German Language

Here are some tips for learning German language.

It is best to combine as many senses as possible in the language learning and listen to and speak to native Germans.

Beginners

Videos

German audio/video and subtitles:

• 13 stories for kids: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oO-Z-gPOYc&list=SP5D443A49838608D1
• 58 videos. 20 of them are called "Easy German" - a person interviewing other people in simple German - very good! All of them have German subtitles and most of them have English subtitles too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NXDM9XXhQ4&list=PL3E4CC94D65C09211
• German vocabulary: body parts, kitchen etc: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0WfqmrOnBU&list=PLF4A5F6CE467ABFEB
• Wo? Woher? Wohin? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBhluWxUOF0
• Business meeting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BuK09sWn9s

German Videos with separate script: http://www.dw.de/deutsch-lernen/video-thema/s-12165 .

• e.g. "Ein Auto für viele": http://www.dw.de/ein-auto-f%C3%BCr-viele/a-16311734
  • The script is below under "Downloads" as text "Video-Thema: Ein Auto für viele – Manuskript (PDF)"
• Playlist in YouTube, but without links to the scripts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAsO1XqMtkU&list=PL5113EDF7E1116D32

German Courses

DW Deutsch Lernen:

• 1) Choose A1 from "Kurse nach Niveaustufen" (Levels Courses): http://www.dw.de/deutsch-lernen/deutschkurse/s-2068
• 2) Open Online-Kurs mit 30 Lektionen (Deutsch-Englisch) Deutsch Interaktiv: http://www.dw.de/deutsch-lernen/deutsch-interaktiv/s-9571 and click on "Hier geht es zum Kurs"
• 3) You may need to register. Click on "new user": http://deutschkurse.dw.de/KursPlattform/WebObjects/KursPlattform.woa/wa/UAAuthDA/auth?par=G5n9RoSPUIqm93qsNXWNH45V0