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German: Speaking

BBC - Languages - German - Offers online courses, useful phrases for travel or for work, interactive learning activities, and features on German culture.

Online German Pronunciation Guide - University of Exeter - numerous sound files allow the user to distinguish between similar pairs of words and to overcome the errors most commonly made by English speakers. Includes a number of exercises to practice pronunciation skills.


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A Guide to German Pronunciation - This guide is aimed at beginners and intermediate learners of German. The sounds of German are explained with reference to the letters that students encounter in German words, and although key German phonemes are explained, a knowledge of the International Phonetic Alphabet is not a prerequisite for reading this guide.

German for Travellers - Free online lessons for beginners include the following features: vocabulary lists by themes with a high quality mp3 sound files and exercises with Audio and Video sound files in mp3 and Flash.

1st International Collection of Tongue Twisters - German Tongue Twisters - Zungenbrecher

An Interactive German Learning Tour - "For students who are learning to speak German. Virtual field trips to three German cities allow students to practice speaking German while participating in a variety of interactive activities."

Zungenbrecher - Videos of three native speakers attempting this tongue twister: "Schneiders Schere schneidet scharf, scharf schneidet Schneiders Schere."

German Language Course for English Speaking Students - information on grammar and two sections on this Web site are useful to help develop pronunciation skills: Orthography and Pronunciation and Greetings, Numbers, Sayings and Idioms.

Phonetik BAS - Bavarian Archive for Speech Signals - Some example audio files from the available BAS corpora.

Fodor - Lists of basic expressions with .wav sound files to use in specific situations: Dining Out ; Sightseeing; At the Airport; Personal Services; Shopping; Finding Your Way; Health Care; Leisure and Entertainment; Accommodations; On the Road; General Information; Socializing; Communications.

Gute Gründe, Deutsch zu lernen:

Kommunikation: Deutsch wird von mehr als 120 Millionen Menschen in Österreich, Deutschland, der Schweiz, Liechtenstein, Luxemburg, in Teilen Belgiens, Norditalien und Ostfrankreich gesprochen.

Wirtschaft: Deutsch ist eine Schlüsselsprache in der Europäischen Union und in den auch wirtschaftlich immer mehr an Bedeutung gewinnenden Ländern Ost - und Zentraleuropas. Deutschkenntnisse verbessern Ihre Chancen auf dem Arbeitsmarkt.

Kultur: Deutsch ist eine der bedeutendsten Kultursprachen. So sprachen und schrieben etwa Goethe, Mozart, Beethoven, Freud, Klimt oder Einstein und unzählige weitere große Künstler und Wissenschaftler deutsch.

-- from Deutsch lernen in Wien, Österreich - Deutschland