Close message Due to scheduled maintenance on Wednesday 22nd January 2025 between 5.00 pm until 7.00 pm AEDT, Scootle may face a disruption in service. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

Search results

Refine by resource type

Refine by topic

Main topic Specific topic Related topic
Listed under:  Language  >  Natural languages  >  German language
Video

Can We Help?: Borrowed words: the processes of language change

Do you know any words from another language? Chances are, you know more than you think you do! English is a polyglot language; one that borrows words from other languages. In this Professor Kate Burridge discusses the origins of the phrases 'short-shrift' and 'lily-livered'.

Text

Quirky comics: German – Klebepflaster für alle! 2

This intermediate audiovisual text with transcript is about a young man who receives a mysterious phone call that leads him to different places. Students can use the provided transcripts to read the stories aloud and record themselves performing the stories as plays. They can summarise, sequence, extend and change the beginning ...

Text

Quirky comics: German – Arme Gabi 2

This intermediate audiovisual text with transcript is about students who feel sick at school and have to go to the nurse. Students can use the provided transcripts to read the stories aloud and record themselves performing the stories as plays. They can summarise, sequence, extend and change the beginning or ending of the ...

Text

Quirky comics: German – Ein mysteriöser Tag 1

This beginner audiovisual text with transcript is about a girl who encounters a sequence of bad events while trying to get to school. Students can use the provided transcripts to read the stories aloud and record themselves performing the stories as plays. They can summarise, sequence, extend and change the beginning or ...

Text

Quirky comics: German – Klebepflaster für alle! 1

This beginner audiovisual text with transcript is about a young man who receives a mysterious phone call that leads him to different places. Students can use the provided transcripts to read the stories aloud and record themselves performing the stories as plays. They can summarise, sequence, extend and change the beginning ...

Text

Quirky comics: German – Arme Gabi 1

This beginner audiovisual text with transcript is about students who feel sick at school and have to go to the nurse. Students can use the transcript to read the stories aloud and record themselves performing the stories as plays. Students can summarise, sequence, extend and change the beginning or ending of the stories. ...