German
Herzlichen Glueckwunsch! Du bist fertig mit dem Abi! Herzlichen Dank!
Well done on completing your A level studies - what a way to end!
If you are thinking about continuing with German, this page will help you think of some ideas to keep deine Sprache going.
**Remember** it is the little and often approach that works best with languages and I always think they are like riding a bike - you never forget.
Lesen
Reading will certainly help you maintain your high level of German, here's 100 must-reads according to Deutsche Welle:
You are a 'Meister' in ..Andorra'', so why not have a look at the other specification books:
- Heinrich Böll Die verlorene Ehre der Katharina Blum
- Bertolt Brecht Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder
- Friedrich Dürrenmatt Der Besuch der alten Dame
- Heinrich Heine Gedichte – Buch der Lieder
- Jana Hensel Zonenkinder
- Franz Kafka Die Verwandlung
- Wladimir Kaminer Russendisko
- Siegfried Lenz Fundbüro
- Bernhard Schlink Der Vorleser
Filme
Perhaps films are more your 'Ding'. Surely you know ,,Das Leben der Anderen'' word for word by now, why not have a look at ein paar others:
Good bye, Lenin! Wolfgang Becker (2003)
Die fetten Jahre sind vorbei Hans Weingartner (2005)
Almanya – Willkommen in Deutschland Yasemin Samdereli (2011)
Sophie Scholl – Die letzten Tage Marc Rothemund (2005)
Lola rennt Tom Tykwer (1998)
Netflix: lots of German programmes/films on here. Why not try watching your favourite film with German subtitles? Here's a helpful list of current choices (subject to change):
https://www.secondhalftravels.com/german-tv-shows-netflix/
https://www.secondhalftravels.com/german-movies-netflix/
DVDs: Check out your own collection of DVDs and see if you can watch any auf Deutsch or with German 'Untertitel'.
Grammatik
The Oxford University Modern Languages Admissions Tests are a great Platz to start to test all your knowledge. There are past papers which are toll grammar practice even if you denkt nicht an Oxford!
www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/undergraduate/applying-to-oxford/tests/mlat
https://german.net/ also provides a comprehensive list of interactive activities, which can be marked, too.
Your A Level Grammar workbook will also be nützlich!
Musik
Keep listening to your favourite German artists and have a go at some https://lyricstraining.com/de/.
Namika
Wise Guys
Nachrichten
You will still need to know what's going on in the world so why not keep up to date with current affairs auf Deutsch:
BILD https://www.bild.de/
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung https://www.faz.net/aktuell/
Die Welt https://www.welt.de/
Online
Hier are a selection of free online courses, which have been designed to help with your transition to uni Leben:
https://hwb.gov.wales/playlists/view/bbf64e57-3191-4a6d-94b3-f08b3dc5af69/en/1 these courses have been specifically designed for U6 pupils to help with their transition to University
hwb.gov.wales/playlists/view/bbf64e57-3191-4a6d-94b3-f08b3dc5af69/en/4? Language courses
www.open.edu/openlearn/free-courses/full-catalogue Open University free courses
www.coursera.org/browse/language-learning/other-languages
PODCASTS are always handy to listen to ab und zu:
https://www.easygerman.org/podcast
https://slowgerman.com/category/sg-podcast-episode/
Kultur
A bit of German culture will broaden your horizons:
The Germany Panorama has put together over 2,000 virtual tours of German destinations: http://www.deutschland-panorama.de/
Googeln any museums who are offering virtual tours, zB. the Bode Museum in Berlin: http://bode360.smb.museum/?wt_zmc=nl.int.zonaudev.zeit_online_zeitmagazinnewsletter_zmo_newsletter_200316.nl_ref.zeitde.bildtext.link.20200316&utm_medium=nl&utm_campaign=nl_ref&utm_content=zeitde_bildtext_link_20200316&utm_source=zeit_online_zeitmagazinnewsletter_zmo_newsletter_200316_zonaudev_int
TED
A real test will be some TED talks, here's the top 5 Empfehlungen in German:
1. KomfortZone Zukunft
2. Denkt wie ein Designer
3. Ambiguitätstoleranz
4. Gedicht Slammer
5. Auf Holz Gebaut