language school in Montreal, Canada. In this method, small mixed groups of native speakers of two languages spend half the time speaking in one language and half the time in the other language. Activities are structured to ensure all areas of language acquisition are exercised such as vocabulary, pronunciation and listening comprehension. In addition, the activities in the Cormier method are designed to enable students to discover the "conversation culture" - how native speakers of the other culture interact.