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• German Conversation Table -Meetings are every Wednesday from 1-2 pm in Wesleyan Hall room 115. All levels of German speakers welcome.
• Requirements for a B.A. degree in Foreign Languages (Concentration in German)
• Study Abroad:  ISEP & Magellan--semester-long or year-long study abroad
• :  After-school German for elementary students at the Florence Lauderdale Public Library.  Sponsored by the Goethe Institut and taught by UNA students of German.

Contact information for the German Program at UNA:

Dr. Rebecca Linam Lecturer

Office: 112 Wesleyan Hall Telephone: 256-765-4346 ralinam@una.edu

Study Tools

• - Leo.de is a great English/German dictionary.  This web-site also provides a conjugation/declension table for each word.

Newspapers

•  - The Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung is a very respected publication in Germany and abroad. It features articles on a wide variety of topics. An English version is also available.
•  - The Sueddeutsche Zeitung is published in Munich and often approaches issues from a liberal perspective. It also features local stories about Munich and Bavaria.
•  - Die Welt covers an abundance of topics from a more conservative point of view.

Radio

•  - This station broadcasts popular contemporary music throughout Bavaria and throughout the world via the Internet.
•  - This is a 24-hour, all-news radio station.
•  - This German radio station offers a variety of popular music. You can listen to their broadcasts via the Internet. Moreover, you can request your favorite song on their web site. 

Television

•  - Das Erste Deutsche Fernsehen. This is one of two television stations overseen by the German government. Germans have to pay a special fee (Rundfunkgebuehr) when buying television and/or radio sets. This fee is used to pay for programming on ARD and ZDF (Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen). The ARD offers a wealth of information, including news and sports, but entertainment also plays an important role in the ARD's programming.
•  - Das Zweite Deutsche Fernsehen. This station is also overseen by the German government. During the winter months the ZDF is broadcasting Europe's most popular and successful television game show: "Wetten dass..?" with Thomas Gottschalk.
•  - RTL is Germany's most successful privately-owned television station. The station's programs include the German "Who wants to be a Millionaire?" (Wer wird Millionaer?), live sports broadcasts (including Champions League Soccer and Formula One Racing), and various dramatic series produced by the station.
•  - RTL 2 is targeting a younger audience and was the birthplace of the controversial and worldwide successful reality-TV show "Big Brother".
•  - SAT.1 is one of the most popular and successful privately-owned television stations in Germany. It was also one of the first, when the government lifted its restrictions on the German broadcasting system in the late 1980s. It targets a diverse audience with shows like the Wheel of Fortune (Das Gluecksrad), the Harald Schmidt Show (a late night talk show, similar to Letterman and Leno), and Star Trek (dubbed in German language).

Study Abroad

•  - Treffpunkt Language Institute in Bamberg, Germany offers language courses, which are individually tailored to your needs. The institute not only provides classroom learning, but also offers a great cultural experience and many extracurricular activities.
•  - The DeutschAkademie offers German courses on 12 different levels for a better and more precise placement and we guarantee no more than 5-9 participants in our courses. Our German teachers are selected according to their qualifications, experience and personality, and their teaching methods are modern and communication oriented. We also offer preparatory courses for the TestDaf. Our school is located right in the center of Munich. We organize accommodation at German families or at student residences.