Online Study Materials

Individual Modules

Please note, these pages will be updated and made available on webct before the start of 2008/9. So please be aware that some of these pages are NOT up to date.

A number of our undergraduate modules offer dedicated online teaching materials that can also be accessed from outside the University.

• MLG1001 German Language Exercises and Lectures - This suite of online grammar exercises enables first-year students to practise the skills taught the weekly German grammar lectures. A series of Powerpoint lectures for the topics taught in Semester 1 are also accessible from this site.
• MLG2001 German Language, Written and Oral - Assessment details and coursework information for the Level 2 German language module (Acrobat™ document - opens in a new window).
• MLG2001 Guide to German Letter-Writing - This online website on how to write formal letters in German contains full advice on how to write business letters, job applications and a convincing CV. There are also sample letters and thematically organised vocabulary lists.
• MLG2001 Immigration in den deutschsprachigen Ländern - A series of links to articles and websites that will help Level 2 students to write their essays on multiculturalism in the German-speaking countries (Acrobat™ document - opens in a new window).
• MLG2038 Lessing-Goethe-Schiller - This module website not only supplies information about only the authors themselves and their literary works, but also explains the history of the period in which they lived.

Language resources

The following IT-based resources are aimed at supporting independent language study:

• The Maschler German-English Online Dictionary - The Maschler German-English Dictionary at Exeter uses the "agrep" program to search a word list currently comprising just over 110,000 words.
• A Guide to German Pronunciation - This online overview of German pronunciation offers a concise explanation of the different sounds which you will encounter in a German-speaking country. Numerous sound files allow the user to distinguish between similar pairs of words and to overcome the errors most commonly made by English speakers. In addition to this, a number of online exercises enable you to practise your pronunciation skills.
• German verb tables - A guide to the conjugation of regular and irregular German verbs in a variety of tense and moods.
• German media index - This comprehensive linklist provides access to newspapers, periodicals, news tickers, television channels and radio stations in the German-speaking countries.
• The German Rechtschreibreform - An explanation in English of the spelling reforms that came into effect in the German-speaking countries in August 2006.  

Study Methods

• Introduction to Study Methods - An explanation of how to prepare for lectures and seminars and a guide to library usage.
• Introduction to Essay-Writing - A guide to planning and structuring essays, as well as information on how quotations, footnotes and bibliographies should be set out.
• Writing a Critical Commentary - Key points to be borne in mind when writing a critical commentary.