German (Online)
How to learn German at the Language Centre including pathways, timetables and fees.
Timetable Michaelmas Term 2020
| Information for non-members of the University is here. | Course Pathway | Stage* | Part | Duration | Time of live session | Date of first live session | Date of final live session |
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| CLOSED for enrolment | Academic (Online) | 1 | 1 | Weeks 2-7 | Monday 11.00-12.00 | 19 October 2020 | 23 November 2020 |
| CLOSED for enrolment | Academic (Online) | 1 | 1 | Weeks 2-7 | Monday 12.00-13.00 | 19 October 2020 | 23 November 2020 |
| CLOSED for enrolment | Academic (Online) | 2 | 1 | Weeks 2-7 | Wednesday 10.00-11.00 | 21 October 2020 | 25 November 2020 |
| CLOSED for enrolment | General (Online) | 1 | 1 | Weeks 2-7 | Tuesday 14:00 - 14:30 | 20 October 2020 | 24 November 2020 |
| CLOSED for enrolment | General (Online) | 1 | 1 | Weeks 2-7 | Tuesday 14:30 - 15:00 | 20 October 2020 | 24 November 2020 |
| CLOSED for enrolment | General (Online) | 1 | 1 | Weeks 2-7 | Wednesday 14:00 - 14:30 | 21 October 2020 | 25 November 2020 |
| CLOSED for enrolment | General (Online) | 1 | 1 | Weeks 2-7 | Wednesday 14:30 - 15:00 | 21 October 2020 | 25 November 2020 |
| CLOSED for enrolment | General (Online) | 2 | 1 | Weeks 2-7 | Monday 09:00 - 09:30 | 19 October 2020 | 23 November 2020 |
| CLOSED for enrolment | General (Online) | 2 | 1 | Weeks 2-7 | Monday 13:00 - 13:30 | 19 October 2020 | 23 November 2020 |
| CLOSED for enrolment | General (Online) | 3 | 1 | Weeks 2-7 | Tuesday 15:30 - 16:00 | 20 October 2020 | 24 November 2020 |
| CLOSED for enrolment | General (Online) | 3 | 1 | Weeks 2-7 | Tuesday 09:00 - 09:30 | 20 October 2020 | 24 November 2020 |
| CLOSED for enrolment | General (Online) | 3 | 1 | Weeks 2-7 | Tuesday 13:00 - 13:30 | 20 October 2020 | 24 November 2020 |
| CLOSED for enrolment | General (Online) | 4 | 1 | Weeks 2-7 | Thursday 10.00 - 10:30 | 22 October 2020 | 26 November 2020 |
| CLOSED for enrolment | General (Online) | 4 | 1 | Weeks 2-7 | Thursday 10.30 - 11:00 | 22 October 2020 | 26 November 2020 |
| CLOSED for enrolment | General (Online) | 6/7 | 1 | Weeks 2-7 | Wednesday 13:30 - 14:00 | 21 October 2020 | 25 November 2020 |
| CLOSED for enrolment | General (Online) | 6/7 | 1 | Weeks 2-7 | Wednesday 09:00 - 09:30 | 21 October 2020 | 25 November 2020 |
| CLOSED for enrolment | General (Online) | 6/7 | 1 | Weeks 2-7 | Wednesday 14:30 - 15:00 | 21 October 2020 | 25 November 2020 |
| CLOSED for enrolment | Fast Track (Online) | 1+2 | N/A | Weeks 2-8 (MT). Weeks 1-8 (HT & TT) | Tuesday 17:00 - 18:00 | 20 October 2020 | 15 June 2021 |
| CLOSED for enrolment | Fast Track (Online) | 1+2 | N/A | Weeks 2-8 (MT). Weeks 1-8 (HT & TT) | Thursday 16:00 - 17:00 | 22 October 2020 | 17 June 2021 |
| CLOSED for enrolment | Fast Track (Online) | 1+2 | N/A | Weeks 2-8 (MT). Weeks 1-8 (HT & TT) | Tuesday 10:00 - 11:00 | 20 October 2020 | 15 June 2021 |
| CLOSED for enrolment | Fast Track (Online) | 1+2 | N/A | Weeks 2-8 (MT). Weeks 1-8 (HT & TT) | Wednesday 10:00 -11:00 | 21 October 2020 | 16 June 2021 |
| CLOSED for enrolment | Fast Track (Online) | 1+2 | N/A | Weeks 2-8 (MT). Weeks 1-8 (HT & TT) | Wednesday 17:00 - 18:00 | 21 October 2020 | 16 June 2021 |
| CLOSED for enrolment | Fast Track (Online) | 2+3 | N/A | Weeks 2-8 (MT). Weeks 1-8 (HT & TT) | Monday 10:00 - 11:00 | 19 October 2020 | 14 June 2021 |
| CLOSED for enrolment | Fast Track (Online) | 2+3 | N/A | Weeks 2-8 (MT). Weeks 1-8 (HT & TT) | Monday 14:00 - 15:00 | 19 October 2020 | 14 June 2021 |
| CLOSED for enrolment | Fast Track (Online) | 3+4 | N/A | Weeks 2-8 (MT). Weeks 1-8 (HT & TT) | Tuesday 10:00 - 11:00 | 20 October 2020 | 15 June 2021 |
| CLOSED for enrolment | Fast Track (Online) | 3+4 | N/A | Weeks 2-8 (MT). Weeks 1-8 (HT & TT) | Tuesday 14:00 - 15:00 | 20 October 2020 | 15 June 2021 |
| CLOSED for enrolment | Fast Track (Online) | 4+5 | N/A | Weeks 2-8 (MT). Weeks 1-8 (HT & TT) | Monday 17.00 - 18:00 | 19 October 2020 | 14 June 2021 |
MT = Michaelmas Term (October - December); HT = Hilary Term (January - March); TT = Trinity Term (April-June)
*A Stage is made up of three Parts, usually Part 1 is Michaelmas term, Part 2 is Hilary term and Part 3 is Trinity term. However, in some instances we will run another Part 1 in Hilary term due to popularity, please check the timetable carefully. Please note, complete beginners (Stage 1) cannot join Parts 2 or 3 if they have not completed Part 1.
Fees, funding, enrolment and mode of delivery
If the course on which you would like to enrol is fully booked, please check the timetable to see if the same course is being offered at a different time (many of our courses have several iterations, each with a different day/time for the ‘live session’). In addition, we operate a first-come, first-served waiting list, simply click on the Join the Waiting List button alongside the course of your choice and we will email you if a space becomes available.
The deadline for priorty funded Michaelmas term courses has now passed, we are no longer accepting any new applications. We will open priority funding applications again in the new year for courses in Hilary term.
If you need to learn a language to support your studies, you can ask your college, department or faculty to sponsor you via our Priority Funding scheme. You'll need to seek permission from your tutor/supervisor, obtain the email address of the financial signatory in your college/department/faculty, and click on the link to the Priority Funding Application Form below. Priority Funding is not available for Fast Track courses. See our course handbook for more information.
Colleges will consider refunding students up to half the Fast Track course fees on completion of the course at the end of Trinity term. Please contact your college to find out more about their arrangements before you start your course. A form to record the agreement between a student and their college of their eligibility for the reimbursement scheme is available for students to download below: it should not be returned to the Language Centre.
For Learners with an Oxford University SSO (Single Sign-On) simply click on the enrol button next to the class that you wish to join.
For Learners without an Oxford University SSO, or who are not members of the University, please email admin@lang.ox.ac.uk with the following details:
- Full name
- Email address and phone number
- The name of the course you wish to study (including Stage and Part)
- The start date and time of the course
- Your connection to Oxford University, if any (to determine course fee)
We will then provisionally enrol you onto the course and send you a link to the Oxford University Online Store for payment. Once payment is received we will confirm your place on the course.
What happens after I enrol?
After enrolment you will receive an automated booking email to confirm your payment. From Week 1 you will be added to the course on Canvas (Oxford University's Virtual Learning Environment). You will receive an invitation to join Canvas, please accept it and follow the instructions for your course and make sure to go through your learning pathway before your first live session with your tutor. Course materials will be available a week before each live session. Please make sure that you read the course handbook for the course you wish to take with us as this contains more detailed information.
We will be starting all our courses for 2020-21 through a flexible and inclusive mode of delivery, which will all be online. This will include small group live online conversation classes every week and online learning pathways for preparatory taught content, activities, and feedback - all using the University's Virtual Learning Environment, Canvas.
Having had the opportunity to learn from the experience and feedback from our learners and tutors in Trinity 2020, we are confident that this mode of delivery works well for our community of learners. It enables you to work at your own pace, have access to a complete set of learning materials beyond the life of the course to master and review - it also facilitates high quality feedback both of a generic and individual nature.
GENERAL PATHWAY
- Focus on communication and use of all four skills (reading, writing, listening and speaking)
- Term by term commitment
- Entry: first-come, first-served
- Fully funded option available with Priority funding scheme
- Certificates of attendance and completion available
- Taught in weeks 2-7 every term (part 1 in Michaelmas, part 2 in Hilary and part 3 in Trinity)
- Number of live online sessions per week: 1
- Length of live online session: 30 minutes
- Learning pathway including language instruction and guided learning: 1.5 - 2 hours per week
- Recommended self-study and practice time: 2 hours per week
ACADEMIC PATHWAY
- Focus primarily on reading and on learners' academic needs for the language
- Term by term commitment
- Entry: first-come, first-served
- Fully funded option available with Priority funding scheme
- Certificates of attendance and completion available
- Taught in weeks 2-7 every term (part 1 in Michaelmas, part 2 in Hilary and part 3 in Trinity)
- Number of live online sessions per week: 1
- Length of live online session: 1 hour
- Learning pathway including language instruction and guided learning: 1.5 hours per week
- Recommended self-study and practice time: 2 hours per week
FAST TRACK PATHWAY
- Focus on communication and use of all four skills (reading, writing, listening and speaking)
- Yearly commitment with possible entry point in Hilary term
- Entry: first-come, first-served
- Fully funded (and contributory) options available with some programmes of Study from selected Faculties / departments (Mathematical Institute, Material Sciences, Physics and Chemistry) see appendix 3 in the Fast Track handbook for further information
- Part funding reimbursed by Colleges (UG) or Faculties (PG) upon completion of course and assessments
- Certificates of attendance and completion available
- Number of live online sessions per week: 1 (or possibly 2 for Stages 1+2)
- Length of live online session: 1 hour (or possibly 2 x 30 minutes for Stages 1+2)
- 2 learning pathways per week: 3 to 4 hours including language instruction videos and guided learning activities, communicative tasks and feedback
- Recommended additional self-study and practice time: 1 to 2 hours per week
INTENSIVE PATHWAY
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Whether you have been short of time or found it difficult to keep up with your course, or if you prefer learning in a more intensive and focussed manner, we run a selection of our most popular General and Academic courses in an Online Intensive format during Weeks 8, 9 and 10 at the end of each term. Enrolments for these courses will normally open in Week 6 .
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Limited variety of Stages available, mostly beginner and advanced
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Term by term commitment
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Taught in Weeks 8, 9 and 10 every term (part 1 in Michaelmas, part 2 in Hilary and part 3 in Trinity) – Options for Advanced courses also available pre-term in September
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Number of live online sessions per week: 2
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Length of live online session: 2 x 30 minutes
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Expected hours of self-guided study learning outside the classroom (supported by Canvas, the University’s new Virtual Learning Environment): 12
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Entry: first-come, first-served
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Fully-funded Priority places available for students sponsored by their college/department (see Priority Funding box on this page for further information)
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Certificates of course completion and attendance are available, please see the course handbook for conditions
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Further resources
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
Course fees
Useful links
Course textbooks
Information about course textbooks can be found in the course handbooks above.
