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Looking for a German school or German lessons in your area for your children or your partner?

National Advisory Centre for Early Language Learning - NACELL is a Department for Education and Skills Initiative to promote and develop the provision and quality of Modern Foreign Language learning in the Primary sector. A wide range of teaching material to download. They have also listed some web sites that you may find useful for teaching German

Goethe-Institut London - Learn German and attend cultural activities at the official German cultural centre.

Gut! - Interactive exercises for German teachers and learners, from beginners to advanced, organised by UK school year - the advanced and intermediate sections might be of use to university teachers and students. Some of the exercises incorporate audio clips with native speakers, and some are designed to be used with an interactive whiteboard.

Word2Word - List of on-line German courses

Can't find German CDs/DVDs/fashion for your children? Below are a few places where you might just find what you need:

www.amazon.de - you can order italian books and dvds from the UK and they have a very good selection.

www.familie-online.de - this site has some quite good and short songs. Selection is not exactly huge, but ok.

Bilingual Supplies for Children - Information and recommendations for parents and teachers 

Little Linguist - Specialises in foreign-language materials for children of all ages and abilities.

German Children Songs

More German Children Songs

Milet - Milet is an independent publisher of some of the most original and stylish books' The Guardian

Mantra Lingua - Bilingual Books and CDs for children

Muzzy - The BBC language course for children

Usborne - German books

World Of Reading - Wide variety of products in over 100 languages - ages 0 - 99 (in $).

The Language of... - Specialises in easy reading, contemporary novels and storybooks in a number of languages for both adults and children, all second-hand.

Do you know what satellite to tune into to get television in German language?

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Swiss TV

Other Bits and Bobs:

• German Baby Centre
• 2Rhyme - Das deutsche Reimlexikon
  
• 20,000 Volkslieder
• Detlev Jöckers bunte Liederwelt
• Die Blinde Kuh
• Die Galaxianer (Dupuis - Mediatoon)
• Grundschule Dürerring
• Grundschule-online
• Kidsweb - Finding online material for younger learners in German is quite difficult. This site has actually won an award but it is not stunning compared to other language sites. There are however lots of games and learning activities. In some cases the language is very complex considering the age group but some activities could be adapted.
• Das KINDERLEXIKON der Astrid-Lindgren Grundschule Derschlag
• Herr Zahns supertolles deutsches Liederbuch -
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• KinderWeb
• Primärschoul Consdorf
• Pestalozzischule D-45966 Gladbeck -
  It's always interesting to see how schools in other countries operate and this German site is quite sophisticated. There is a whole section, for example, about the school's approach to writing. Examples of children's work as well as the layout and mechanics of the school make this site worth a look if only for background information. Some parts of the site are available in English.
• Quia - top 20 German activities
• VTC: Sites for German teachers and learners
• Voyage Kids - This website for primary pupils in Germany and the UK includes activities to 'make and do', games and quizzes, stories and songs, as well the Voyage bears.
• Bedtime Stories in German
• Official link to the German government-sponsored schools overseas
• German folksongs
• Asterix website

Other useful German related links:

German Radio Stations

Mike's radio World - Listen live to over 3000 radio stations on your PC

EU Embassies and tourist offices in the UK

German Embassy

Rundumsbaby - German parenting site with aforum for multilingual families

Austrian Embassy

Swiss Embassy

Interessengemeinschaft Deutschsprachiger im Ausland!

Mehrsprachige Familien - Willkommen auf der Webseite der Interessengemeinschaft mehrsprachiger Familien

Interessengemeinschaft Deutschsprachiger im Ausland - Internationaler Treffpunkt IDA

Switzerland in the UK - Listing of swiss clubs and other swiss information

Swiss World - A multimedia window on the most important geographic, social, cultural, political and historical aspects of the country

Organisation of the Swiss Abroad - It represents the interests of the Swiss Abroad, regularly informs them about developments in Switzerland and offers a broad array of associated services.

The German Way - Language and culture in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

German search engines