Native-media study sheets

One clip a week with vocabulary, register notes, and a task — then bridge into Explorer families and output practice.

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Language: German. Picks here save as your site default for other tools.

Twelve weeks × four languages with named broadcast desks and fallback rules when clips rotate. Task A is neutral summary + retell; Task B rewrites a spoken line as a formal lead.

Week 1 · Housing / rent policy

Source desk: Tagesschau in 100 Sekunden

How to find this week’s clip: Use today’s 100-second bulletin; if unavailable, Tagesschau 20 Uhr lead story ≤3 minutes. — also use your listening picker.

If the clip rotated: If that exact clip is gone, pick the same desk’s top story under 5 minutes on the same theme — do not switch to entertainment vlogs.

Vocab focus: Wohnung · Miete · Zuschuss · Antrag · Ministerium

Register note: Sie-register in politics; written summary stays neutral.

Task A: Write a 90-word neutral summary; list 3 register-sensitive verbs/phrases; retell aloud 60–90 seconds.

Task B: Rewrite one spoken sentence as a formal written lead.

Open Explorer Output workshop Assessed tasks

Week 2 · Transport disruption

Source desk: Deutschlandfunk Nachrichten

How to find this week’s clip: Transport Störung flash. — also use your listening picker.

If the clip rotated: If that exact clip is gone, pick the same desk’s top story under 5 minutes on the same theme — do not switch to entertainment vlogs.

Vocab focus: Verspätung · Bahnsteig · Störung · Fahrgast · wiederherstellen

Register note: Sie-register in politics; written summary stays neutral.

Task A: Write a 90-word neutral summary; list 3 register-sensitive verbs/phrases; retell aloud 60–90 seconds.

Task B: Rewrite one spoken sentence as a formal written lead.

Open Explorer Output workshop Assessed tasks

Week 3 · Culture interview

Source desk: Kulturinterview (DLF/Tagesschau)

How to find this week’s clip: Short culture interview. — also use your listening picker.

If the clip rotated: If that exact clip is gone, pick the same desk’s top story under 5 minutes on the same theme — do not switch to entertainment vlogs.

Vocab focus: Werk · Premiere · Publikum · Kritik · Laufbahn

Register note: Sie-register in politics; written summary stays neutral.

Task A: Write a 90-word neutral summary; list 3 register-sensitive verbs/phrases; retell aloud 60–90 seconds.

Task B: Rewrite one spoken sentence as a formal written lead.

Open Explorer Output workshop Assessed tasks

Week 4 · Opinion vs news

Source desk: News + Kommentar pair

How to find this week’s clip: Hard news + opinion on same topic. — also use your listening picker.

If the clip rotated: If that exact clip is gone, pick the same desk’s top story under 5 minutes on the same theme — do not switch to entertainment vlogs.

Vocab focus: laut · jedoch · Quellen · behaupten · einräumen

Register note: Sie-register in politics; written summary stays neutral.

Task A: Write a 90-word neutral summary; list 3 register-sensitive verbs/phrases; retell aloud 60–90 seconds.

Task B: Rewrite one spoken sentence as a formal written lead.

Open Explorer Output workshop Assessed tasks

Week 5 · Climate / weather event

Source desk: Wetterwarnung (DWD / Tagesschau)

How to find this week’s clip: Severe weather warning. — also use your listening picker.

If the clip rotated: If that exact clip is gone, pick the same desk’s top story under 5 minutes on the same theme — do not switch to entertainment vlogs.

Vocab focus: Warnung · Hochwasser · Temperatur · Unterkunft · Maßnahme

Register note: Sie-register in politics; written summary stays neutral.

Task A: Write a 90-word neutral summary; list 3 register-sensitive verbs/phrases; retell aloud 60–90 seconds.

Task B: Rewrite one spoken sentence as a formal written lead.

Open Explorer Output workshop Assessed tasks

Week 6 · Education reform

Source desk: Bildungsreform flash

How to find this week’s clip: School/exam policy. — also use your listening picker.

If the clip rotated: If that exact clip is gone, pick the same desk’s top story under 5 minutes on the same theme — do not switch to entertainment vlogs.

Vocab focus: Lehrplan · Prüfung · Lehrkraft · Finanzierung · Chancengleichheit

Register note: Sie-register in politics; written summary stays neutral.

Task A: Write a 90-word neutral summary; list 3 register-sensitive verbs/phrases; retell aloud 60–90 seconds.

Task B: Rewrite one spoken sentence as a formal written lead.

Open Explorer Output workshop Assessed tasks

Week 7 · Labor / strike

Source desk: Streik / Tarife

How to find this week’s clip: Union negotiation update. — also use your listening picker.

If the clip rotated: If that exact clip is gone, pick the same desk’s top story under 5 minutes on the same theme — do not switch to entertainment vlogs.

Vocab focus: Gewerkschaft · verhandeln · Lohn · Streik · Einigung

Register note: Sie-register in politics; written summary stays neutral.

Task A: Write a 90-word neutral summary; list 3 register-sensitive verbs/phrases; retell aloud 60–90 seconds.

Task B: Rewrite one spoken sentence as a formal written lead.

Open Explorer Output workshop Assessed tasks

Week 8 · Health public notice

Source desk: Gesundheitsamt notice via news

How to find this week’s clip: Public health appointment/vaccine notice. — also use your listening picker.

If the clip rotated: If that exact clip is gone, pick the same desk’s top story under 5 minutes on the same theme — do not switch to entertainment vlogs.

Vocab focus: Klinik · Impfung · Termin · Symptom · Prävention

Register note: Sie-register in politics; written summary stays neutral.

Task A: Write a 90-word neutral summary; list 3 register-sensitive verbs/phrases; retell aloud 60–90 seconds.

Task B: Rewrite one spoken sentence as a formal written lead.

Open Explorer Output workshop Assessed tasks

Week 9 · Tech / privacy

Source desk: Datenschutz flash

How to find this week’s clip: Privacy regulation story. — also use your listening picker.

If the clip rotated: If that exact clip is gone, pick the same desk’s top story under 5 minutes on the same theme — do not switch to entertainment vlogs.

Vocab focus: Daten · Einwilligung · Leak · Regulierung · Nutzer

Register note: Sie-register in politics; written summary stays neutral.

Task A: Write a 90-word neutral summary; list 3 register-sensitive verbs/phrases; retell aloud 60–90 seconds.

Task B: Rewrite one spoken sentence as a formal written lead.

Open Explorer Output workshop Assessed tasks

Week 10 · Elections local

Source desk: Kommunalwahl bulletin

How to find this week’s clip: Local election flash. — also use your listening picker.

If the clip rotated: If that exact clip is gone, pick the same desk’s top story under 5 minutes on the same theme — do not switch to entertainment vlogs.

Vocab focus: Stimme · Kandidat · Wahlbeteiligung · Debatte · Gemeinde

Register note: Sie-register in politics; written summary stays neutral.

Task A: Write a 90-word neutral summary; list 3 register-sensitive verbs/phrases; retell aloud 60–90 seconds.

Task B: Rewrite one spoken sentence as a formal written lead.

Open Explorer Output workshop Assessed tasks

Week 11 · Immigration / asylum (neutral)

Source desk: Asyl/Verwaltungs tip (neutral)

How to find this week’s clip: Procedural deadline report. — also use your listening picker.

If the clip rotated: If that exact clip is gone, pick the same desk’s top story under 5 minutes on the same theme — do not switch to entertainment vlogs.

Vocab focus: Antrag · Status · Amt · Frist · Unterstützung

Register note: Sie-register in politics; written summary stays neutral.

Task A: Write a 90-word neutral summary; list 3 register-sensitive verbs/phrases; retell aloud 60–90 seconds.

Task B: Rewrite one spoken sentence as a formal written lead.

Open Explorer Output workshop Assessed tasks

Week 12 · Sports governance

Source desk: Verbands-Sanktion Sport

How to find this week’s clip: Federation sanction flash. — also use your listening picker.

If the clip rotated: If that exact clip is gone, pick the same desk’s top story under 5 minutes on the same theme — do not switch to entertainment vlogs.

Vocab focus: Verband · Sanktion · Fairness · Untersuchung · Einspruch

Register note: Sie-register in politics; written summary stays neutral.

Task A: Write a 90-word neutral summary; list 3 register-sensitive verbs/phrases; retell aloud 60–90 seconds.

Task B: Rewrite one spoken sentence as a formal written lead.

Open Explorer Output workshop Assessed tasks