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Learning Strategies
Ultimately, you need to figure out how you learn best. Here are a few tips that work
for everyone:
Spread it out
Review
Keep up
Ask questions
Make
connections
Travel
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Lernbuch introduction
Weve tried to keep the Lernbuch simple the goal is to let you focus on using what
youve been learning in the Interactive to write and speak your new language.
Below are some explanations of the icons youll encounter when completing your
assignments in the Lernbuch.
In-class
activities
Whenever you see this icon, its time for some small
group conversation practice (your teacher will tell
you the specifics).
Be sure to use the vocabulary youve been studying
in the Interactive and other assignments from the
Lernbuch.
Writing assignment
use separate paper
Model text
Exercise continues
on next page
Writing box
Tip box
1.1
Smalltalk
Hallo!
Write appropriate hellos and good-byes between the people below, at the times indicated.
A. Begrungen
Hallo!
Tschss!
Guten Tag!
Guten Abend!
hello
9.00
Guten Morgen!
Auf Wiedersehen!
good-bye
6.45
14.30
20.00
21.15
1. Guten Tag!
2. Wie heien Sie?
3. Woher kommen Sie?
4. Wie alt sind Sie?
C. Guten Tag
Walk around your classroom and greet the other students using this brief exchange.
Make sure to pick the correct greeting.
S1: Guten Morgen / Tag, ich heie [first name], [first and last name].
S2: Guten Morgen / Tag, freut mich. Ich heie [first name], [first and last name].
S1: Freut mich auch.
1.1
D. Dialog
Take turns with your partner spelling one word from each group.
Circle the word your partner spells.
A
zwei
drei
sei
B
eins
auf
aus
C
sie
sah
so
D
zehn
Zahn
Zoo
E
Alphabet
Aussprache
Anfang
F
Wiedersehen
Wie heien
Woher
Alter
Heimatstadt
Semester
Sauerkraut
Audi
BMW
Kindergarten
Frankfurter
Spiel
VW
Kindermusik
Bratwurst
Klatsch
Mercedes
Einstein
Knoblauch
Schwarzkopf
Porsche
1.1
G. Was ist das?
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Pronounce these in German.
Can you guess what they mean?
Kalifornien
Bayer
Niagaraflle
Mnchen
Bier
die BRD
Hamburg
die DDR
Berlin
H. Interview
Take turns asking the following questions and spelling the answers. Check to make sure youve spelled them
correctly.
Wie heien Sie?
1.1
I. Raten Sie mal!
German and English are closely related languages. Read the German words aloud and write your guess of
their meaning in English in the boxes provided.
Leder
Kartentelefon
Licht
Rotes Kreuz
Feuer
Handy
Preisliste
Backwaren
Antikmarkt
Altpapier
Theorie
Blumen
Kontaktlinsen
Wetterstation
1.2
Smalltalk
A. Persnliche Daten
B. Formulare
instructor
Zu meiner Person:
ggf. Geburtsname
Geburtsdatum
Vorname
Geschlecht bitte ankreuzen
Strae/Haus-Nr.
PLZ
Telefon / E-Mail
Wohnort
wohnen to live
1.2
Spell one of the words in each column for your
partner and have your partner circle the one you
spell. Then spell the remaining two words together.
C. Buchstabieren
D. Aussprache
E. Fragen
kann
Zehen
Sie
Wien
kennt
sehen
sei
Wein
Kunde
sahen
zieh
wann
holen
wie
wie alt
Pizza
Hhle
Vieh
wie ist
Peter
hher
weil
wieder
Pate
Sachsen
Jamaikaner
Europa
Ozean
Spanien
Belgien
Grobritannien
Complete the questions and answers below. Practice reading them aloud.
Information
Frage
Name
Wie
Ich heie
Adresse
Wie
Ihre
Telefon
Wie
Ihre
Alter
Wie
Sie ?
Ich bin
Wohnort
Wo
Sie ?
Ich wohne in
Semester
Geburtsort
Wo
Sie
Semester.
?
?
Ich bin in
geboren.
1.2
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Exchange information with two students in class. Yes, practice asking and answering (numbers,
letters and all) in nice German sentences. Take good notes for exercise G below.
F. Interview
Name
Wohnort
Alter
Telefonnummer
Geburtsort
Wie heit Ihr
Lieblingsrestaurant?
Wie heit Ihr
Lieblingsfilm?
G. Berichten
Responses
Name
Wohnort
Alter
Zahl der Semester
Adresse
Das ist
Er / Sie wohnt in
Er / Sie ist Jahre alt.
Telefonnummer
Geburtsort
Lieblingsrestaurant
1.2
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H. Sich vorstellen
Read the short introductions here and answer the questions below.
arbeiten to work
in der Nhe von near
3
auf Lehramt studieren
to study to be a teacher
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2. Wer studiert?
6. Wer studiert
Englisch?
With a partner, find the cities mentioned in 1.2H on your map of Germany (front cover of book)
and identify in what state the city is located.
Frage: Wo ist Darmstadt?
Antwort: Darmstadt ist in Hessen.
J. Schreiben Sie!
Pronounce @ as ett.
You might use these additional phrases:
Meine Adresse an der Uni ist
Meine Telefonnummer an der Uni ist
Meine E-Mail-Adresse ist
1.3
Smalltalk
Wie viel?
Supply three pictures of people and glue them into the space below. You can use magazines, on-line
pictures, photos, whatever. But do use good taste! For each image, answer the following questions:
Give a reasonable range of heights and weights for the following in meters/centimeters and kilos/grams.
Gre (m/cm)
ein Elefant
ein Baby
ein NBA-Spieler
ein Topmodel (Frau)
ein Bodybuilder (Mann)
ein Snickers (Schokoladenriegel)
Gewicht (kg/g)
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1.3
C. Ich ber mich
Ich bin
Meter gro.
Ich wiege
Kilo.
Ich bin
Jahre alt.
D. Meine Familie
Mein Vater
Meine Mutter
Mein Bruder
Meine Schwester
Mein Grovater
Meine Gromutter
Mein Hund
Meine Katze
E. Interview
In groups of four, ask each other the questions below and fill in the information for each person. Your
information is in D above, of course.
Mein Vater / Meine Mutter ist verstorben. My father / mother passed away.
Ich habe keinen Bruder / keine Schwester. I dont have a brother / sister.
1.3
F. Zusammenfassen
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Prepare to report your results from
the previous section. Your instructor
may want you to write them down
ask and find out!
am grten
am ltesten
In groups of three, decide which thing or person from the list below you would like to describe for your
classmates to guess. Write your portion of the conversation in the box below, so that you can perform it
in front of the class. Alternate between asking questions and giving answers as modeled below.
famous
1.3
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H. Jemand, den
ich kenne
I. Meine Familie
Read about these three families and answer the questions that follow.
Robert: Mein Vater heit Michael Hibt-Senger.
Das heit1, er hat den Nachnamen meiner
Mutter angenommen2. Meine Mutter heit
Susanne Senger. Meine Eltern kommen aus
Herne, zwischen3 Dortmund und Essen. Ich
wohne in Herne, studiere aber in Dortmund.
Melanie: Meine Mutter kommt aus Stuttgart
und ist Deutsche. Mein Vater kommt aus
Frankreich4. Ich habe eine ltere Schwester.
Wir sind in Deutschland aufgewachsen5.
2. Wer studiert?
J. Ein Freund
auf Facebook
half; part
Many of us have a number of Facebook friends whom we have not seen or talked to for a long time
or ever. Describe one of your Facebook friends based on their online information. Make sure to use
vocabulary and phrases you have learned so far. Feel free to include a picture! You may substitute a
friend from another social website, club, or organization if you dont use Facebook.
Geburtsort
Beruf
Hobbys
Charakter
1.4
Smalltalk
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outdoor market
Can you locate all of these places on the maps in your book?
Although you have been in your German class now for a couple of weeks, you probably dont
know everyone yet. Get up and introduce yourself to one of your classmates. Ask them about
themselves and also chat about the weather in your respective hometowns.
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1.4
C. Beckys Blog
Becky is studying in Germany for a year and keeping a blog in German of her experiences. Here are some of
her pictures. Write a short caption for each describing the weather and anything else you think is relevant.
1. Luzern
2. Bayern
3. Kassel Bugasee
4. Grlitz
5. Ulm
6. Wien
1.4
D. Das Wetter
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Look up the weather for where you are now
and for any German city you like. Describe
each citys weather briefly.
You can go to www.wetter.de and www.
weather.com.
Es ist sonnig.
Es schneit.
Es regnet.
Es ist hei.
Es ist kalt.
Es ist bewlkt.
In (your city)
E. Vergleiche
1
2
3
In (German city)
1.4
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G. Wie ist das Wetter heute?
Look outside your classroom window (or remember what it is like if you cant see outside)
and write down three sentences that describe the current weather.
H. Das Wetter
im Winter
im Sommer
viel
ein bisschen
ziemlich
oft
manchmal
sehr
in the winter
in the summer
a lot
a little
fairly
often
sometimes
very