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German Coursesand

Online Cooperation

www.dw-world.de/germancourses

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German Courses | Deutsch Interaktiv

�Online German course for all skill levels

�eLearning with multimedia

�30 lessons, more than 700 exercises, audio and video files,

dictionary with pronunciation assistance, picture galleries

�Level A1 to B1

�Bilingual English – German, Russian – German

�Program saves your results and guides you through

�Downloadable worksheets for teachers

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German Courses | Audio / Radio D

�Audio drama for German students

�Helps train listening comprehension

�Radio reporters Paula and Philipp travel all around Germany to

investigate mysterious cases

�Listeners learn German while following their adventures

�Moderators lead students through each episode, pointing out scenes, grammar and

vocabulary

�Part 1: episodes 1-26; Part 2: episodes 27-52 (each episode 12-15 min.)

�Level A1 (series 1) and A2 (series 2): Beginners with no or little knowledge of German

�Bilingual: German in combination with Arabic, Bengali, Bulgarian, Chinese, English,

Farsi, French, Hindi, Indonesian, Kiswahili, Croatian, Macedonian, Polish, Bras.

Portuguese, Rumanian, Russian, Spanish, Turkish

�Materials: Audio files and downloadable manuscripts, workbook with exercises

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German Courses | Audio / Mission Berlin

�Part of the coproduction project “Mission Europe”

�Audio crime story and iPhone App, accompanied by multimedia

elements

�Content: Anna has to stop the “Time Gangsters” in Berlin from

leading Germany into historical chaos. The user guides her

through many places and periods of time while practicing

comprehension and speaking skills.

�26 episodes (approx. 5 min. each)

�Level: A1: Beginners

�Bilingual: German in combination with Albanian, Bosnian,

Bulgarian, English, French, Greek, Polish, Rumanian, Russian,

Serbian, Spanish, Turkish, Ukrainian.

�Materials: Audio files, manuscripts, exercises, wallpapers, ring

tones, information on locations.

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German Courses | Jojo sucht das Glück

�Award-winning interactive websoap for German students

with special Facebook fan page

�Jojo leaves her native Brazil to study in Cologne, where she

hopes to find her secret online acquaintance. The user

accompanies her on her journey to find happiness and love

�33 episodes (2.5-3.5 min. each)

�Level: B1 and B2

�Monolingual: German

�Materials: Videos (available with German or English subtitles), manuscripts with a

glossary, grammar lessons, interactive exercises, wallpapers, information about stars

and a “making of“, worksheets for teachers

www.dw-world.de/jojo

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German Courses | Deutsch Kompakt

Deutsch – warum nicht?

� Audio course

� Tells the story of journalism student Andreas and his invisible friend Ex

� Four series, 26 lessons each (12-15 min. each)

� Levels A1 to B1: Beginners to advanced

� Bilingual: German in combination with 29 languages

� Audio files, dialogues, exercises to download

Wieso nicht?

� Audio scenes designed to strengthen and broaden language skills

� Audio scenes from everyday life in Germany, Austria and Switzerland

� 20 episodes (8-12 min. each)

� Level B1: Advanced

� Monolingual German plus two bilingual versions

� Audio files, manuscripts, word explanations, information about the country and its people, comprehension tips

Marktplatz

� Introduction to daily business in Germany

� 26 episodes (23-24 min. each)

� Level B2: Advanced proficiency

� Monolingual German and six bilingual versions

� Audio files with manuscripts and a downloadable book

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German Courses | Audio Tutor

�Basic vocabulary and pronunciation training

�Basic useful vocabulary, helps learning to ask questions and

use German in everyday situations (ordering in restaurants,

dealing with a taxi driver, etc.)

�100 lessons (2.5-4.5 min. each)

�Levels A1 and A2: Beginners

�Bilingual: German in combination with Chinese, English, French,

Portuguese, Russian, Spanish

�Materials: Audio files, worksheets, accompanying book (for sale)

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German Courses | Current Topics

Slowly-Spoken News: B2 and C1

� Slowly-spoken News reports drawn from DW‘s daily news coverage

� One edition per day (6 -10 min)

� Material: Audio files and manuscripts

Top-Thema: B1

� Reports from DW-WORLD.DE, easy to understand, referring to topics of current interest, with a long “ shelf life“

� Reports on politics, culture, science and economy

� Two editions per week (2 min each)

� Material: Audio files, manuscripts containing vocabulary and exercises

Video-Thema: B2 and C1

� Short videos from DW-TV

� One edition per week (2-5 min)

� Material: Video, manuscripts with vocabulary explanations, exercises (pdf)

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German Courses | Funny and Extraordinary

Alltagsdeutsch: C1 and C2

� Humorous reports from real life, German slang, everyday speech

� One edition per week (7-12 min)

� Material: Audio files, downloadable manuscripts and worksheets, questions on text comprehension

Sprachbar: C1 and C2

� Features explaining specifics of the German language and its history

� One edition per week (6-7 min)

� Material: Audio files, manuscripts, exercises

Wort der Woche: B1 and B2

� Introduces unusual vocabulary in an entertaining and colorful way

� One edition per week (1 min)

� Material: Audio files, texts

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German Courses | More about Germany: Dialektatlas

� Audio files, texts und information on German dialects and regions

� Content: From Alemannic bis Westphalian

• General information on dialects, dialect vocabulary with audio examples

• Local population, local VIPs, local recipes

� 20 dialects and regions (features 12-14 min each)

� Level: C1 and C2� Material: Audio files, dialect

grammar, vocabulary, texts

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German Course | Community D

�CommunityD – Der Campus: Online platform for German students and teachers from all over the world. Can be used to share materials, learn with friends in a virtual classroom or find chat partners

�CommunityD – Das Porträt: Audios and videos highlight people around the world and explain what motivates them to learn German

�Facebook: DW staff and advanced learners provide help for beginners. Learners discuss tricky problems. Latest news, vocabulary, contests and a meeting point for all those interested in learning German

�Twitter: DW‘s Twitter feed delivers the solutions to problems and daily vocabulary, as well as links to videos and DW‘s word of the day

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German Courses | Service

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German Courses | Course Finder and Level Test

� A test that will help students to

judge their own skill level:

www.dw-world.de/einstufungstest

� The course finder helps students

choose the appropriate courses

according to their skill level

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German Courses | Materials for Teachers

Teaching Series

� Eating and drinking in Germany

� Love and relationships

� Free time and entertainment

� Public authorities

� The fall of the Berlin wall

Tool to generate exercises

� Lingofox

� Helps to create special exercises from different texts: Verb tables, fill-in-the-blanks, sorting exercises (with answer key)

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Types of Cooperation

Online cooperation with partner websites

�DW logo with link to www.dw-world.de/germancourses

�DW logo with teaser text and link to www.dw-world.de/germancourses

�Content Box: contains excerpts from DW German courses with a link to complete texts, videos and audio files. Variable elements: Title and number of courses featured in the box, length and width of content boxes. Can be adapted to the requirements of each website. Feeds are updated regularly and automatically (e.g. daily news)

�Video or audio player: Videos und audio files can be embedded on your website. Can be combined with links to text pages and further episodes on DW‘s website.

Radio

For radio stations:

DW‘s German courses are available in broadcast quality from DW‘s audio database, AudioDepot

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Types of Cooperation | Example: Content Box

� Text excerpts from DW‘s German

Courses

� Links to complete texts, video

and audio files

� Number and titles of courses

displayed in box: Variable

according to individual needs

� Length and width of box: Variable

� Feeds of courses with weekly or

daily episodes are updated

automatically

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Types of Cooperation | Example: Video Player

�Video displayed directly on your website

�Your choice: Video only or video with text and links

�Links to text pages and further videos available

�Number of links to further episodes: Variable,

according to website requirements

�Text can be displayed beside or beneath video

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Types of Cooperation | Example: Audio Player

�Audio file can be embedded on your website

�Links to materials, further episodes or other web

pages available