This guide is a summary of ideas for enhancing the teaching of German through direct contact with Germany or German people without traveling abroad. The following ideas are highlighted: (1) correspondence (pen pals) with students in Germany; (2) audiotape recordings as an alternative to letter writing; (3) the exchange of videotape recordings with a classroom in Germany; (4) using realia; (5) inviting a native speaker to class; (6) visiting a local German institution (i.e., restaurant or business); (7) producing a German play; and (8) conference calling. (VWL)