Links

External links for improving your German

• Deutsche Welle – Learn German online
• Goethe Institut → externe Links to learn German
• DAAD Sprach- und Fachkurse
• DAAD Voraussetzungen for admission to studies in Germany
• DUO online  – Deutsch Uni Online – German online courses to help you prepare for your studies in Germany and to acquire German language skills
• German courses at the regional Volkshochschulen (Amberg, Schwandorf, Weiden, Sulzbach-Rosenberg)
• 1. Amberger Sprachschule
• ISE Sprach- und Berufsbildungszentrum Amberg / Sulzbach-Rosenberg
• Here you will find all general advice on scientific writing: Bremer Schreibcoach 
• Forms and guidelines for the Writing a Bachelor/ Master Thesis at OTH Amberg-Weiden
• Lingoneo Lernportal – Learn German and start speaking now
• Sprachnudel – an online reference book for the German language

English links for practicing and improving your English

• guardian newspaper
• BBC Learning
• BBC Upper Intermediate Courses
• BBC Towards Advanced Courses >> note also the Grammar and vocabulary tabs
• punctuation in English
• English learning portal: "Sprachen Lernen Online"

• a great website on different topics in relation to languages, science or the humanities: ThoughtCo - Lifelong Learning

Technical English/Academic Writing

• Purdue University Online Writing Lab
• University of Manchester Academic Phrase Bank
• Using English for Academic Purposes. A Guide for Students in Higher Education.
• University of Michigan, Corpus of Student Papers
• Anglia Ruskin University, Referencing (Harvard, APA, Chicago, etc.)
• Engineering Communication Program of the University of Toronto
• The Elements of Style. A Guideline on Writing Good English

On the subject of language and culture

• Virtuelle Hochschule Bayern – The vhb offers online courses in all fields that are free of charge for Bavarian students
• Gemeinsamer Europäischer Referenzrahmen
• UNIcert
• Arbeitskreis der Sprachenzentren
• VHS - Weiden/Neustadt,  VHS - Amberg, VHS - Sulzbach-Rosenberg
• Cambridge Test Centre Amberg
• Regionalmarketing Ostbayern
• Literaturhaus der Oberpfalz