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    Hausarbeit – Free German Listening Practice For A2 and GCSE

    Practice Your German Listening Skills on Housework / Hausarbeit Aufräumen und Putzen Listening Practice Video – Created for GCSE German and CEFR A2 German Learners with Free Original Worksheet and Transcript Our German Listening Practice video is perfect for GCSE German and CEFR A2 who want to develop their German listening skills with authentic listening materials, why not share with your students as homework or use in lessons to save you time? Having taught German in secondary schools, I have noticed a distinct lack of useful German listening practice material. So, I have developed a selection of audio-visual clips for students and teachers to use, with or without the video.…

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    German GCSE and Intermediate German Revision Practice If you want to practice your intermediate German language skills and revise topics covered at German GCSE level or German CEFR A2/B1 level, then try out the activities below. Theses GCSE German revision activities are original and include a range of tasks from the most common topics German courses to help you improve your intermediate German language skills. Improve Your Intermediate Level German by Topic and Skill The tasks have been created by topic and by skill, such as: reading, writing, listening, speaking and translation, as well as vocabulary training activities to help you with your intermediate level German revision. The revision tasks…

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Hi! I’m Sabina – an insanely passionate, qualified French and German teacher and tutor, as well as an experienced EFL teacher. I have over 13 years teaching experience in private, online, secondary and further education settings. I LOVE TEACHING LANGUAGES AND SEEING MY STUDENTS’ CONFIDENCE IMPROVE!

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