TutoringIf you need a little extra help to get you through a class or just want to improve your German faster, we can organize a professional tutor to get you the help you need.German Resources through MSU Library (NEW!)We just realized that the MSU Library had a German Home Page that lists dozens of German-language and German-studies resources! Check it out! Podcasts and DownloadsNeed some free video and audio material to help you improve your listening comprehension, vocabulary, and even grammar? Do it all at the Deutsche Welle website! This site is made for students of the German language and has material appropriate for you, whether you're just a beginner, or quite an advanced speaker. Now
what is a podcast, you might ask? Well, a podcast is rich media, such
as audio or video, distributed via RSS feeds. Feeds also provide updates
whenever there is new content, so you don't have to remember to go to a
site to check for new material.
Our favorite German podcaster is Annik Rubens. Her main podcast, Schlaflos in München, is full of book and movie reviews, interesting news, and humor. For beginning German speakers, she has a second podcast, Slow German. The podcasts are short and sweet, and she speaks slowly and clearly on themes like "Deutsche Musik" and "Wohnung mieten." Check them out! Here is a list of other podcasts you might find useful...
Excellent Online DictionariesOffline DictionaryFor those times when you need a definition but don't have access to the internet, download the free, cross-platform elcombri translator. Unfortunately, it does not come with a definition library, but you can download one from the dict.cc website.
Hold down the Alt key and type the following numbers from the numerican keypad (right-hand of keyboard, with Num Lock on). ä - Alt 132 ::: Ä - Alt 142 ::: ö - Alt 148 ü - Alt 129 ::: Ö - Alt 153 ::: Ü - Alt 154 ß - Alt 225 Or, for umlauts in Microsoft Word, press: Ctrl + Shift + : and then the Letter (Ex: o for "ö“, or Shift + o for "Ö“) OR, for more convenient typing in German outside of Word, try "Typing German Mode" - be sure to read the Readme file for instructions! With a MacTo get any umlaut, press Option, the letter u, and then the letter you want to put an umlaut over. To get an "ß", press Option-s. Alternatively, press down the MAC key while typing these numbers: Ä - 128 ::: ä - 138 ::: Ö - 133 Ü - 134 ::: ö - 154 ::: ü - 159 ß - 167 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
