Familie in Deutschland – Free GCSE German Listening Practice with Activities
German listening and speaking practice video with native speaker, learn about traditional and modern family in Germany for Advanced Beginner and GCSE students If you are learning GCSE German and you are looking for interesting ways to prepare for your exams, you are in the right place! This post is also ideal for those who just generally want to improve their German listening skills at an advanced beginner or pre-intermediate level on different topics. There is definitely a need for more practice material to support language learning for students as well as aid teachers in their lessons (having taught German in secondary schools, I noticed a lack of practice material),…
Free German Listening Practice Video – Festivals -GCSE & Advanced Beginner
Celebrations and Festivals in German Speaking Countries German Listening Practice for GCSE and Advanced Beginners on Feste und Feiertage in Deutschland und รsterreich Want to learn German? Wish to do some German listening practice on celebrations and festivals? Or do you just want to learn about some religious and non-religious festivals in Germany and Austria? Well, this post and video is for you! There isn’t enough German listening practice material that is accessible for advanced beginner and intermediate German students. Therefore, I decided to create my own , along with a video. This is mainly so my students can practise listening skills in German. However, also so that they can…
GCSE German Social Networks & Daily Technology Listening Lesson
GCSE German Social Media Listening Lesson Revision and Practice I needed a social networks and technology listening lesson for my GCSE German students whilst on lock-down. However, I couldn’t find any suitable resources. Ideally, I was looking for listening practice materials covering the themes of different social networks. For example, Facebook, Whats App, Instagram and YouTube. Since I couldn’t find any suitable social media audio clips for German intermediate level students, I created my own!ย This GCSE German Social Media and Technology in Every Day Life listening lesson is perfect for independent work! So, complete this GCSE social networks and technology listening lesson practice as homework, revision, distance learning work…
Mein Haus GCSE German, Intermediate & DaF Listening Lesson with Audio, Transcript & Activities
Mein Zuhause – My Home – Mein Haus Intermediate German Listening Practice and Revision Lesson If you are an intermediate German student looking for some listening practice or a German teacher looking for original German listening practice material, then my listening lesson will certainly help. Supplement your intermediate German lessons on the topic of ,mein Haus’ or ,mein Zuhause’ with this lesson suitable for A2/B1 level German students, GCSE German students, German Highers students, High School learners or DaF students.ย ย What is included in this ‘Mein Haus’ listening lesson? The intermediate level listening lesson on ,Mein Haus’ includes a 300-word transcript, verbatim MP3 audio file and 5 activities testing listening…
Complete GCSE German and Intermediate Level Revision Practice Activities by Topic
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…
Post-School Education & Work in Germany Listening Lesson
GCSE German Intermediate Listening Lesson on Post-School Options in Germany I needed a post-education and work listening lesson for my German language students this week. Unfortunately, I am still struggling to find authentic topic-related listening material from other sources. Despite using the sites in the German Listening Websites for GCSE list I put together a couple of years ago! This month, I am working on the ‘post-education and work’ topic in my German GCSE course. I wanted some supplementary listening material to help my students practise their listening skills. So, I wrote a transcript and had a native male speaker record it. In addition, I added some activities. These focus…
Holidays in Germany – GCSE German Listening Lesson with Transcript & Activities
GCSE German Listening Lesson on ‘Reisen und Tourismus’ in Germany for Intermediate Language Learners There aren’t enough GCSE German listening resources online for listening practice. Especially listening materials for the topic of holidays in Germany or for intermediate (A2-B1) level learners. So, I have created this GCSE German listening lesson on ‘Reisen und Tourismus’ in Germany to fill the gap! Feel free to use with your GCSE German students for listening practice or reading practice on the ‘Tourismus in Deutschland’ topic. You can download the audio file and the two-page word document below. Who Use This Tourism GCSE German Listening Lesson And What’s Included? My GCSE German listening lesson comesย …
Umweltschutz in Deutschland Listening Tasks and Transcript
A Lesson for German Learners on “die Umwelt” I’ve put together another listening activity for German students studying the topic of ‘die Umwelt’, or the environment, entitled: ‘Umweltschutz’. I feel that this listening based lesson is perfect for GCSE German learners, German A Level students, as well as CEF B1 or B2 learners. The environment listening lesson includes the following, which could take anywhere between 60 minutes and 120 minutes to complete, depending on which activities you choose to do: What is included in the “Umwelt” listening lesson? MP3 audio file read by a native male German speaker which lasts just over 2 minutes and 40 seconds If you do…
Das deutsche Schulsystem – Listening Activity
When I was at school I needed all the help I could get, to get my head around the German school system! Therefore, I’ve put together a resource, which could either be used as revision, or as an introduction into das deutsche Schulsystem. Why not use it in your German GCSE lessons with students taking either the Higher paper or the foundation paper when teaching the topic of ‘School’? You could also use it in your German lessons with private GCSE German students, which is what I did. What are the resources included for ‘das deutsche Schulsystem’? You will find an audio file (MP3) and a direct transcript (word document) that you can download…
8 German Listening Websites for GCSE
Why do GCSE students need German listening practice? My GCSE German students are fantastic at writing, they get on very well with reading and do well on speaking when they have plenty of vocabulary on a topic. The GCSE skill that many of them struggle the most with, however, is German listening. Due to limited time in lessons, it is vital for students to have the opportunity to practise their German listening outside of the classroom to tune their ears to the speed native Germans speak, since “what pupils reportedly find most problematic about listening is the pace of recorded material.” Barton (2006).In addition, this practice will allow learners to…
