Below are some useful tools for improving and keeping one’s German reading comprehension skills fresh. To recommend a tool for our list, feel free to contact us.
Texts Used in the Daily Portion of German:
- Kafka, Die Werwandlung
- Troeltsch (Theological German)
- Hesse, Der Dichter
- Kunst in Athen
- Rilke
- Pyramiden
- Harry Potter
- Homer
- Van Gogh
- Greenhouse
- Dichter
- Jung
- Vermeer II
- Bach
- Rahner
- Hesse Augustus
German Dictionaries:
- Collins Online German Dictionary
- Collins German Dictionary (Mini Print)
- Collins German Dictionary (Complete Print)
- Dict.cc (Online German Dictionary)
- Linguee (Online German Dictionary)
German Grammars:
- Jannach, German for Reading Knowledge (5th Edition)
- April Wilson, German Quickly
- Eugene Jackson, German Made Simple
- Van Horn Vail and Kimberly Sparks, Der Weg zum Lesen
- Deutsch perfekt
German Vocabulary Lists:
- Jannach German Vocabulary on Quizlet
- Easy Key for German Vocabulary and 100 Important Stems on Quizlet
- Duolingo German Lessons
Additional Resources for Keeping German Reading Comprehension Fresh:
- Deutsche Welle (German Wave Radio)
- Der Spiegel (German Magazine)
- Helmut Ziefle, Modern Theological German: A Reader and Dictionary (Amazon, Logos)
- The Digital Karl Barth Library
- JSTOR (Scholarly Journals Archive)
- Works by Franz Kafka: Kafka is an outstanding writer of proper German, filled with irony and innuendos (Check Amazon or libraries for various titles)
- Walter Bense. An Introduction to Theological German (Out of Print so check libraries or search for it online)
- News in Slow German (Thanks to Rob Plummer at Southern Baptist Seminary for this one!)
- German/English diglots
- Wayne Coppins blog with English/German dictionary
- European Framework for Languages (Wikipedia)
- Slow German podcast (Apple Podcasts)
- Langsam gesprochene Nachrichten (German news podcast)
- ZDF (German TV)
- Sing Kinderlieder (German children’s songs on YouTube)
German Bibles:
- Luther Bible 1912 Edition (Read Free Online)
- Luther Bible 2017 Edition (Amazon, Logos, Accordance)
- German/English Parallel Bible (ESV)
Additional Daily Language Video Blogs (Not Produced by the Erasmus Academy):