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German Language Resources for Students and Teachers: Current Events
This guide provides resources to support learning and teaching of the German language.
This magazine provide analysis and information on topical issues in Germany and Europe and reports on bilateral relations with other regions of the world.
The ARD's newsprogram, Tagesschau, can be viewed online or via a smartphone. (The web site provides links and QR codes to enable download of the relevant smartphone apps.)
News sites for children cover important news in German-speaking countries, but use slower speech and shorter, simpler sentences. These are great sites for beginners to practice listening.
The site offers news broadcasts from the Deutsche Welle, spoken more slowly, and with clearer articulation, for learners. As with many of the DW's broadcasts, users can subscribe to the Slowly Spoken News Reports.
