Resources For Self Learning
BBC Bitesize - Topic based vocabulary & grammar information to learn & teach Spanish at a variety of levels
Coffee Break German - Do you enjoy podcasts? Access short podcasts for free covering different topics & suitable for a variety of levels.
Duolingo - Great for adults and children to learn a variety of languages. Covers all 4 skills and different topics. Lots of activities to revise and recycle language.
Classroom Learning & Teaching Resources
The resources below can be used to support teachers to learn German and teach it to their learners.
Explore the Language Tips from Powerlanguage Schools to brush up on your pronunciation & grammar with videos, animations and powerpoints. You can find these under German - L2 Primary Powerlanguage Schools resources.
Here you will also find the Powerlanguage Schools L2 German Resources for P1-7, as well as their Responsive Resources covering different cross curricular topics on the Highland Council Languages Share-point site. These can be used for L3 as well. There are also planning documents and monitoring & tracking resources.
Please note - this is only accessible by Highland staff with their login details (more info here). Click here for a video tour of these resources.
A new and exciting course for primary school teachers has been created by the Goethe-Institut London in cooperation with German native speakers and British primary school teachers. It can be used for L2 or L3. This downloadable resource contains all that you need - vocabulary, classroom activities & video clips - all you need to keep you going from P5 to P7. Plus there are follow on resources - German with Karla & Kai. The material enables all German teachers in the UK (regardless of their own level of qualification) to make a flying start with teaching German.
Teach & learn German with some language e-books aimed at primary teachers & learners. Try putting your German to the test with some themed activity cards for different cross curricular projects that you can try with your learners.
Lots of great resources for you to use to teach yourself German and also to teach it to your learners with presentations, sound-files, activities and worksheets.
Lots of online resources & classroom material. Plus training courses in Germany with some funding available for primary & secondary staff, online courses & even conversation classes. They also organise German Teacher Days in Glasgow.
Lots of training & other opportunities on offer for schools and learners for school partnerships, opportunities & classroom resources.