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Teaching a new language to non-native speakers may be one of the most challenging educational jobs out there, so the teachers can use all of the help they can get!
Thankfully, many excellent resources for learning the German language exist online, from full-service websites to reference tools and communities, all designed to make the task of educating students just a little bit easier and more effective.
We’ve scoured the Internet to share the best of these resources, and we hope you’ll find lots of valuable content and tools through these incredibly useful links for educators and learners of German.
If you would like to add another helpful link, let us know and we will gladly add it to our library.
Teaching Online – Teacher Development for virtual classes
SoGerman – Learn German Online for free
Deutsch für dich – Exercises for all Language Levels
24h Deutsch mit Ida – Accompany Ida through a typical 24h day in Germany (YouTube)
Goethe Institut New York – New Concepts and Materials
Magazin Sprache – The newest articles about Language Learning in German or English
Step into German Themes on music, soccer, film, sustainability and Germany (A2 – C1)
Goethe-Institut KinderUni Themes with interactive activities – requires a short registration
Typisch!? Business German Video Series
Deutsch für Jugendliche – List of all Goethe activites for teenagers
Deutsch für Kinder – List of all Goethe activites for children
Level A1 – Getting started with German
Level A2 – Communicating basic information
Level B1 – Manage everyday situations
Level B2 – Communicate convincingly
Level C1 & C2 – Communicate freely
Nicos Weg – German for Beginners with Nico’s Video story and exercises (Level A1)
Jo-Jo sucht das Glück– Learn German with the Telenovela around Jojo (Level B1 & B2)
Ticket nach Berlin – Videos with 6 contestants travelling through Germany solving problems (B1 – C1)
Deutschlandlabor – 20 videos discovering Germany
Deutsch Aktuell – Slow Spoken German News Audios
PASCH-net Lernmaterial – Videos, Texte und Audios zu aktuellen Themen. Lehrkräfte finden Ideen für den Einsatz im Unterricht und Arbeitsblätter zum Herunterladen.
PASCH-net Wettbewerbe – Gewinne eine Reise nach Deutschland
PASCH-net DSD 1 – Lernmaterial zum Sprachdiplom 1 A2/B1
PASCH-net DSD 2 – Lernmaterial zum Sprachdiplom 2 B2/C1
Grenzenlos Deutsch – An open-access curriculum online
Deutsch Perfekt Üben – Fill in the blank Online Exercises for all levels
Deutsch Perfekt Hören – Audio comprehension with exercises and vocabulary
Deutschkurs mit Geschichten vom Herrn Schwab – 25 stories with matching LearningApps exercises
Lerneinheiten vom Herrn Schwab – 25+ learning units for A1, A2, B1 with matching LearningApps exercises
Mein Deutschbuch – German Grammar explained with online exercises
Nancy Thuleen’s Grammar Review with worksheets
Tom’s Deutschseite – Grammar explained with worksheets
Mein Deutschbuch – German grammar explained with online exercises
German Zone – Online grammar workbook
Grammatik mit Herrn Schwab – YouTube channel with short grammar explanation videos
Deutsch fördern – Interactive tests for learning and exercising the German grammar
Mittelschulvorbereitung – 1300 worksheets for grammar and spelling
Hueber: Schritte – Online activities for German learning
Hueber: Menschen – Online activities for German. Anyone can use the activities
Hueber: Sicher – Online activities & games
Hueber: Planet – Online activities
Cornelsen Verlag – DaF and DaZ Workbooks
Klett – All DaF Text Online activities
Schubert Verlag – 99 worksheets for German as a foreign language
Vitamin.de – Digital Version of the German Learning Magazine with worksheets and audio files (A2 – C1)
Onleihe – FREE German Online Library of the Goethe Institut with 15,000+ eBooks or eAudios (registration required)
Lesejule– kostenloses Lernmaterial zum Lesen und Schreiben
Amira – Leseprogramm für Leseanfänger
Geschichten zum Vorlesen – für Kinder ab 3/5/7 Jahren
ARD Mediathek – Germany’s first TV channel with movies, series, news
Tagesschau – Daily News videos of the ARD
ZDF Mediathek – Germany’s second TV channel with movies, series, news
ZDFtivi Logo! – Daily news for children and young adults
KiKa – Channel for children, Kinderkanal of the ARD and ZDF
Goethe Institut Deutschtrainer A1
literaTOUR Goethe-Institut
Heiße Kartoffel
Mein Weg nach Deutschland
The City of Words – Adventure in German (B1)
Duolingo – a free mobile app for learning and practicing German
Deutsche Welle YouTube Channel
DW Euromaxx – European Culture and Lifestyle Channel
Easy German – Learn about life in Germany
Deutsch für Euch – 500+ videos with everything from easy A1 material, to listening comprehensions, to advanced, detailed analyses of grammar topics
Grammatik mit Herrn Schwab – YouTube Channel with short grammar explanation videos
Gimkit – Live learning game show
Quizlet – Create digital Flashcards
Kahoot – Quiz game tool
Book Creator – Create E-Books together
Wordwall – Interactive word game creator, use the 10 million+ library or create your own (random wheel, find the match, whack-a-mole, crosswords, match up, wordsearch…)
LearningApps – Support learning and teaching processes with interactive modules
PlayPosit – Build content for students
Vocaroo – Easy way for students to record voice
Skype – can record conversation between students for oral assessments
Padlet – kollaborativ Schaubilder und Dokumente als digitale Pinnwand erstellen
Nearpod – Make any PowerPoints, Google Slides and video interactive
Edpuzzle – Video cutting tool where you can add questions into the video
Edmodo – Platform for teacher/student exchange
Memrise – A natural approach to learning real-life language
Lyrics Training – Learn languages through music
Meme Generator – Make memes out of images
Study Stack – Create shareable flashcards
Slido – Functions like reddit so students can ask & upvote questions
Print Friendly – Make any web page into a PDF with this browser extension
Timeline – Open-source tool that enables anyone to build visually rich, interactive timelines
Busuu – a web app for learning and practicing German
Goethe-Institut KinderUni Themes with interactive activities – requires a short registration
Goethe Institut – Deutsch für Kinder
Die Sendung mit der Maus – Website of the educational TV Series
Kinder-Malvorlagen – Painting templates for children
Schlaudino – Worksheets for Preschool children
Grundschulatelier – Worksheets, reading comprehension, riddles for children
Lesejule – DaF/DaZ Learning Material for children
KiKa – Channel for children, Kinderkanal of the ARD and ZDF
Kindernetz– Aktuelle Videobeiträge und -wettbewerbe
Kinderradio– Teddy aus Potsdam mit Hörspielen, Musik etc.
Legakids – Werbefreie Plattform mit Lese- und Schreibübungen, Spielen und kurzen Videos
Blinde Kuh – Die Suchmaschine für Kinder seit 1997
Tipps für den Deutschunterricht aus dem Homeoffice – Artikel der Deutschen Welle
Moving a Face to Face Course Online – Faculty Focus
Stacy Johnson’s – Putting your language course online
Online-Lernen vor, während und nach Corona – Goethe Institut Magazine Article
25 awesome apps for teachers – Article about app recommendations from teachers for teachers