German
Key Stage 4 Super-Curriculum Resources

Borrow a book from Herr Elmans Bibliothek. He has a selection of German picture books and novels from easy-readers to young adult fiction.

Collins German Dictionary Word of the Day - Expand your vocabulary by learning a new word every day with their carefully curated - and often unusual - word choices. Click through to find what the word means, and examples of how it might be used.

If you have Netflix, try switching the audio to German and subtitles to English when watching your favourite series.

Jojo sucht das Glück is a free online telenovela designed for intermediate learners of German It tells the story of the Brazilian university student Jojo who comes to Cologne “in pursuit of happiness.” Topics include love, friendship, relationship issues, jealousy, violence, intrigues, homosexuality, university life, and work life. The telenovela consists of three seasons with 33 episodes each. Learners can watch the telenovela with or without German subtitles. Link is here

Listening to songs and learning to sing and understand the lyrics (if you think the song is a good one) can be really good for your language learning - remember also, though, that song lyrics often use 'slang' or slightly freer linguistic constructions similar to poetry - e.g. sometimes an -e can be missing from a 1st person verb, or other verb forms may be written out as contracted forms. 

Can you spot any verb forms like this in this song by Die Lochis? Listen to this Lieblingslied (original video) and the lyrics.

Nena's 99 Luftballons was an anti-war song from the 1980s - read the lyrics in this Karaoke version. It was a huge hit in Germany and far beyond and is still played frequently today. Translate the German original lyrics and work out why the landscape in the original video is so desolate? There is also an English version of it. Compare your translation.

SlowGerman has been going a long time; originally starting as a podcast only, it has since grown to encompass videos and grammar. I still recommend the podcasts - you can choose from over 250 episudes on a wide range of different cultural themes from music, politics, immigration plus lots, lots more. Each episide is read in clear, slow-paced German with a transcript, so you can hear all the words clearly. It's a really useful site.

Do you want to have a virtual tour of Berlin, Germany's capital city? Link here.

Maybe try out real German cuisine on your next visit to London - visit Stein's Berlin in South Kensington.

You could try out this Austrian cafe in North London. Austrian bakery and coffeehouse, 20 Camden Passage, N1 8ED

Sign up to an app such as Duolingo to practise and extend your German. How long can you make that streak?

Task - Put your language knowledge to the test with Linguatrivia, an interactive quiz by Linguascope. Simply select a language (French, Spanish, German, Italian, or English), choose a level of difficulty and answer questions against the clock.

With a bank of hundreds of questions on language, culture, geography, and more, Linguatrivia will put you through your paces whether you are revising for an exam or just want to practise and improve your language skills. You will need the school's username and password given to you by your MFL teacher