Previous Beginner 2 Spring 2019
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Current week is in red, past weeks are below.
April 4, 2019
Unfortunately the semester is already heading to its end . . . because, especially with our class I feel, we really "just" warmed up to get going ... but it is what it is.
We are grateful for the organization of LLI offering these programs at such a low price, an astounding selection of classes that attracts so many diverse people, eventually creating a wonderful sense of community. I very much love it.
It was my spring board daring to try something totally new, becoming a sort of teacher :)) . . .
Long words short:
I have created a small quizlet with ten new irregular verbs.
Mantel wieder rausholen! ... by next Thursday, however, we rather likely will be back to spring temperature, hm?
March 21, 2019
NO CLASS THIS WEEK
March 14, 2019
Spring Break Challenge:
Please go back to your writing of your weekly schedule.
Try to put your schedule into the conversational past now.
It might help to read my writing piece from the third week (email #3): Was ich gemacht habe ...
[Click] Past Tense Conversation Piece
[Click] Past Tense Conversation Piece (Audio)
We have not talked about it much yet, but you can see in my sample: the past participle has to go at the very end of a sentence.
Let me show a bit here:
Ich arbeite im Garten.
Ich habe im Garten gearbeitet.
Ich habe am Samstag im Garten gearbeitet.
Ich habe am Samstag von 2-4 im Garten gearbeitet.
If you feel uneasy, stay with very short sentences. Then slowly add a day, or a day time, and then a day and a daytime . . . and so forth.
I might add a few more verbs to our list some time soon. But this should be it for today, ok?
But do NOT stop studying your verbs and always look through our "holy sheet" of irregular verbs; they need constant attention :))
March 7, 2019
[Click] Past Participles Construction Overview
(Different Ways To Form The Past Participle)
Next week we will practice on these "past participle forming principles" (gosh - what a BIG word; not to worry!). For that I'm expanding last week's quizlet with a few more verbs.
You'll see that for some you only get the infinitive form and for some you are getting an additional past participle with bin, for some even an additional present tense form. Don't get intimidated by that. Try to study as well as possible; next week we will work in two groups and each group member can provide some input for the greater good of the whole group.
Looking forward to that!!! :))
Thinking again about Myrna's question what the difference is between vermischen and just mischen and then the "gemischte" Verben ... Ich habe gegoogelt.
Well: Think about doing water coloring and mixing blue and yellow.... Farben vermischen, Farben mischen is not THAT different, almost interchangeable. but, if you have a deck of cards you will: ... die Karten mischen (so to speak you have one single substance)
that sounded to me as the best explanation. Here is a link discussing the difference:
[Click] Difference between vermischen and mischen
Enough for tonight.
Y'all have a wonderful weekend, then three good days of practice and ...
Wir sehen uns frisch und munter nächsten Donnerstag.
February 28, 2019
Past Tense Forms
[Click] Quizlet with practice verbs
I'm using these verbs in this little writing piece below (I'm also attaching an audio for this for your pronunciation practice), which provides sufficient new grammar for at least the next two lessons.
[Click] Past Tense Conversation Piece
[Click] Past Tense Conversation Piece (Audio)
Here is a practice sheet for you to fill out.
Please use your newly gained or freshly updated knowledge to create the correct conversational past forms!
[Click] Past Tense Practice
Wohoo - that's the pay back since you did not receive a single print out yesterday, ok?
Lot's to look through, listen to, study. Hope it's helpful.
February 21, 2019
Here are clock faces numbered for analog (informal) and digital (= formal) readings.
Read those numbers aloud to yourself!
(Also see the following from the first week's lesson):
[Click] Times of the day
[Click] Times of the day (Audio)
Study the above and then print the following form with the blank clock faces
[Click] Blank Clock Faces
Now draw the following digital times:
write the digital times in numbers below the clock, e.g.:
vierzehn Uhr achtzehn - 14:18
After this practice turn the page and draw in the hands with the following analog (informal) descriptions:
1) Es ist zwanzig nach drei.
2) Es ist viertel vor zehn.
3) Es ist halb elf.
4) Es ist kurz vor fünf.
5) Es ist viertel nach sieben.
6) Es ist kurz nach halb sechs.
Here are the solutions. ONLY READ AFTER YOU HAVE DONE THE EXAMPLE.
[Click] Solutions
Second:
I'm adding a weekly schedule of mine.
[Click] My Schedule
Write about your schedule (see my sample); be as simple as needed and/ or as sophisticated as wanted
Remember we have a big mixture of levels, no need to overwhelm yourself nor to hold back.
- Ich frühstücke jeden Morgen mit Milchkaffe und Zeitung.
- Am Montag putze ich, wasche ich, und ich räume auf.
- Am Abend um 7 Uhr unterrichte ich Deutsch bei der German Texans Heritage Society.
- Dienstag Morgen um zehn Uhr und am Abend um sieben Uhr unterrichte ich Privatschüler.
- Am Mittwoch unterrichte ich die intermediate Schüler und Schülerinnen vom LLI. Der Unterricht beginnt um zehn Uhr. Um zwölf Uhr fahre ich nach Hause.
- Am Nachmittag muss ich Unterricht vorbereiten für Donnerstag, drei Klassen; ich schreibe auch viele E-Mails für die Schüler. Alle Schüler bekommen Hausaufgaben.
- Am Donnerstag Morgen beginnt die 1b Klasse um neun Uhr dreißig und endet um elf Uhr. Um viertel nach elf beginnt die Beginner 2 Klasse und die endet um viertel vor eins.
- Um eins bin ich dann zu Hause und esse und trinke.
- Ich habe am Abend um sieben Uhr noch eine Klasse. Diese Schüler sprechen schon sehr gut Deutsch. Sie haben schon lange Deutsch gelernt.
- Am Freitag schreibe ich wieder viele E-Mails; am Nachmittag gehe (oder besser: fahre) ich einkaufen.
- Am Samstag bin ich am Morgen und am Mittag und am Abend ( ….den ganzen Tag) im Garten bis die Sonne untergeht.
- Um zehn Uhr gehe ich schlafen.
February 14, 2019
[Click] Clock Face Terms
- An overview how to tell time as the hands march around.
- Read it out aloud.
[Click] Clock Face Terms (Quizlet - quizlet to practice the new vocabulary)
[Click] Times of the day
[Click] Times of the day (Audio)
[Click] Blank Clock Faces
- Print this out and draw some hands on it and then say the time.
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