Difficulty: Beginner
Germany High German
Lisa and Sebastian talk about her job as a German teacher. Lisa wants to do justice to all her students, but her work schedule is already very stressful. Sebastian has an idea...
Difficulty: Beginner
Germany High German
Lisa's class is discussing the topic of professions and particularly how different jobs are connected with certain stereotypes related to gender. She wants to encourage her students to pursue their interests and not be daunted by these stereotypes.
Difficulty: Beginner
Germany High German
Pepe talks to Nico and Yara about how things are going at his company. Nico tells him about his plan to start an apprenticeship working for Yara. Pepe is a little surprised that Nico wouldn't prefer to go to university.
Difficulty: Beginner
Germany High German
Max and Tarek put their plan to deliver food to charitable organizations into action. Nico is making progress towards starting his apprenticeship.
Difficulty: Beginner
Germany High German
Selma talks to Lisa about her internship, which she is really enjoying! She's learning a lot of new things and is even allowed to submit her own design proposal in the tendering process for a project.
Difficulty: Beginner
Germany High German
Sebastian is the best student in his year at college! And he has even more great news to share with his roommates...
Difficulty: Intermediate
Germany
Nina Chuba, real name Nina Katrin Kaiser, is not only a singer but also an actress. On August 12, 2022, she released the song "Wildberry Lillet," which went straight to number 1 in the German single charts and features the rapper Juju.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Germany
The inimitable Nina Hagen sings a version of the classic German pop song "Du hast den Farbfilm vergessen" ("You forgot the color film").
Difficulty: Intermediate
Germany
Germany's godmother of punk Nina Hagen sings an ode to New York City.
Difficulty: Beginner
Germany
Nora Gomringer is a poet and writer who recently won the prestigious Ingeborg-Bachmann-Preis. In this video, she reads a poem by the German author and painter Hans Bötticher, who was better known by his pen name Joachim Ringelnatz.
Difficulty: Beginner
Germany South German
Just imagine: You’re on the subway, playing around on your phone or lost in thoughts, when suddenly a flash mob materializes — and you're in the middle of a professional choir singing Christmas carols! It happened in Stuttgart, when the SWR (Southwest Broadcasting) Vocal Ensemble brought Christmas cheer to a car packed with passengers – some of whom were moved to sing along.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Germany
Construction is the biggest source of political corruption in the world, and here a case in point: the existence of hermit Friedmunt Sonnemann is being threatened by the construction of an elevated Moselle River overpass, that according to critics is neither wanted nor needed by the inhabitants. (video copyright dpa)
Difficulty: Intermediate
Germany Bavarian
Arabella from beQueen reports live from the famous-notorious Oktoberfest.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Germany Bavarian
In the second part of the report from Oktoberfest, Arabella of beQueen meets a horse and a real Bavarian.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Germany Bavarian
A warm welcome to a visit of Therese’s Meadow. The interview reveals some crazy things people do at Oktoberfest. You will also find out how the name Theresienwiese [Therese’s Meadow] came about. A video by beQueen.
Difficulty: Beginner
Germany
Singer-songwriter "Olli Schulz" gives us a very funny and intelligently written pop song with an equally well-executed video, poking fun at gender roles in the sports world.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Germany
What is happening to Germany's reputation as a sport-friendly country? A referendum in Bavaria has made it clear, that they do not wish to host the Olympics in the foreseeable future. (video copyright dpa)
Difficulty: Beginner
Germany
Concentration, agility and leaping ability... Beach volleyball sounds like an enjoyable leisure activity, but it is both an Olympic sport and and a tough, serious professional sport. Enjoy!
Copyright: Deutsche Presse Agentur [The German Press Agency]
Difficulty: Intermediate
Germany
The swimming style known as Butterfly (or previously as Dolphin-style), is recognised as an official swimming style since 1953. This video explains how top athletes achieve excellence in the pool.
Copyright: Deutsche Presse Agentur [The German Press Agency]
Difficulty: Intermediate
Germany
Diving from a tower is officially called platform diving, and has a long Olympic tradition, having been an official Olympic sport since 1904.
Copyright: Deutsche Presse Agentur [The German Press Agency]
Difficulty: Intermediate
Germany
The high jump has been an Olympic discipline since 1896 for men and since 1928 for women. In this clip, the predominant jumping technique, the Fosbury flop, is explained and demonstrated step-by-step. Copyright: Deutsche Presse Agentur [The German Press Agency]
Difficulty: Intermediate
Germany
BMX riders are the cool rebels who do their awesome bike tricks on the back streets, right? Not quite: BMX has now hit the big time and made it to the Olympic Games.
Copyright: Deutsche Presse Agentur [The German Press Agency]
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Germany
The residents of Hamburg were once in favor of hosting the Olympic Games, but did they know what it would entail for the daily life in their city?
Difficulty: Intermediate
Germany
It is the latest hype on the internet: traffic planning in Schwäbisch Gmünd. A Facebook group has called out in grand style to find a name for the new city tunnel. Tens of thousands have voted for the "Bud Spencer Tunnel", named after the Spaghetti-Western film star!
Copyright: Deutsche Presse Agentur [The German Press Agency]
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