Grimm Grammar is an online German grammar reference from the University of Texas at Austin. It is an irreverent revival and shameless exploitation of 19th-century Grimm Fairy Tales for honorable pedagogical purposes.
An online German grammar reference, featuring zany post-modern Grimm's fairy tale characters, authoritative grammar explanations, self-correcting exercises, online audio and cartoon images.
A Worksheet to talk about Hanukah and Yiddish in German class.
Here is a list of fun resources that you can share with your students! They include things like study abroad guides, to different language learning applications.
This OER Assignment was created by Kelleen Rosebaugh and as part of the 2024 World Language OER Summer work and training. Educators worked with Chrystal Liu, Nick Zeigler and Dorann Avey to create OER Learning Plans and materials. The attached Lesson Plan is designed for 9 - 12 World Language Arts teachers for student learning of Mid Intermediate Learners of German. Students listen and fill in the cloze text, then use that text to answer comprehension questions, build background knowledge to clarify text and deepen understanding,This Lesson Plan addresses the following NDE World Language Standard(s): NE.WL.1.2.A NE.WL.1.2.D NE.WL.1.2.E It is expected that this Assignment will take students 20 minutes to complete.
The concept of Data-Driven Learning, the use of corpora in instructed second language acquisition, can be traced to the late 1980s. Despite fifty years of use and a substantial body of literature showing their efficacy in the classroom, language corpora are far from a common pedagogical tool. In fact, teachers attempting to move from theory to praxis will find very few pedagogical manuals or user-friendly corpus tutorials, especially for languages other than English. Incorporating Corpora provides an online manual on the use of corpora to teach German to English-speaking learners. It includes a brief overview of research in Data-Driven Learning, a guide for using Das Digitale Wörterbuch der Deutschen Sprache, and a selection of corpus-based assignments piloted in KU German courses. The manual is be the basis for a series of K-16 teacher workshops during which teachers will explore the use of language corpora in language teaching and will be invited to submit their own activities for inclusion in the project.
This is a module framework. It can be viewed online or downloaded as a zip file.
As taught in Spring Semester 2010.
This 10 credit module will look at some of the ways in which German has been developing in recent years. In particular, we will look at variation and change in sentence structure; ways in which new modes of communication (such as texting, chat rooms and other forms of internet communication) are influencing language use; and the use of particles (little words like doch, mal, schon, etc.). By the end of the module, you will have carried out a small research project that allows you to compare Germans’ actual language use with what the dictionaries, grammar-books and other reference works say.
Suitable for study at undergraduate level 2.
Dr Nicola McLelland, School of Modern Languages and Culture.
Dr McLelland studied German and French at the University of Sydney, Australia, where, after studying for two years in Bonn, Germany, also gained a PhD in medieval German literature. After an MPhil in linguistics at the University of Cambridge, Dr McLelland developed her current interest in the history of people's ideas and beliefs about language, especially German.
Dr McLelland has three main research areas: i. the history of linguistic ideas, especially the history of German grammar-writing, and the history how German has been presented to English learners of it; ii. contemporary sociolinguistic theory as applied to German and to other Germanic languages; iii. narrative techniques in medieval German literature, especially in Ulrich von Zatzikhoven's Lanzelet.
Brettspiel für den Unterricht zum Wiederholen der Kennenlernphrasen inklusive kurzer Anleitung und Kontrollblatt.
In diesem Video erkläre ich den Modus, ein grundlegendes Lagemaß in der deskriptiven Statistik. Der Modus ist der Wert, der am häufigsten in einer Stichprobe vorkommen. Im Video zeige, ich wie Sie den Modus bei Rohdaten, bei gruppierten Daten und bei klassierten Daten berechnen.
Conversation Activities | The Pathways Project
Short Description:
Let’s Chat! German features a collection of over 100 classroom-ready interpersonal speaking activities for novice and intermediate learners. Touching on a range of thematic topics such as free time activities, travel, daily routines, health, the environment, art and so much more, German teachers are sure to find an activity to use in their courses. These activities may be used as is or can easily be revised and remixed to fit the unique needs of individual classrooms.
Long Description:
Let’s Chat! German features a collection of over 100 classroom-ready interpersonal speaking activities for novice and intermediate learners. Touching on a range of thematic topics such as free time activities, travel, daily routines, health, the environment, art and so much more, German teachers are sure to find an activity to use in their courses. These activities may be used as is or can easily be revised and remixed to fit the unique needs of individual classrooms.
Are you a language instructor using Pathways Project Activities? We would love to hear from you. CLICK HERE to provide your feedback and share back activities you revised with the Pathways Community.
The Pathways Project, an initiative from the Department of World Languages at Boise State University, is a collaborative network of open educational resources (OER) including instructional language teaching materials and professional development created by and uniquely for Idaho’s K-16 language teachers and students.
Teachers and students participating in the Pathways Project come from different fields of study and schools across Idaho to create open (i.e., free), digital activities that support the teaching and learning of foreign languages and promote intercultural competence. We hope to impact the opportunities learners have to connect to the global world!
Visit the Pathways Project Website to learn more.
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Through providing the relevant vocabulary and cultural background for the topic, hair, students gain confidence in coping with situations of everyday life. While repeating and applying the input they will develop their listening and reading skills and get an understanding of the recent trends in Germany. Furthermore, students will acquire the competency to compare certain aspects of life in Germany and the US through the final listening activity.
This OER Lesson was created by Chloē Reinwald, Liz Martínez, Kelleen Rosebaugh and as part of the 2024 World Language OER Summer work and training. Educators worked with Chrystal Liu, Nick Ziegler and Dorann Avey to create OER Learning Plans and materials. The attached Level 2 Unit 2: Sports & Physical Activity Curriculum Map is designed for 9 - 12 World Language Arts teachers to adapt into their target language for Novice Learners of Spanish. The purpose of this unit is to learn about sports and physical activities; how they impact physical, social, mental health; value they hold across different cultures; and how they connect people within the community. The following NDE World Language Standard(s): It is expected that this Unit will take students 14-16 days to complete.
This OER is a culmination of conversations, pedagogical practices, and ways of being together that developed as a collaboration between co-authors Borbala Gaspar (bgaspar@arizona.edu) and Chantelle Warner (warnerc@arizona.edu) and the engaged group of students who took part in a year-long series of extracurricular gatherings, which served as an exploratory space for the ideas shared in this handbook. The poetry club evolved from the authors’ shared desire to create a space adjacent to the classrooms in their language programs (Italian and German respectively) where students could explore the aesthetic and affective endeavor of language learning, rooted in the human capacity for exploring alternative ways of making sense of themselves, the world, and their experiences within it.
This handbook is intended as a resource for educators who wish to develop a similar extracurricular club or who are looking for inspiration for their classrooms. In the first chapter of the handbook, we introduce you to the background of the project and the current discussions of well-being in higher education. Part two provides an overview of the conceptual underpinnings of multilingual making and poetic play as ways of engaging with language and language learning. Core concepts and principles are outlined, emphasizing the significance of living together in and through languages, and the role of multilingual making when learning a new language. The handbook explores various forms of poetic play, such as collage, response artwork to poetry, clay work and visual representation of poems. It delves into core principles for establishing a multilingual poetry club offering guidance on creating and sustaining such a club. Sample activities illustrate each example including collage, mixed media, limericks, and remarks from the authors and creators of the artworks. Additional resources such as blackout poetry and other ideas that could potentially further engage club members in creative expression are included as well. Finally, this book concludes with reflections and additional resources for educators interested in promoting multilingualism and creativity through poetry.
After reading this handbook, you will be able to…
Identify the key factors that students indicate as influencing their sense of belonging;
Define and discuss key concepts and terms related to playful poetry and living literacies approach, and relate them to other discussions in the field of second language teaching and learning;
Explore the forms and functions of multimodality and living literacies in the examples;
Reflect on how to apply these ideas into your context.
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Tabelle zur Erklärung und Wiederholung des Nominativs, inklusive Übung zu den Artikeln im Nominativ.
Students will work together to match German sights to their descriptions and try to find interesting facts about a couple of the sights that they would like to know more about. This Lesson Plan addresses the following NDE World Language Standard(s): NE WL Standards: 1.1, 1.2, 2.1. It is expected that this activity will take students 20 minutes to complete.
Students will work together to match German sights to their descriptions and try to find interesting facts about a couple of the sights that they would like to know more about. This Lesson Plan addresses the following NDE World Language Standard(s): NE WL Standards: 1.1, 1.2, 2.1. It is expected that this activity will take students 20 minutes to complete.
In this lab students will create a weather report and practice talking about the weather. Then, students will work together to discuss and suggest activities that are appropriate based on the weather report that they came up with.
Website created by Nancy Thuleen for teachers of German. It contains ready made resources and worksheets German teachers can use in their classrooms for free and with no attribution.
In global surveys of happiness and life satisfaction, Germany usually ranks high. However, these national averages mask large inequalities. In the map shown we focus on regional inequalities—specifically the gap in life satisfaction between West and East Germany.