Deutsche Welle tv: using video to introduce business German

Teachers of German can use Deutsche Welle tv broadcasts, available on cable television world-wide, to create content-based teaching modules, even for beginning students of German. While all of the Deutsche Welle tv broadcasts are authentic and geared toward native speakers of German, it is possible to make the programs accessible to students at the beginning level by selecting manageable segments and supporting them with exercises and appropriate reading texts. Using the example of Business German, this paper outlines strategies for developing video units that could focus on various topics and be integrated into existing language programs. (Verlag). (IFS).