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Music, Radio, and Television
Deutsche Welle: World broadcasting service of Germany.
TV-Today: pick your show by time or topic. Choose from movies, politics, culture, series, kids' shows, entertainment...
Spielfilm: learn about your favorite actors, read movie reviews, and more.
Fritz-Innovatives Radio aus Berlin/Brandenberg: find out what's hot in Berlin this week, what DJ's do which shows, and read news highlights. Fritz considers itself the station of the 90's.
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News and Magazines
Literature
Language Learning Sites
German for Beginners: specializes in tools for beginners, features online exercises, a dictionary and grammar explanations, and links to news, literature and other areas of use to beginners.
Materialien für den Deutschunterricht: includes activities in creative writing, grammar, reading comprehension and much more.
Langenscheidt'sDictionary: this online dictionary resource is as extensive as the paper version. Includes common phrases containing the requested word.
Englisches<->Deutsches Wörterbuch: an interactive form for typing in either a German or English word and getting a definition, possibly a synonym, and a sentence as well.
The Minnesota Language Proficiency Assessments (MLPA): The Minnesota Language Proficiency Assessments (MLPA) are a battery of instruments that are designed for use in certifying the second language proficiency of secondary and post-secondary students in French, German, and Spanish. The MLPA can be used to facilitate the articulation of language instruction between secondary and post-secondary education and to help make placement decisions. MLPA components are available for evaluating proficiency in reading, writing, speaking, and listening. Pencil-and-paper versions of all four tests are available. Computer-based versions of the reading tests are available now, and computer-based versions of the listening and writing tests will be available by late Summer 1999.
Talk German: choose from a variety of topics with audio, video and quizzes to support your learning.
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Chat and Virtual Worlds
Der Chatspaß: grab yourself a coffee and pick your chat topic.
Dino - Chat: another place for a chat if you didn't find your niche in the first one.
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Country/City Tours
Travel Overland: pick your departure location and destination for a plane itinerary. Includes airline information, flight costs and schedules, and links to airports and airlines on the net.
Freiburg Online: everything you want to know and more about Freiburg. Plan a virtual trip, or perhaps a real one.
Salzburg Province Guide: don't miss your chance to visit Salzburg in cyberspace. Info on hotels, transportation, shopping, places of interest, exhibits, & various activities in the province.
Internet Stadtführer Trier: practice your German as you learn all about the city of Trier.
Rothenburg ob der Tauber: take a virtual visit to this beautiful city. Tourism, leisure, town, business, it's all here.
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Grab Bag
Das Deutschland-Portal: choose a topic by category to discover all that interests you about Germany. Includes culture, health, education, tourism, and more.
Goethe Institute: information on the Goethe institute and study abroad in Germany.
Kultur und Themen: link to authentic German materials categorized by the topics studied in each chapter. Deutsch: na klar! .
DaF-Web: a nice compilation of German sites, including newspapers, politics, music, literature and more. Geared towards students of German as a foreign language.
Internet Resources for Germanists: Still looking for more? Here's a list of links to other institutions that provide links to German resources.
New Links: a long list of all kinds of German links.
Web.de Search Engine: a German search engine to look by keyword or topic.
German Search Engines: several German search engine available here.
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Professional Language Associations