This page features carefully curated free-of-charge teaching materials for students in middle and high schools, grades 6-12, categorised according to the B1-B2 levels of the European Common Framework of Reference (CEFR). For theoretical concepts and advice on methodology, visit our methodology page.
Encourage your students to network and communicate with over 560,000 German learners worldwide! In addition to networking, they will find plenty of exercises to help them learn German free of charge.
Play games, talk about social media platforms, listen to music, and watch videos: Jakob, Jonathan, and Marie-Sophie tell their stories about surfing the internet.
Get to know initiatives that focus on compensating CO2 generated by individuals - for instance during traveling - with donations to projects on climate change.
What climate issues are important to young people? What can they do to address them? Four 12th grade students from a school in South Africa present their ideas.
Find out which German artists are hot. Keep tabs on your favorite band. Check out the latest chart-climber. Watch music videos, vote for the songs that you and your students like best. You will determine what next month’s charts will look like!
Welcome to the world of German cinema. Here you can watch short films, TV episodes, documentaries, and film excerpts. It’s a great way to get to know Germany and its people and to learn German the fun and easy way.
Nico (17) presents Moop Mama, his beloved brass band from Munich. They are great! He likes the song themes. Download audio files, songs, interview texts.
What happens when you get sick in Germany? How does the health care system work? Jonas had a minor accident as he was skateboarding. Follow him on his way to the hospital.
What does it mean to have healthy eating habits? Young German students explore the topic in school and in their free time to learn. Download audio files, texts, and interview transcripts.
About 27 milion people participate in 90,000 sports clubs throughout Germany. They dance, do gymnstics or row because they like movement. Young people tell about why they are passionate about sports.
Language and education play an important part in migrant integration. Khaled, Zozan, and Ayten talk about how they experienced their first encounters with German schools.
A public/private partnership program, TOP is a leading provider of curriculum and study tours relevant to contemporary Germany for specific multiplier groups in North America, specifically social studies educators, STEM educators, and decision makers.
It is the 250th anniversary of Alexander von Humboldt! Four German students from Colegio Humboldt in San José, Costa Rica, tell their stories about what Humboldt means to them. Download audiofiles, texts, and interview transcripts.
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