German with German Kids Living Abroad: Research List

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Institutions and organisations international and Australia revised Feb 2016

Government Description webpage The Central Agency for German Schools Abroad supports over 1,200 schools worldwide, including 140 German schools www.bva.bund.de/DE/ Zentralstelle für das abroad and institutions where the German Language Organisation/Abt Auslandschulwesen (ZfA) Certificate (DSD) can be acquired, the ZfA provides eilungen/Abteilung_ZfA/Die Deutschland personnel, financial and pedagogical assistance ZfA/node.html specialist counselling and assistance for German schools and institutions in Australia offering the German Language www.auslandsschulwesen.de Zfa Australia Certificate DSD Sydney OSA represents Swiss expatriates' interests in Switzerland, informs Swiss living abroad and is recognised by authorities Organisation of the Swiss as the representative organ; Information services on legal, www.aso.ch Abroad ASO social security insurance and training / education questions www.swisscommunity.org Educationsuisse promotes the presence of Switzerland abroad, facilitates access to schools and professional training abroad and/or in Switzerland, is the central point Educationsuisse in the global network of the 17 Swiss schools abroad www.educationsuisse.ch

The Federation of Austrians Abroad AÖWB is an umbrella organisation representing the interests of and acting as a World Federation of Austrians service organisation for associations of Austrians established Abroad, Auslandsösterreicher- abroad, Austrians.org is a community platform and network www.bmeia.gv.at/en/travel- Weltbund (AÖWB) for Austrians, there are 8 Austrian schools abroad stay/living-abroad The Ministery for Education BMBF informs about the www.bmbf.gv.at/schulen/ Austrian Ministry for education system in Austria and the 8 Austrian schools schulen/ausland/oesterr_ Education abroad auslandsschulen.html

testing / language levels Description webpage It is an initiative of the German authorities for the improvement of the knowledge of the German language in schools worldwide, since 1973 the exams are accessible for Deutsches Sprachdiplom high school students at accredited schools abroad, it (German language certificate finishes with the certification on language competencies on www.kmk.org/bildung- of the Education Ministers level A2/B1 or B2/C1 of the Common European Framework schule/auslandsschulwesen/deut Conference) of Reference for Languages sches-sprachdiplom.html 1) DaF (German as a foreign language, Deutsch als Fremdsprache) mothertongue is not German 2) DaZ (German as a second language, Deutsch als what is DaF and DaZ? Zweitsprache) leaners with a basic understanding The European language levels A1 - C2 self assessment grid comes in different languages, the Common European https://europass.cedefop. Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) is the europa.eu/en/resources/ international standard for describing language ability, it is european-language- language levels A1 - C2 used around the world to describe learners' language skills levels-cefr Organisations in Germany, Austria and Switzerland offer a range of services, downloads and links regarding DaZ www.akdaf.ch, www.oedaf.at Organisations DaF/DaZ (German as a second language) www.fadaf.de Highschool learners can get an individual web-based determination of their competencies in German (Lernende stellwerk-check.ch > Beispielaufgaben year 8/9) and go through task examples www.stellwerk-check.ch

Schools / Institutes Australia Description webpage

Learn German at the Goethe-Institut with tailored extensive, or intensive courses on-site or online, courses for teenagers, small group classes, private tuition, company courses. Mainly from secondary level upwards, German self test available, learning apps for teenagers, material to Sydney, Melbourne Goethe Institute download. www.goethe.de/australia The German School Melbourne is a German English bilingual school located in North Fitzroy. The children grow up learning two languages at the same time. The school caters German School Melbourne for families of German and/or English language backgrounds www.dsm.org.au/en/ Long day bilingual German - English child care centres with a strong focus on immersive bilingual early learning, for Sydney, Melbourne Froebel child care children from 0 to 6 years of age www.froebel.com.au The German correspondence school/course for the primary level aligned with the German primary school curriulum, option to choose only the German language contents up to year 6 or the complete version for German, Maths, general deutsche Fernschule science (Sachunterricht), English, Art up to year 4 www.deutsche-fernschule.de The Brisbane German Language School offers engaging German classes for children and adults at all levels of Brisbane Brisbane German competency, for both native and non-native learners of www.brisbane-german-language- Language School German school.org.au German Classes Brisbane is a family run teaching service, all Brisbane DerDieDas teachers are certified German Teachers and are native www.derdiedas.com.au German Classes Brisbane speakers or equivalent The School is a community school operating in Adelaide and teaches German language and culture to students of Adelaide The School for the German German-speaking background and of other backgrounds, on http://germanschool.org.au Language a part-time basis on Saturday mornings. The Languages Centre offers German classes for different Darwin ages and provides after-school language classes for primary www.darwinlanguagescentre.co and middle school students, language classes include m/after-school_classes.html Darwin Languages Centre Junior, Senior, Continuers and Advanced. Courses from secondary level upwards given by a team of Perth German Language Classes highly qualified teachers and native speakers trained in www.german-language- Perth Germany classes.com.au The Goethe Society offers a range of language classes for Perth both children and adults as well as internationally http://goethesocietywa.webs.co Goethe Society West Perth recognised exams and a rich calendar of cultural events. m/ Geckos is a German language community Geckos Melboure school operating on Saturdays from 9 - 12pm, Community Melbourne German Community School schools are not-for-profit, after-hours language schools www.geckos.org.au German language classes for children after school are offered at the Bayswater and Bentleigh campus, the Melbourne German Language School teachers are native speakers of German, participation in www.templesociety.org.au/ger Temple Society Australia cultural activities ma-school.html Spielwelt operates a German language Playschool, Playgroups and Scout Group in Canberra, Spielwelt also Spielwelt Canberra have a great children's library of German books, CDs, DVDs Canberra German parents association and games www.spielwelt.org.au The ACT Bilingual Education Alliance (ACTBEA) supports Canberra bilingualism in the Canberra region and promotes family- http://actbilingual.weebly.com ACT Bilingual based Education Alliance bilingualism as well as formal bilingual education programs The Australian Federation of Ethnic Schools Associations is an umbrella body designed to unite the ethnic schools of Australia, under 'find a school' a NSW and VIC community Community Languages schools finder is located, news about bilingualism (snippets www.communitylanguagesaustra Australia for bilingual families) lia.org.au Die Brücke 'the bridge' is the umbrella organisation for German speaking Clubs and organisations in Australia and check members/Mitglieder Die Brücke New Zealand www.bruecke.com.au

Free German books for children and adults with www.librarycatalogue.act.gov.a ACT public library Canberra membership, you can order books online, books can be u 'Das Zentrum' In Civic collected from the reserved shelving www.daszentrum.org.au www.slv.vic.gov.au, These state libraries offer a range of multicultural childrens www.linc.tas.gov.au, state libraries VIC, SA, TA, books for loan in German , contact librarians at local www.libraries.sa.gov.au, WA libraries about the procedures http://slwa.wa.gov.au

Community schools (ethnic schools)are language schools, www.sa.gov.au/topics/ SA Community language the website offers a list of all ethnic schools in SA showing education-skills-and-learning/ Government of SA the languages taught with contacts schools/choosing-a-school

Association of German The Webpage informs on where in Victoria German can be www.agtv.vic.edu.au > why teachers of learnd and lists options for early years, at school, out of German > where to learn Victoria regular school hours and for adults German The Association offers German-speaking playgoups, Alle Munchkins Kindergarten groups and school groups up to year 6 www.allemunchkins.com.au

Institutions Sydney and NSW Description webpage GISS offers a multilingual education for students from German International School Preschool to Year 12, finishing with the International Terrey Hills, Sydney Sydney Baccalaureate Diplome IB, playgroup offered at the school www.germanschoolsydney.com Catering to school aged children from primary to high school, the German Saturday School is all about absorbing German Saturday School German language from our German native speaker teachers, www.germansaturdayschool Sydney various locations sydney.org.au/ google search for German, various groups and locations in Sydney, Austrian and Swiss clubs German Playgroups Swiss-german playgroup run through the swiss club www.germanaustralia.com German classes for kids from preschool to year 12, the Croydon, Sydney school is certified as one of only three schools in Australia https://deutschstundesydney.wo Deutschstunde that can offer a “Deutsches Sprachdiplom” (DSD) exam rdpress.com/ Free multicultural language book service for NSW residents: collection includes: picture books, nursery rhymes, bilingual books for children and adult resources; a request for free www.sl.nsw.gov.au/services/mu resources in German can be placed at any local public lticultural/multicultural_ser State Library NSW library, [email protected] vices_NSW_residents.html ‘The Small German School’ is a Community Language Die Kleine Deutsche Schule School and teaches children the German language, courses http://diekleinedeutscheschule. Newcastle offered after school at the Hamilton Public School blogspot.com.au/

NSW Community Languages There are currently 143 government schools involved in the www.curriculumsupport.educati Department of Education and NSW K-6 Community Languages Program and 31 languages on.nsw.gov.au/secondary/langu Communities are taught, ages/languages/community/ The website offers a German School finder and links to start a language school, classes are held outside normal school hours, usually at local government schools, families might NSW Community Language pay a small enrollment fee, courses are open to any school- Schools aged student attending a NSW government, Catholic or www.dec.nsw.gov.au/what-we- Department of Education independent school. offer/community-programs

Paper, audio and visio resources revised Feb 2016 books Description webpage "Conni" yellow edition for school starters, "Lesemaus" series for early readers (a few as E-books available), apps for Carlsen Verlag (publisher) reading and maths www.carlsen.de The learning to read series "Leselöwen" offers books for 4 reading stages: 1. Bildermaus (with images), 2. Ich für dich, du für mich (read together), 3. Lesetiger (first read alone), Loewe Verlag (publisher) 4. Lesepiraten (easy reader to read alone), offers extracts www.leseloewen.de

Oetinger Verlag (publisher) Learning to read series "Büchersterne" www.lunaleseprofi.de The beginning readers series "Leseraben" offers 3 early www.ravensburger.de/leser/ Ravensburger Buchverlag reading levels leserabe/index.html „Bilderwörterbücher“ picture dictionaries are suitable for young children to learn German playfully, the series “Spielerisch Deutsch lernen” offers books at different levels for pre-school and primary school, bilingual children’s books for children at primary and pre-primary from “Edition bi:libri” exist in English, French, Greek, Italian, Spanish and www.hueber.de Hueber Verlag (publisher) Turkish – in combination with German. https://shop.hueber.de "Werkstatt Deutsch als Zweitsprache" (course material DaZ), workbooks with solutions and assessments for classification, can be started when learning the alphabet, for elementary Schroedel Verlag (publisher) school www.schroedel.de

Diesterweg Verlag (publisher) Mainly sources for German in primary school (Grundschule) www.diesterweg.de Der kleine Drache Kokosnuss Learn how to read, audio books, apps www.drache-kokosnuss.de Bibi Blocksberg Audio books, videos, games www.bibiblocksberg.de The eLibrary is the Goethe-Institut's digital library, users can download and borrow a range of digital media such as www2.onleihe.de/goethe- eBooks, eAudios and eVideos with a designated kids room. institut Goethe Institute The shop offers primary level learning & teaching resources http://shop.goethe.de The Alphabet Garden German bilingual support agency, selling German books, United States Music, educational resources and DVD's for kids www.alphabet-garten.com/ Educational resources for DaF and DaZ, Deutsch als www.klett- Zweitprache for Grundschule (primary level), Magazine sprachen.de/schule/deutsch-als- Klett Verlag (publisher) 'DaZugehören' mainly for schools zweitsprache

learning systems/audio/visioDescription webpage Free audiobooks from various providers, "KIDS" website with audio books lots of ideas (http://kids.t-online.de) www.vorleser.net Free audiobooks for children to downlaod or listen online, Ohrka with top 10 list, categories for ages www.ohrka.de German short video series: Sendung mit der Maus, Barbapapa, Caillou, kleiner roter Traktor, Bob der Baumeister, Bibi Blocksberg, Bibi und Tina, Wiki und die starken Maenner, Lauras Stern, Meine Freundin Conni, die Hexe Lilli, Gummibärenbande, Yakari, die Oktonauten, Robin Hood Schlitzohr von Sherwood, Lars der kleine youtube Eisbaer, Heidi, Lassie wwww.youtube.com A simple learning system with built-in learning controls, for children aged from 2 - 13, different versions for younger and older children, available topics range from Maths to Luek learning system reading, history, learning foreign languages and science www.luek.de/index.xtp The learning system enables independent learning with direct learning control, comes in thre age-appropriate www.finken.de/logico- Logico learning system formats: Logico primo / piccolo / maximo, starting age 3-4 kennenlernen Schubi is a learning media publisher with games and other learning systems for DaZ like; Schubitrix Domino's (also as an app), Schubicards, Fit in Deutsch learning games and Schubi learning systems basic vocabulary www.schubi.com schoener Fernsehen' and Get access to German speaking TV channels through http://schoener-fernsehen.com German online TV recorder download services or online live stream www.onlinetvrecorder.com Deutsche Welle (DW) is Germany’s international broadcaster, listen to slowly spoken German news, watch German live TV news and get podcasts, suitable for older www.dw.com/de/deutsch- Deutsche Welle children and teenagers lernen/nachrichten/s-8030

RadioJojo German radio to livestream for kids from 3 to 13, the digital radio offers programs for different age groups and interest http://radijojo.org/de Kinderradio Livestream radio for kids with popular songs, app available Hamburg, Germany under radio.net (Kinderradio) http://laut.fm/kinderradio Webradio for kids to listen online and webchannels, audio Radio Teddy recordings to listen later http://radioteddy.de The German children's TV channel of ARD and ZDF offers a www.zdf.de/ZDFmediathek/kan KIKA Kindernachrichten news program "logo - news for kids" tailored to ka young aluebersicht/aktuellste/158#/ka KIKA news for children audience, also with English subtitles naluebersicht/158 The German children's TV channel offers videos for specific KIKA TV channel age groups: from 3 years, 6 years and 10 years of age www.kika.de/videos/index.html The German TV channel WDR has a specific "Die Sendung mit der Maus" page with films, songs and stories suitable Die Sendung mit der Maus from preschool age and the "Sachgeschichten", explaining www.wdrmaus.de/sachgeschicht Sachgeschichten how things work in a child friendly way en/filme.php5

Electronic resources revised Feb 2016 online / programs / apps Description webpage

Schlaukopf Online exercises from Kindergarten to higher primary level www.schlaukopf.de Onilo offers animated picture books 'Boardstories' suitable for primary school, they are digitalised children's picture books and enable a shared reading experience, students immerse themselves in the boardstory and the whole group Onilo can read together www.onilo.de The library makes children's books available online for free, good range of German picture books and other books for age range 3 to 13, as families move around more often books are often left behind and it is difficult to find international childrens library children's books in their language www.childrenslibrary.org online learning activities to learn vocabulary and verbs and test with games and audio activities, aimed at lower- Digital dialects intermediate levels of German www.digitaldialects.com Lesekurs Online Program to learn German (as a foreign language DaF) www.lesekurs.com Program on Goethe Institute website "kostenlos Deutsch online free German exercices ueben" (for secondary school, from Level A1-C2) www.goethe.de Lingo is a multimedia internet portal with a magazine for children from 6 - 14, kids can find German interactive Lingo games,Program texts to promote to read readingand listen and to comprehension and exercices with quiz www.lingonetz.de questions to be answered online, based on children's and books for young people, for grades 1 -10, available as an Antolin (Schroedel publishing) app www.antolin.de

First german-speaking search enginge for kids, suitable for Blinde-kuh children aged 6 to 14, co-sponsored by German authorities www.blinde-kuh.de

Mulitdingsda learning Learning software for children from 5 upwards to learn software essential basis vocabulary grouped in 40 subjects, built like (Lehrmittelverlag Kanton a flash card system and offers 14 instruction languages, teaching materials Switzerland Zuerich) available as an app www.lehrmittelverlag-zuerich.ch German educational television programs (Schulfernsehen: SWR, WDR) for DaZ, multimedia package with interactive German learning material and games around two cuddly www.planet- characters, 10 films available, the learning games can be schule.de/wissenspool/deutsch- planet school played online under 'learning German with Mumbro & Zinell' als-zweitsprache/inhalt.html besondere Kinderapps Webpage listing German learning apps for children www.besonderekinderapps.de Webpage listing best apps for children with reviews and beste Kinderapps categories http://bestekinderapps.de/ online languages www.education.vic.gov.au Victoria State Government Free German resources for language teachers and students /LanguagesOnline/ This kids internet website offers multimedia learning Lernspass für Kinder exercices for kids from 6 - 11, videos and games www.lernspass-fuer-kinder.de elsy offers free E-learning sources for German as a second Language DaZ and German learning games such as hangman, Elsy E-learning systems memory, crosswords and other activites www.elsy.at