The lack of recent posts is indicative of a lot of work going on behind the scenes! I'm currently teaching myself how to create and run a database driven website and working on a complete overhaul of the entire content: almost 700 files of various types and well over 3000 links. In its current form, the site has become unwieldy to manage and that is the main reason that has prompted the change. In addition, the new version will have a number of additional features, and even more content. There's quite a bit more to do before it goes public, but I'm hoping to get most of it done in the next couple of months. I am of course still managing subscription requests for the German Exercises index and I continue to encourage you to contact me with feedback and suggestions. Happy browsing!

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I've incorporated a couple of new German dictionaries into my German translation page. The Redensarten-Index is excellent for idioms and phrases and the Mundmische slang dictionary is a good way to find some phrases that don't tend to turn up in other reference works. There's also a link to the University of Leipzig's Wortschatz-Portal.

On a personal note, as I hinted at in my last post, I have resigned from WMAC to take up a new position in curriculum development. The About page has also changed to reflect this.

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This is a new free download for German. (Scroll down to Grammar charts.) The chart shows the key pattern for endings and how this is applied to articles and adjectives. This learning technique will appeal to those who like easy memorisation tools, analysis or overviews.

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3500 Time is money! If you have spent more than an hour online looking for suitable German exercises for your students, or yourself, then you may have been much better off with a subscription to the Internet's largest index of interactive exercises.

With over 100 topics, it is easy to see what exercises are available online. Every exercise has been categorised by complexity and has been given a description so that you know what sort of exercise it is, who wrote it, and whether you will need extra software to make it work.

A year long individual subscription is AUD29.95 (approximately USD25.65, EUR18.85, GBP12.75) and renewing subscribers have a 10% discount.Almost 3500 exercises (or many hundreds more if you include where I have linked to a group of exercises on a theme) can be accessed through the index.

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I've added some more links to the German cartoon page. As with all external links, however, I can't be responsible for the content on these linked sites. Some have a commercial emphasis, and humour is fraught with the potential to offend. Nevertheless, if you enjoy humour, there may well be something here that will amuse you. Happy exploring!

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A new resource on the Free Downloads for German page is the set of three domino games. These have the same vocabulary as the bingo games. Full colour and ready to print and cut out! These games may be freely distributed, as long as they are not modified in any way.

Use as one station in a "learning stations" lesson, or make multiple copies for whole class use. The cards can be used as a domino puzzle, where teams compete to finish first. As a game, the cards can be divided among the (2, 3, 5 or 6) players who take turns to place a card if possible. Any card can be used as the starting point.

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The German translation and English dictionary pages have been given a facelift. There are new tools there and I encourage you to try them out!

Other minor changes have been made throughout the site, including fixing an omission in the English version of the fruit bingo game. See the ESL Free Downloads page for more information. Just a reminder if you teach other languages - these bingo games only have words on the calling cards, so the sets can really be used for all languages.

Holidays are coming soon, and a major update of resources is planned. Check back regularly, and if you have your own website, please feel welcome to link to any of the html pages.

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The Obst-Bingo game (1482KB) now opens in full!

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The bingo games for fruit are here! Thanks to those who made suggestions for improvements. Just go to German Free downloads or English (ESL) Free downloads to see preview screenshots and download the game sets in pdf format.

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The update includes the new features of free printable bingo games and worksheets for German and ESL as well as a full link check across the site. Many new links have been added to the German Exercises Index, bringing the total number of exercises and worksheets to well over 3200. Many other minor changes have been made as well.

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