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• About.com: German language
  Information on grammar and culture.

• BBC Education - Languages - Deutsch plus
  A series of multimedia activities for German beginners is presented at this well structured site. The activities are based on video clips that students can watch and listen to and then use the Key language, Key Words, and transcripts to complete the activities.

• BBC – Language - Oktoberfest the challenge
  A comprehensive site focusing on the Oktoberfest.

• BBC: Learning with the News
  Some useful tips for students who are interested in improving their listening skills by regularly accessing news programs such as Das Journal on SBS.

• German Steps: BBC Beginners course
  A useful site, providing listening practice and interactive activities on six topics appropriate to the beginning learner (Meeting people, Sightseeing around Berlin, Food and drink, Taking a holiday, Making arrangements, Shops and services).

• GermanTeaching.com
  This site offers interactive exercises on a wide range of grammar topics, indexed by both topic and theme.

• Goethe Institut Australien
  There is information on German language courses as well as upcoming performances, exhibitions, films, competitions and much more ...

• Goethe Institut Die Ausstellung jung:de - Sprachspiele
  An interesting, well-constructed site suitable for Stage 6 students.

• Ins Gespräch kommen
  An interactive resource covering a range of topics, e.g. Mein Zuhause, Schule und Arbeit, Ferien (past tense), Zukunft (future tense). These topics are explored through a number of activities which guide students towards producing their own spoken texts.

• Online quizzes - created by Hank Schwab, North Brunswick USA
  Created by experienced teachers, this interactive site allows students to practise their knowledge of a range of Vocabulary and Grammar topics. A separate section is devoted to quizzes on aspects of Culture in German-speaking countries.

• Personal letters in German - Briefeschreiben
  A comprehensive resource which supports students in writing a range of personal correspondence.

• Photo Album: Celebrations 2 [German]
  An interesting and informative site related to the topic of Celebrations.

• Photo Album: Daily life 2 [German]
  An interesting and informative site focused on the topic of Daily life.

• Photo Album: School life 2 [German]
  An interesting and informative site focused on the topic of School life.

• Schon gehört?
  A series of learning objects to assist students in developing their listening skills in German. The interactive activities, based on the Stage 6 German Beginners syllabus are arranged in two parts, for Preliminary and HSC students.

• sowieso – Die online-Zeitung für junge Leser
  An online newspaper with a stated target audience of eight to fourteen year olds, this site is particularly useful to Australian students of German: Stage 6 syllabus.

• YJC German teaching resources
  This extensive site offers a range of topic-based exercises. The exercises/games are self-correcting and allow students to test vocabulary and/or grammar recognition.