Especially for Students of German

The sites below were selected because of their usefulness to those studying French. Let us know if they help you! Also, for further information, check out the German Resources section of the FCPS Foreign Language Home Page.

Why Study German? - Dictionaries 
Vocabulary Study Tools
Grammar, Vocabulary and Other German Language Help
AP German Exams - SAT Exams in German
Study Abroad Opportunities - Just for Fun

Why Study German?

Why Learn German?

http://home.tampabay.rr.com/maseman/why.html

Reasons to learn German

http://www.mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au/la/lote/german/mckinnon/whyger.htm

Why Study German?

http://www.goethe.de/uk/saf/werbung/english/index.htm

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Dictionaries

Leo English/German Dictionary

http://dict.leo.org/

German to English Online Dictionary

http://dictionaries.travlang.com/GermanEnglish/

German/English and English/German Dictionary

http://www.tu-chemnitz.de/urz/netz/forms/dict.html

Online German dictionaries

http://german.about.com/homework/german/msub1.htm

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Vocabulary Study Tools

Puzzle Maker

http://puzzlemaker.school.discovery.com/ - Use this internet site to create, print and play several types of puzzles, including crosswords, word searches and scrambled words. Make the puzzles for yourself or a friend to practice vocabulary!

Flash Card Internet Site

http://www.quia.com/ - Make your own online flashcards and then practice with them or, if your teacher or a classmate has made a set of flashcards, you can practice with that set. You can also use flashcards that are already on the site. The site also has options for playing a matching, concentration or word search game with any set of flashcard words. Try it out!

Flash Card Maker

http://kaimin.kaimin.umt.edu/chad/ - Download this software for Windows 95 and Windows NT and create your own vocabulary flash cards.

Flash Card Maker

ftp://ftp.amug.org/pub/mirrors/info-mac/edu/fish-card-21.hqx -Download this HyperCard player for Macs and create your own vocabulary flash cards

Hangman

http://bewoner.dma.be/eravau/hangman.html - Free downloadable software for Windows to play a computerized version of hangman

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Grammar, Vocabulary and Other German Language Help

German for Beginners

http://german.about.com/homework/german/library/anfang/blanfang_inhalt.htm

German for Travelers

http://www.travlang.com/languages/

German for Travellers

http://web.uvic.ca/pgolz-gft/

The InternetHandbook of German Grammar

http://www.travlang.com/languages/german/ihgg/

Links to Learning German from About.com

http://german.about.com/homework/german/mbody.htm

Online German Courses

http://german.about.com/homework/german/cs/onlinecourses/index.htm

Essential German, Book 1

http://www.geocities.com/gene_moutoux/Gerpage1.htm

German Studies Exercises on the Web

http://www.uncg.edu/~lixlpurc/publications/NetzUeb.html

The German Electronic Textbook

http://www.wm.edu/CAS/modlang/grammnu.html

Vocabulary Translation Exercises (English to German or German to English)

http://www.goethe-verlag.com/tests/ED/ED.HTM

Software for Learning German

http://german.about.com/homework/german/library/weekly/aa030998.htm

Listening to German

http://german.about.com/homework/german/cs/listening/index.htm

Reading in German

http://german.about.com/homework/german/cs/reading/index.htm

 

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Advanced Placement Exams

AP German Exams

http://www.collegeboard.org/ap/german/

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SAT Exams in German

General Information on SAT Language Exams

http://www.collegeboard.org/index_this/sat/html/students/newst000.html

German Subject Test with Listening

http://www.collegeboard.org/index_this/sat/html/students/subj020.html

German Subject Test (Reading Only)

http://www.collegeboard.org/index_this/sat/html/students/subj013.html

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Study Abroad Opportunities

Information on Study Abroad and Travel Opportunities

http://www.fcps.k12.va.us/DIS/OHSICS/forlang/resource/study.htm

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Just for Fun

Fun in German

http://german.about.com/homework/german/cs/funspa/index.htm

Photo fun

http://german.about.com/homework/german/library/weekly/aa092198.htm - Fun exercise based on photographs of everyday sights in German Europe.

Electronic Greeting Cards in German

http://www.de.bluemountain.com/

Tongue twisters

http://www.uebersetzung.at/twister/de.htm

MadLib Maker

http://www.webcomics.com/madlib/create.html

Radio Stations on the Internet

http://wmbr.mit.edu/stations/list.html

Radio in German

http://german.about.com/homework/german/cs/radioingerman/index.htm

Sound of the World's Animals: German

http://www.georgetown.edu/cball/animals/german.html

"The Awful German Language"

http://www.crossmyt.com/hc/linghebr/awfgrmlg.html - A funny explanation of German by Mark Twain

German Fairy Tales

http://www.geocities.com/gene_moutoux/fairytales.htm

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German Resources

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Send comments and questions to Karen Peterson, karen.peterson@fcps.edu