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Main sites of interest to teach German to children |
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There are 16 German saturday schools registered with the Association of German Saturday Schools in the UK. Primary Languages - the national gateway to advice, information and support for everyone involved in language teaching in the primary school. They have listed some web sites that you may find useful for teaching German. Official link to the German government-sponsored schools overseas UK-German Connection - Dedicated to increasing contacts and understanding between young people in the UK and Germany. Has a large section on resources for children, parents and schools. Voyage Kids - This website for primary pupils in Germany and the UK includes activities to 'make and do', games and quizzes, stories and songs, as well the Voyage bears. Mehrsprachige Familien - Willkommen auf der Webseite der Interessengemeinschaft mehrsprachiger Familien. Rundumsbaby - German parenting site with a forum for multilingual families. How to tune to German Television: Click Here to Find Out Goethe-Institut London - Learn German and attend cultural activities at the official German cultural centre. |
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The German Way - Language and culture in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. German Children Songs www.familie-online.de - this site has some quite good and short songs. Selection is not exactly huge, but ok. Detlev Jöckers bunte Liederwelt Kidsweb - Finding online material for younger learners in German is quite difficult. This site has actually won an award but it is not stunning compared to other language sites. There are however lots of games and learning activities. In some cases the language is very complex considering the age group but some activities could be adapted. Das KINDERLEXIKON der Astrid-Lindgren Grundschule Derschlag More German Children Songswww.sprachhexen.com - Raising and teaching bilingual children www.zweisprachigkeit.net/literatur.htm - Information-Fortbildung-Netzwerk zur frühkindlichen Zweisprachigkeit www.the-voyage.com/kids - UK-German portal for kids-a bilateral initaitive to promote language learning, cultural understanding and contacts - funded by the UK & German governments, the British Council and the Goethe-Institute www.verlagruhr.de - Bücher für die pädagog. Praxis www.language-factory.co.uk - Resource for teaching and learning languages through song, rap and rhyme www.deutschakademie.de/online-deutschkurs/english/- German language online for free www.klar.co.uk - website for teaching German in the classroom or for independent study www.kindergeschichtenseite.de - deutsche Kinderbücher www.ibambiboo.de/shop/index.php - internationale Kinderbücher in 5 Sprachen www.blinde-kuh.de www.hipchicas.com - a bilingual virtual world for 10-12 year olds Mike's radio World - Listen live to over 5000 radio stations on your PC Synod of German-Speaking Lutheran, Reformed and United Congregations in Great Britain - some run playgroups SwissCommunity - connects Swiss people worldwide Switzerland in the UK - Listing of swiss clubs and other swiss information Swiss World - A multimedia window on the most important geographic, social, cultural, political and historical aspects of the country Organisation of the Swiss Abroad - It represents the interests of the Swiss Abroad, regularly informs them about developments in Switzerland and offers a broad array of associated services. Switzerland in the UK - Listing of swiss clubs and other swiss information |
