German program?

[Bluegoat]

Is there such a thing as a German program suitable for an 11 year old?  She's been using Duolingo but we'd like to support it with something grammar based.  But not too heavy, she is already doing French and this is more of an on her own time sort of thing for the summer.

[Epicurean]

If she's still a beginner, Das Ist Deutsch is a gentle introduction to grammar.

[SparklyUnicorn]

We looked high and low for years and the better stuff out there is not usable for someone that doesn't have someone around who can instruct in German. 

 

But what might work out fine is a college textbook.  You can just go much more slowly, but the one's I've seen and used introduced grammar slowly and the explanations were clear.  I don't think it would be too difficult for many 11 year olds.  Those books tend not to assume a high level of prior grammar knowledge.  Probably the only difficulty was the amount of vocabulary one had to learn chapter to chapter.  But, again, you could just move more slowly through it. 

 

 

[Flowergirl159]

I could have asked this exact question! My 11yr old has been learning French and Latin and has been asking to learn German. I had recently thought that this would be something she would have to do in her own time as our school days are already full with our other subjects. So I am keen to see what others suggest. :)

[Miss Tick]

I've just been looking at Fokus Deutsch, which has some videos associated with it (which I found on YouTube) It will be slow going, but I'm hoping to just co-op away at it with that and Anki for flashcard review.

 

This morning I came across dw.com's German for beginners page here:

http://www.dw.com/en/learn-german/german-courses/s-2547

(Sorry about the old-school link, my phone isn't as smart as it thinks)

 

In the interest of full-disclosure I have to admit that I found a very basic German class at the library that I'm going will help round out some of these resources. Hopefully they won't mind my talking over the direction of the class and how they teach it (haha, special snowflake laugh there)

[Bluegoat]

I'll check all of these ideas out.  I have no German at all, so it really does have to be self-explanatory.

 

The university text idea made me think - some of the high schools here have German offered - I shoud see what they use.

[alisha]

I have no information on this, but have bookmarked them for the future as my boys are still too young for this. But you can check it out and see if it's anything you're looking for.

Mission Berlin: http://www.dw.com/en/learn-german/mission-berlin-episodes/s-9837

There's also Slow German (slowgerman.com) which isn't grammar based, but real life listening and understanding. It has podcasts, and they speak much slower than typical German speaker so listeners can pick out things.

 

[Flowergirl159]

Once resource I had found was 52 Weeks of Family German. This sounds okay for use for a family, say in circle/morning basket time. Not sure how it would work for independent study though.

[Arcadia]

My kids used Schritt für Schritt ins Grammatikland for german grammar https://shop.hueber.de/en/reihen-und-lehrwerke/schritt-fur-schritt-ins-grammatikland.html

They use Magnet Neu textbooks and workbooks for coursework.  The Magnet Neu is a middle school series. https://www.klett-usa.com/reihe/1037/Magnet_neu

 

 

 

The university text idea made me think - some of the high schools here have German offered - I shoud see what they use.

 

Deutsch Na Klar is used in high schools and universities here. 

 

e.g. of syllabus

http://web.stanford.edu/dept/lc/german/First-YearFrontPage.htm

 

Another common one is Komm Mit