Explore some of the teaching materials I use for my German lessons. Below that you will find some German books I love and recommend, and at the bottom of the page you will find my blog posts where I write about German language things I encounter and want to share with everyone.

 

 

I highly recommend the textbook called "Deutsch Heute". You can choose any of the versions and editions, click HERE or on the image below for the edition from 2015:

 

 

Pretty obvious study aid, but I always recommend flash cards for vocabulary and memorization. I use them myself to study Russian and prepare for my drone certification. You can make your own, or just buy a set of 100 cards for a few dollars:

 

 

 

I recommend a few external websites to my students and use elements of them in my teaching for grammar, vocabulary, sentence structure, etc:

 

 

German cases:

 

More on German cases:

 

And if you are struggling to type those pesky German Umlaute on your American keyboard, this website may be a great help to you:


My German book recommendations:

Hunde von Riga, Henning Mankell.

 

Click HERE.

Der Schatten des Windes, Carlos Ruiz Zafón.

 

Click HERE.

 

One of my favorite books of all time, Der Schwarm, by Frank Schätzing.

 

Click HERE.


The Awful German Language

While going through some of my old files I stumbled upon Mark Twain's "The Awful German Language", where he talks about the quirks of the German language and the difficulties of learning it. It is very eloquently written and I had to laugh a lot while reading it. Highly recommend!

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