Collections

The German Studies Collaboratory by Jen Evans, Elizabeth Drummond, Rachael Huener, Andy Evans, Adrienne Merritt, Jon Berndt Olsen, Heather Perry, Swen Steinberg,  et al. (CC BY-SA)

This collection includes assignments, syllabi, and course frameworks. The teaching resources at this site are covered under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license (CC BY-SA 4.0).

German OER textbook series – Univ. of Alabama by Rebecca Linam (CC-BY)

Several textbooks available through OER Commons .

Supplementary Materials

Dataselfie (CC BY-NC)
A game and resource to teach people about big data and how the data we share is being used and sold.

German Frame-semantic Online Lexicon by Hans Boas (CC-BY)

This open German-English vocabulary resource applies the linguistic theory of Frame Semantics to the language classroom in an effort to teach the meanings of vocabulary items and how to use them appropriately. Includes: videos, activities.

Textbook

A Foundation Course in Reading German by Howard Martin and Alan Ng (CC-BY-NC-SA)

A textbook published by University of Wisconsin-Madison and went through many versions over the years, it is designed to guide a learner who has no previous German experience to gain the ability to accurately understand formal written German prose, aided only by a comprehensive dictionary.

Let’s Chat German by Alexandria Crandall; Amber Hoye; Annika Henderson; Brenna McNeil; Camille Daw; David Crasper; Emma Eason; Erica Laursen; et al. (CC-BY-NC-SA)

Let’s Chat! German features a collection of over 100 classroom-ready interpersonal speaking activities for novice and intermediate learners. Touching on a range of thematic topics such as free time activities, travel, daily routines, health, the environment, art and so much more, German teachers are sure to find an activity to use in their courses.