How can i expose myself to the german language more outside of germany ?

Question

I'm trying to learn german, and german TV, movies in german, etc etc would be great. I know of websites like hulu.com or other places for streaming american tv...is there anything like that for german ? Or anything i might look into ?

Thank you

Answer 1

Music is always a fantastic way to pick up on a language and it features, word order etc. I found it helps to read the lyrics when listening as well. All my german friends now say that my pronounciation is perfect, and this is all thanks to music.

Some good bands include:

Wir sind Helden - really popular, good poppy songs

Die Aerzte - Been around a long time lol, kinda punk sound

Revolverheld - Really rocking music

Die toten Hosen

Nena

Tom Albrecht

Xavier Naidoo

Tokio Hotel (they sing in both german and english)

Dschingis Khan (find a song called Moskau, its pretty bad but all the Germans I know know it, and love to drink to it :p)

Most of this music should be pretty easy to find, and the lyrics easy as well, simple google search will bring them up!

Also as movies go, I only know one, Run Lola Run, could be worth a look.

All the best

Answer 2

alluc.org

kino.to

but i would recommend kino.to, it's way better...

Answer 3

How about listening to some German music and studying the lyrics?

My current favorite German speaking band is Rosenstolz, listen to them on youtube:

http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=youtube...

Here are the lyrics to their songs:

http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/r/rosen...

Search for other German bands, like

BAP

Die Toten Hosen

Udo Lindenberg

Die Aerzte

Nena