All Novice Resources
Description: Here are three sites that have collected and organized various authentic photos from around Germany. Sources: http://capl.washjeff.edu/browseresults.php?langID=1 https://academics.davidson.edu/german/gallery/gallery.htmlhttp://ielanguages.com/real-german.html Click links on the left under “Sources” to visit the sites!
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Description: Treffpunkt Berlin is a 24-episode miniseries for beginner German learners. Source: These episodes are collected in a YouTube playlist that can be opened below or seen in the embedded…
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Description: Kathrin Shechtman has shared many of her actual class lessons using Beniko Mason’s “Story Listening” method, which involves telling a story with linguistic and picture-based scaffolding created live in…
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Description: Grenzenlos Deutsch is an open access beginner German curriculum. There are many lessons on many beginner topics with a variety of interactive activities and multimedia resources! Unit 1 is…
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Description: This is a comprehension-based lesson for novice learners about school subjects, opinions on school subjects, and the school system in Germany. There is a narrated video version, slideshow presentation,…
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Description: Here are several audio clips of German speakers talking about school Source: www.audio-lingua.eu
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Description: Here are several audio clips of German speakers talking about free time activities, hobbies, and interests. Source: www.audio-lingua.eu
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Description: This is an interactive German learning webpage from Goethe Institut. You “walk” up and down a section of a street in a German town/city and “encounter” different everyday situations…
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Description: This is a strange Märchen-like story video from KET’s German course https://youtu.be/QUy59Kyb8Ho
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Description: This is a multi-episode miniseries for beginner German learners, uploaded to YouTube all in one video. https://youtu.be/eyRXz6FyLQQ
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Description: This is an episode of “Deutsch lernen mit Jens und seinen Freunden” where they have a picknick https://youtu.be/6S6dpto44yQ
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Description: This is an episode of “Deutsch lernen mit Jens und seinen Freunden” where we see Jens and his friends at school, then at a town festival https://youtu.be/1xvb9eqC3mM
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Description: This is an episode of “Deutsch lernen mit Jens und seinen Freunden” where they visit a zoo https://youtu.be/rX-QdCSY6wI
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Description: This is an episode of “Deutsch lernen mit Jens und seinen Freunden” where they plan and throw a birthday party https://youtu.be/HrN3IQDoxeg
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Description: This is an episode of “Deutsch lernen mit Jens und seinen Freunden” where they visit a carnival and a farm https://youtu.be/J7GIbEYB8jQ
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Description: This is an episode of “Deutsch lernen mit Jens und seinen Freunden” where they visit a theater https://youtu.be/OSKWsysmNV4
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Description: This is an episode of “Deutsch lernen mit Jens und seinen Freunden” where they go shopping at a town market https://youtu.be/mhJ1YHELigQ
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Description: This is a video from KET’s German course in which someone gives a tour of a house https://youtu.be/gO9jbfOvCYM
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Description: This animated video skit shows two people discussing what they did over the summer vacation https://youtu.be/ydwN1-CWKkQ
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Description: This is a video from KET’s German course where someone describes a trip to Munich https://youtu.be/qZMUl_wGLKA
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Description: These are 7 videos from the KET German course related to recycling and environmental protection, including “Umwelt Jeopardy” https://youtu.be/LK6opY2tO_M https://youtu.be/BfnLt4qgPAQ https://youtu.be/x5BzuXHHUzk https://youtu.be/Wj51RzJXsq4 https://youtu.be/JhwSdOFAObk https://youtu.be/mwGTu3D98OM https://youtu.be/QYGnYBMv6yU
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Description: These are two videos from KET’s German course focusing on introductions and describing onesself https://youtu.be/VHup_SyDxt8 https://youtu.be/HW_bqrX05ZU
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Description: These videos show various places to eat (Cafes, Imbiss, Ratskeller, Restaurant, etc.), talk about food, and talk about the meals of the day. https://youtu.be/kzsw1jY97b0 https://youtu.be/-67RSk95c8A https://youtu.be/CEPc34FAFS0
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Description: Anja demonstrates how to write an informal letter https://youtu.be/4iR3_b-jKi0
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Description: Anja visits and discusses Universal Studios and Disney World https://youtu.be/Ac-_Q_jy-lc
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Description: Anja shows us around and discusses her mother’s garden https://youtu.be/SgDsLrCCgzA
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Description: Anja plays and helps translate a short scene from the movie Elf. https://youtu.be/qxApHPCW9mQ
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Description: Anja discusses some basic computer-related vocabulary https://youtu.be/kBYvf6cIyX4
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Description: Anja discusses some basic phone-related vocabulary https://youtu.be/onGGS27eUGA
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Description: Anja demonstrates how to write an email in German. https://youtu.be/AVwXXf57e9g
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Description: Anja celebrates her birthday and talks about some birthday-related songs and superstitions https://youtu.be/DzufI60ppp4
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Description: Anja discusses some basic LGBTQ+ related vocabulary https://youtu.be/Z6AOuAkjAvU
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Description: Anja goes to the hairdresser and talks about it in German https://youtu.be/d_dj54qLIf4
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Description: Anja shows us around the Christmas market in Leipzig https://youtu.be/xHKwyomXP50
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Description: Anja talks briefly about her upcoming trip https://youtu.be/yiuNvke9dAQ https://youtu.be/IXOd8FE3fdc
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Description: Anja has a BBQ / grill party and talks about it as she shows us around https://youtu.be/y59JzUc4lnI
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Description: Anja and Jill cook and talk about it in German and English https://youtu.be/yyQrh663e6I
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Description: Anja talks about Easter in Germany https://youtu.be/ayNfDCQJi3I https://youtu.be/2brQ0qavA2Q
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Description: Anja goes on a safari in Africa and talks about the animals https://youtu.be/9Ewx5-xi6Dk
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Description: This fun, animated poem in German follows students as they board the bus and head to school, following all of the rules along the way. Source: https://mpt.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/german_animation4/wir-fahren-mit-dem-bus-abenteuer/Wir fahren mit…
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Description: Why do we have bones? What do they do? What are they called? This German animated video shows how bones are important to everyday tasks and movements. The spine,…
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Description: This German animation takes children on a hunt through the backyard to find Muffin, a missing cat. Students will need to use their knowledge about counting by ones and…
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Description: Rund um die Stadt, an animated video from KET, features a child and her father using a simple map to plan their activities for the day. Source: https://mpt.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/german_animation2/rund-um-die-stadt-abenteuer/ Rund…
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Description: This is a video from Herr Antrim about the months, holidays, and seasons https://youtu.be/7O1dFDCuJes
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Description: This is a video skit from Herr Antrim about clothing at a fashion show https://youtu.be/09R50h2sIjc
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Description: This is a rap from Herr Antrim with example sentences highlighting each letter of the alphabet https://youtu.be/BrpCAM7KOyw
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Description: This is a video skit from Herr Antrim about the first day at a new school https://youtu.be/25LKDsx87K4
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Description: This is a video from Herr Antrim where he discusses emotions and facial expressions https://youtu.be/IwUuBYrlYy0
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Description: This is a video skit from Herr Antrim where he describes people https://youtu.be/pKYoaJsSpWw
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Description: This is a video from Herr Antrim where he discusses shapes and colors https://youtu.be/vaXsZ5T5oIA
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Description: This is a video skit from Herr Antrim where he demonstrates German verb conjugation in a dialogue/skit-based way https://youtu.be/RYVN80CeA-M
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Description: This is a video from Herr Antrim about Ordinal Numbers, Dates & Holidays https://youtu.be/rh2nVf28sp8
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Description: This is a video skit from Herr Antrim about telling time https://youtu.be/EC0EbhUssNk
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Description: These are five video skits from Herr Antrim focusing on the following intro/small talk points: greetings & farewellsintroducing yourselfhow are you?where do you live?where are you from? https://youtu.be/OQQiXSPjw68 https://youtu.be/1Lvujo7HA5k…
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Description: Anja goes to Leipzig and talks about places/things in a city https://youtu.be/ufWr5lUyuu8 https://youtu.be/UhWaMd5hUx0
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Description: Anja goes to a cafe and shows how a typical German breakfast may look https://youtu.be/xkHB37kJc8Q https://youtu.be/6OJ4bTMuqyY
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Description: This is a short video blog from along the Spree river, from the “Authentic German Learning” YouTube channel, which produces comprehension-based videos on different topics. German & English subtitles…
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Description: This is a video about question words and German cases, from the “Authentic German Learning” YouTube channel, which produces comprehension-based videos on different topics. German & English subtitles are…
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Description: This is a video on the topic of summer from the “My German Short Stories” YouTube channel, which provides simple story-based videos on a variety of topics. The videos…
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Description: These are 12 videos on the topic of food from the “My German Short Stories” YouTube channel, which provides simple story-based videos on a variety of topics. The videos…
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A page featuring all episodes of the “Slow German” Podcast in the category “Absolute Beginner” These are mostly English with some German vocabulary and phrases
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This is an infographic by artist Mo Büdinger describing different regional food specialties of Germany.
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This is a blog post with two infographics describing what Germans feel are the ingredients for a perfect vacation.
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Source: https://de.statista.com/infografik Description: This is a collection of infographics focusing on the topic of Youth Mehr Infografiken finden Sie bei Statista Mehr Infografiken finden Sie bei Statista Mehr Infografiken finden…
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This is a collection of Infographics on the Topic of ‘Hobbies / Leisure / Free-Time Activities’
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This is a collection of infographics focusing on the topic of personal technology (smartphones, apps, etc.)
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In this Sesamstrasse video, Grobi models the difference between the words ‘wenig’ and ‘viel’
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In this Sesamstrasse video, Elmo & Bert cook a soup. (features lots of descriptive food words like salzig, scharf, lecker, & süß)
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Source: Various videos from the “Easy German” YouTube Channel Description: This is a collection of videos from the “Easy German” YouTube channel on the topic of hobbies & free time…
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This is a collection of videos from the “Easy German” YouTube channel on the topic of introductions. The videos include subtitles in both German and English.
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