Interesting+Links

[|Checkeins.de] [|Neuneinhalb Video Podcast] [|Deutsche Welle Telenovela: Jojo sucht das Glück] [|WDR.de - Links für Kinder] - many different shows, including Sendung mit der Maus, Käpt'n Blaubär and others [|Full Length Fairy Tale Movies in German]- Approximately 1 hour each [|Extr@ Series] - from Discovery Learning (and a [|website] with vocab lists and worksheets for each episode) [|KuBus Video Archiv] - von Goethe Institut - Videos zu verschiedenen Themen [|Online Streaming German TV]
 * Websites for German Videos:**

Audio Resources:
[|Vokabeln Top Thema Archive] - Short articles and listening texts with vocabulary exercises from Deutsche Welle [|Slow German Podcast] - podcasts in German about various aspects of German culture - spoken slowly! [|Yabla German] - Videos with online exercises (Expensive subscription, but there is some free content) [|Audio Lingua] - mp3 recordings from native speakers in several languages [|Podcast.de]- many German podcasts, one great one that is included is 'Die Wahrheit über Deutschland'

Online Reading Resources:
[|Project Gutenberg] - FREE e-books in German! [|Young Germany] - Resources about the German language, as well as information about studying and living in Germany. [|Reader's Digest Deutschland] [] - German Kids' search engine - good for finding easier authentic texts [|Medienwerkstatt Wissenskarten] - More Articles in German for kids [|International Children's Digital Library] [|Children's Books Forever] - Online in many languages [|German Life Magazine] - Cultural articles in English

Deutsch als Fremdsprache (DaF)
[|Lorenz Derungs Deutsch als Fremdsprache] - Arbeitsblätter für DaF (HUNDREDS of activities!) [|Allgemeinbildung.ch] - Viele Vokabellisten [|Deutschlernerblog] - Great for Listening and reading comprehension [|DaF Portal] [|Goethe Institut] [|Grimm Grammar] - Grammar structures taught through Grimm's Fairy Tales - with listening examples too! [|German Grammar Explanations] from Vistawide [|Goethe Institut London] - Aktivitäten für DaF [|DaF/DaZ Resource Downloads] [|German Language Handouts]

Other Teacher's Websites:
[|Angelika Becker's AP German Resources] [|Nancy Thuleen] [|Deutschdrang] [|Frau Keller's German Page] [|Frau Havas] [|German Share] [|Aiken HS German] [|BBC Online Tips for learning Languages] Sharing Site: [|TES Connect (UK)] [|Exeter University Online Beginners' German] [|Online Pronunciation Guide with Audio] [|Practice Listening Comprehension] [|Germaniscool.com] - West Plains High German SIte (Missouri) [|Herr Curtis] - Forest Grove High School (Also has info about Extr@ series) [|Languages Online - Australia] [|Deutsch'Nett] - mit vielen Links zu anderen DaF Webseiten und Online-Aktivitäten [|Languages Online German] (England) (good online practice activities) [|iSL Collective] - Internet Second Language Collective - lots of DaF Resources

Practice Tests
[|Goethe Institut Exams] [|German Exam for Immigrants] from Goethe Institut [|BBC GCSE Review and Practice Tests] [|österreichisches Sprachdiplom Deutsch] (click on the level of test you are interested in at the top of the homepage and the practice tests are in the right hand column on each page) [|telc Deutsch] [|Deutsches Sprachdiplom] - 2 Modellsätze [|Test DaF] - I haven't found too many examples or practice tests on here, but I'm still looking! [|New York State Regent's Exams: German]

Language Acquisition and Standards
[|CARLA] - Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition

Tech Links: Tools I love (FREE! unless otherwise noted)
[|Prezi] - A great alternative to Powerpoint. Can imbed docs, videos, audio files, and pictures. [|MindNode] - Mind mapping tool on the computer (Mac only for now) [|Wunderlist] - helps me keep track of my to-do list - syncs between computer, web, and phone (and a German company! Gotta love that!) [|Wordle] - create a "word cloud" using text - helps to activate vocabulary. [|Audacity] - Sound recording and editing [|MES-English] ESL Resouce with great games and printables that could easily be used in German class. (I use their [|Get Four] game for building sentences, practicing past tense, etc.) [|Culturally Authentic Pictorial Lexicon] - Creative Commons Licensing

**über Deutschland, Österreich und die Schweiz:** [|Germany.info] - Information from the German Embassy in the US  [|Germany in Class Newsletter] - Newsletter for teachers from the German Embassy [|Austria.org] - Austrian Embassy page with resources

For Fun:
[|Eine Halloween Geschichte] [|Kindersuppe.de] - tolle Aktivitäten für Kinder (und Deutschschüler auch!) [|Zungenbrecher - German Tongue Twisters] (with audio files so you can hear them!) [|German Tongue Twisters from About.com] (with audio files so you can hear them!) [|Kids' Stories and Songs] - Stories and Songs from the UK German Connection

Other assorted Links: http://www.nclrc.org/essentials/reading/reindex.htm