There are plenty of fantastic resources out there to help you improve your listening skills in the run up to your exams. Here are 9 of my favourites - they have a great variety of subjects and media to choose from including music, short news, news and current affairs, and topic-related video clips.
1. Slow German
This site features Podcasts about many different topics by German journalist, Annik Rubens, with transcript in German – use the search bar to browse the different sections i.e. Essen, or soziale Netzwerke
https://slowgerman.com/inhaltsverzeichnis/
TIER: HIGHER
2. News in Slow German
Listen to Short News and Current Affairs interview clips with the transcript and vocab support.
https://www.newsinslowgerman.com/
TIER: FOUNDATION/HIGHER
3. Das Erste – Tagesschau
This is a 20-minute news programme focusing on the main news story from last 24 hours http://www.daserste.de/
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4. Audio Lingua
This site features topic and level related clips, A1 is beginner, B1 is intermediate and B2 is higher https://www.audio-lingua.eu/spip.php?rubrique3&lang=en
TIER: FOUNDATION/HIGHER
5. Easy German
This site has lots of short videos on many GCSE related topics. Use the search bar to find a particular GCSE topics (i.e. Musik, Filme…) They also have handy subtitles in English if you need them! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbxb2fqe9oNgglAoYqsYOtQ/featured
TIER: FOUNDATION/HIGHER
6. Pearson AQA MFL 9-1 Audio Samples
This site features loads of short clips for GCSE which are topic related http://www.pearsonschoolsandfecolleges.co.uk/secondary/GlobalPages/mfl-91-revision-audio-samples/aqa-gcse-9-1-german-revision-audio.aspx
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7. GermanPod101
Loads of short video clips related to GCSE themes plus an activity to do at the end, go through the playlist 15 minutes at a time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPk1YqYOHig&t=0s&list=PLsoAwWtvF3L0rEBLC33J2jIlNjwfsXg88&index=2
TIER: FOUNDATION/HIGHER
8. Lyrics Training
This site features German songs with interactive gap filling activities with different levels of difficulty. You can browse by genre. https://lyricstraining.com/de/
TIER: FOUNDATION/HIGHER
The Language Cabin offers German GCSE Group Revision Days during the Easter holidays. For more information on dates and prices, please get in touch.
Justine Burnett
The Language Cabin
justine@thelanguagecabin.co.uk