Practise German pronunciation with this 70-slide PowerPoint. It is suitable for all levels from beginners to A-Level, and can be used whenever the students struggle with a certain sound. There is also version with sound available to buy. It covers the main difficult letters/letter combinations like ‘ie’ and ‘ei’, ‘sp’ and ‘st’ and ‘J’. The sounds are practiced with the following activities: listen and repeat contrasting pairs (for students to work out the pronunciation), listen and point to what sound you hear, pair work, tongue twisters and a rule to copy down if possible. The presentation is meant to be presented in chunks, when students come across a new sound or before speaking exams. Note: the slides are not in alphabetical order but in order of how common the problem is. There is a hyperlinked index.

German phrases with English translations to impress the examiner. Every topic includes phrases in different tenses, colloquial expressions and complex structures. Topics: School, Family, Health and Work. These are phrases that students can learn to prepare for the old or the new style GCSE.

A fun escape-room style revision activity for first year learners of German on the topic of hobbies. It is based on Echt 1 but can be used with other beginners’ courses. The topics include: music opinions sports hobbies time phrases verb second rule word order with gern present tense verb endings

A digital + paper escape room aimed at GCSE German students, revising the topics of hobbies and family. It is mainly a digital activity to be played in teams but requires 3 pages to be printed out (cutting out of cards optional). The answers are in the download. The activity can be adapted into other languages or shortened by clicking “reuse this genially” at the bottom.

Here is an idea how to add more authentic resources as asked for in the new specifications. This is a worksheet and a presentation based on a German pop song and includes a gap fill, a translation task and a creative project. The song is slow and suitable for beginners but is ideally used after the introduction of numbers and plurals. (E.g. in chapter 2 of Stimmt 1). This download includes a PowerPoint with an introduction, the answer to the tasks and a translation of the text, a worksheet and a lesson plan. Note: This unit of work is based on the song Einmal by Die Prinzen. Please make sure you can access it on YouTube or somewhere else before buying. The song is not included.