Deutsch IRL Collection

Questions/Fragen Thema 3: Der ganze Mensch Thema 6: Mahlzeit und Prost
Thema 1: Begrüßungen und sich vorstellen Thema 4: Freunde und Freizeit Other topics
Thema 2: Familie und Herkunft Thema 5: Der Uni-Alltag Other collections

Guide to Deutsch IRL

Questions for content watching/listening

Pre-watching questions

  1. Based on the title, topic, (and image), what context are you anticipating?
  2. What key words do you think you will hear? Are there words in English you want to look up and add to your list?
  3. Have you put on your German hat and visualized your German self?

Post-watching questions

  1. Which key words did you hear? Which ones did you not hear?
  2. Were there any English words? Which ones ?
  3. Did anything about this video surprise you?
  4. Is this something you would want to engage with again? Why (not)?

Questions for content reading

Pre-reading questions

  1. Based on the title and topic, what context are you anticipating?
  2. What key words do you think you will read? Are there words in English you want to look up and add to your list?
  3. Have you put on your German hat and visualized your German self?

Post-reading questions

  1. Which key words did you read? Which ones did you not read?
  2. Did anything about this reading surprise you?
  3. Is this something you would want to engage with again? Why (not)?

Thema 1: Begrüßungen und sich vorstellen

Speed Dating in German (1.4)

 

Thema 2: Familie und Herkunft

Thema 3: Der ganze Mensch

Thema 4: Freunde und Freizeit

Freunde

Freizeit

Thema 5: Der Uni-Alltag

Thema 6: Mahlzeit und Prost

Andere Themen

Other Collections of Reading/Watching/Listening

  • WDR Podcasts – free to listen/download, many topics
  • Deutsche Musik – top charts current
  • German TV (ARD) – some videos are not geoblocked
  • Fairy tales with Glossaries and reading comp questions
  • Best German Films for German learners
  • Studentenleben – Video, Eveline is from Indonesia. She talks about her studies in Germany.
  • Ticket nach Berlin – Series of videos about 2 teams of German learners traveling around Germany. Follow their journey!
  • Nicos Weg – Series of simple videos following Nico’s arrival and his first adventures in Germany.
  • ok.danke.tschüss is your band when it comes to learning German with ten songs that offer you new perspectives on topics like sustainability, love, bureaucracy, and digital life and encourage you to discuss them. You can better understand the songs by watching creative music videos with subtitles, doing interactive tasks, and reading manuscripts.
  • German Texts for Beginners: on a large variety of topics
  • Die Seite mit der Maus: Die Sendung mit der Maus (The Show with the Mouse) is a popular children’s TV show that combines comedic sketches with informative segments on a wide variety of topics.
  • Wissen macht Ah! A children’s show investing how and why things work the way they do.
  • Hanisauland: A children’s site discussing political and social topics.

Media Attributions

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