German
German is a very popular language at Oxford University and it is available at all levels on all pathways.
Information about the different courses we offer in this language is available by clicking on each course pathway type. Please read this information carefully to ensure you pick the course that is right for you.
Please note that Stage 7 has been conceived as a proficiency level and can be taken multiple times as the content of the course will be focused on current issues and learner interests.
General and Academic courses run in three parts. If you did not complete Part One or Part Two, you may still join at the next enrolment point (Part Two or Part Three) provided that you are not an absolute beginner. Please follow the guidance on our website to find the right stage for you and proceed to book your place online. If you are unsure, you may make an appointment to see a tutor in week 0 or week 1. If you feel that you have made the wrong level choice, please discuss this with your tutor at the end of the first class.
If you do not have a University Single Sign On account, please do not click on enrol but follow the instructions here.
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| Course Pathway | Stage(s) | Duration of course | Times of classes | |
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| Fast Track |
Applications for Fast Track programmes will re-open in late September 2019 ahead of Michaelmas term. Register for our newsletter if you would like to be notified. |
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| General and Academic |
Enrolments for Michaelmas term 2019 will open in mid-September 2019. Register for our newsletter if you would like to be notified. |
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Details of the textbooks to be used for each course (where applicable) will be confirmed by tutors during the first class.
Your score can be seen at the end of the test. If you need further help, see our page on how to assess your level.
The Test
Please note that this test only focuses on your knowledge of the language – it does not test pragmatic language competence. If you have not spoken for a long time we advise that you opt for the stage indicated below your score range.
| Score | Stage |
|---|---|
| 0-3 | 1 |
| 4-10 | 2 |
| 11-20 | 3 |
| 21-30 | 4 |
| 31-40 | 5 |
| 41-45 | 6 |
| 45-50 | 7 |
Library shelfmark: GE
At Oxford
- German at Oxford
- DAAD German Academic Exchange Service
- OXAM Digital copies of most of the official examination papers (including the Honours School Examination for Modern Languages) presented by the University of Oxford. Please note: access is limited to those in the Oxford domain.
- The last five years of the listening comprehension and discourse topics examinations are available on WebLearn They also are in print in the library with audio materials available for the listening comprehension examination.
- Oxford University Language Society
General
- BBC languages page where you can also find transcripts of programmes such as Deutsche Plus!
- GCSE Bitesize revision
- Deutsch lernen free online lessons for beginner and advanced levels
- DWDS German Corpora
- Dialects
- EM Neu Brückenkurs, Hauptkurs and Abschlusskurs. The textbooks are in the library.
- Germanabout.com - resources
- Goethe Institut German courses (in England and Germany) and learning material. It includes a section on activities in the Goethe Institut London
- IIK : Institut für Internationale Kommunikation in Zusammenarbeit mit der Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf
- K. F. Hilliard's Page Dr. Hilliard is a University Lecturer in German
- Learn German easy level and Leicht Deutsch for intermediate students
- Warwick University Web Resources
Dictionaries
- Online dictionaries for all languages
- Pons dictionary
- Dictionary of formal and non-formal expressions in context
- Worschatz University Leipzig corpora and dictionary
Pronunciation
Reading
- Germanabout - Reading links
Vocabulary
- Ausgewanderte Wörter - Memo-spiel Vocabulary testing game
- German for music lovers
- Goethe-Tests
Web searching
Blogs and MOOCs
- Frankfurter Allgemeine blogs
- Spiegel blogs
- Zeit blogs
- iversity the biggest German language MOOC
- Mooin from the University of Lübeck
- virtuelle Hochschule Bayern
- imoox from the Universities of Graz
Business
- AUMA trade fairs
- Learn German online business
Chemistry
- Internet Laborverzeichnis
- Max Planck Institut für Biochemie
- Organische Chemie
- Chemie: Informationen aus der Wissenschaft
- Periodensystem der Elemente
- Schulchemie
Culture
- Deutsches Historiches Museum
- Galerien Online Art
- German Christmas in German
- Tatsachen über Deutschland Facts about Germany. Contains a lot of up to date information for many topics.
- Volksliederarchiv German language folk song archive
- World of Comics a good site, in English, giving a lot of information about comics, including graphic novels in German
Engineering
- Computerwoche
- Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering at the University of Kaiserslautern. See especially the link to 'Institutes and Transfer Points'
- Elektroniknet
- Forum Maschinenbau information provider for mechanical engineering
- Institut Arbeit und Technik
- Institute of Fluid Mechanics at Göttingen
- Internet für Ingenieure
- Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule
- Spektrum der Wissenschaft Science magazine
Literature
- Die Deutsche Gedichtebibliothek
- Deutsche Literatur from wikipedia
Media
If you can't find the media you want, try our multilingual page
The library's Netvibes page offers you the latest news
- Print & Online
- APA - Austria Press Agentur
- Frankfurter Allgemeine
- Online Focus das digitale und interaktive Nachrichtenmagazin auf dem Internet.
- Der Standard (Wien)
- Der Stern
- Die Welt die große deutsche Tageszeitung im World Wide Web
- Die Zeit
- Radio
- TV
- RTL 2
- SAT 1
- WDR
- ZDF
- Das Internet-Magazin von TV Movie
- German tv programme listings
- Tagesschau The main German evening news programme
Politics
- BMZ Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung
- Social Democratic Party
Science
Theology
Universities
- Information about studying in Germany multilingual website
- Universität Augsburg
- Universität Bayreuth
- Freie Universität Berlin
- Universität Bremen
- Universität Frankfurt
- Universität Göttingen
- Universität Halle
- Universität Hamburg
- Universität Heidelberg
- Universität Kaiserslautern
- Universität Karlsruhe
- Universität Konstanz
- Universität Leipzig
- Universität Marburg
- Universität München
- Universität Oldenburg
- Universität Paderborn
- Universität Passau
- Universität Potsdam
- Universität Saarbrücken
- Universität Tübingen
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