Thursday, May 24, 2012

Website: Go.HRW.com - German

GO.HRW.COM: German is a website by the textbook publisher Holt, Rinehart and Winston to supplement their high school-level German textbook series called Komm mit! (Level 1 book on Amazon.com here - but you don't need the textbooks to use the site). The site offers interactive grammar, vocabulary and culture exercises.


Sunday, May 13, 2012

German Language Interest Abroad

Recent stories about interest of the German language in other countries:

Ghana
According to the Goethe Institute in Accra, interest in the German language has increased in Ghana. Attendance at the Institute's annual German Cultural Festival has gone up, and schools in the area are interested in creating German language programs.

See the whole article on GhanaWeb here.

Seychelles
The Seychelles Minister for Tourism and Culture has asked the German Ambassador for assistance in creating a German language program at the Seychelles Tourism Academy.

See the whole article on eTurboNews here.

India
German is now being offered at the Kendriya Vidyalaya (KV) schools (schools for children of government employees) in Bhopal, and may be expanded to KV schools in other cities. Students who want to pursue a technical career are opting for German as a foreign language.

See the whole article in the Times of India here.