|
🏠 |

Introduction to German grammar

In my 35 years of teaching German language and culture at the university level, I have found that the best foundation for learning a foreign language is a thorough knowledge of its grammatical structure. One then can fit vocabulary and pronunciation into that structure. This WWW resource is designed to provide a concise, easily navigable overview of German grammar. It also provides numerous exercises for practicing specific grammatical structures and developing accurate pronunciation.

Although this cannot completely supplant a live teacher in a classroom, it can support self-paced learning and review. I hope that those who want to learn German for enrichment or need it for professional advancement will find this resource useful. I am eager to receive comments from both learners and teachers on its applicability, and how it can be improved.


Navigation
- Top menu       - Submenu for current topic       - Previous page in current topic       - Next page in current topic

Exercises
This button indicates that there are exercises available for this topic. You can utilize these exercises by reading the cue sentence in the left column, clicking in the middle column for a translation, and clicking in the right column for the correct answer.
On the exercise pages, clicking on this button at the top will return you to the grammar page you came from.

This toggle switch at the upper right corner of the exercise pages enables you to turn on or off a feature which pronounces German text you click on. The default setting is "ON". If your device's sound is not muted, you should hear that text created with a synthesized voice. It is quite good, and you can therefore use this feature to practice your German pronunciation, so listen closely and imitate what you hear as accurately as possible.

Record

On the pronunciation pages containing minimal pairs of words that differ in single sounds, this button allows you record your voice and compare your pronunciation to that of the model.


Gary A. Smith (retired)
Department of Modern Languages and Literatures
College of William and Mary
E-mail: gary@hollyforks.com