GCSE GERMAN KS4 GERMAN KS3 GERMAN IDIOMS German Speaking Practice Encouraging students to speak can be quite challenging in the languages classroom, and I’ve found that even my more advanced learners can be quite reluctant, especially if the group is fairly large. I use a range of strategies to promote speaking, and idioms, proverbs and fun expressions which sound quite strange when translated literally are really popular - for example, we have regular competitions to see who can get the most idioms or expressions into dialogues and conversations. This works really well for students of all stages and ages. The posters show the literal translation, which generally sounds very odd, such as this particular idiom Das ist nicht mein Bier - That is not my beer! and the correct corresponding translation. We also discuss other possible translations into English, which helps them understand the concept of translation, and that there are potentially many correct ways of expressing meaning accurately. The posters also lend the learning environment a real German ambiance, promoting the everyday use of German.
There are two backgrounds - the German flag looks great, but definitely uses a lot of ink, so you may prefer the poster without a background - this looks just as good! Keep checking back for more posters if you like them, as I have a huge collection!
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GERMAN VOCABULARY CARDS BUNDLE #3
**PRIMARY GERMAN KS3 VOCABULARY, featuring 396 key beginner German words and phrases that will really give your students a flying start German @ £1.50 each in the bundle.** *There are four sets, each set consisting of 198 matching German and English vocabulary cards, so that’s 792 vocabulary cards in total, with an 18-page Reference, Recall and Write workbook, featuring all the words and phrases written out in full, plus three differentiated recall challenges*. There’s definitely some prep involved with the cards - printing, laminating and cutting out - but they will definitely last for years! The workbooks are good to go - print and photocopy, using the staple function on the copier, which will automatically create the workbooks for you. **Written Recall Challenge 1**: students write the English word or phrase from a German prompt **Written Recall Challenge 2**: students write the German word or phrase from an English prompt **Written Recall Challenge 3**: the words and phrases appear randomly, alternating German and English, which is a real memory challenge! **The bundle features words and phrases in the following vocabulary groups:** *Begrüßungen die Zahlen 0-80 die Tage der Woche die Monate des Jahres die vier Jahreszeiten das Wetter der Körper / die Körperteile die Farben meine Familie Tiere Obst und Gemüse Länder Schulfächer Verbindungswörter Adjektive die Uhrzeit Alltagswörter Deutsch im Klassenzimmer Fragen und Antworten* Encourage students to complete the *Notes and Next Steps template*, which helps them to reflect on their learning, and to set progress targets. My students also note down any relevant new vocabulary here too. The workbooks are also ideal for directed class time, sub lessons, homework and revision *All files are non-editable in zipped formats. I’ve also included a selection of my free-to-download resources you may not have seen in my store. Please read the Terms of Use carefully - the bundle is copyright, all rights reserved. It may not be copied, rewritten, shared or distributed outside your own classroom in any way. The license for purchase is a single-user license only.* **VIELEN DANK UND VIEL SPAß IN DER DEUTSCHSTUNDE!**
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GERMAN PRESENT TENSE RESOURCE BOX #1
**KS3 GERMAN GCSE GERMAN KS4 GERMAN PRESENT TENSE CONJUGATION PRACTICE FIVE WORKBOOKS @ £1.00 EACH IN THE BUNDLE** ***focusing on a range of German verb groups in the present tense, with 150 conjugation questions (750 conjugations in total), and complete answer keys*** ideal for **KS3 German** students who are consolidating conjugtion skills, and **KS4 German** students who are beginning to work with compound sentences and longer texts, and generally developing their knowledge and understanding of conjugation and tense in ***German***. My students really like this kind of grammar activity, as they like to work and learn independently, which is a successful way of varying teaching and learning methodologies - I've found it's really important to avoid predominantly teacher-led learning in the languages classroom. **The verbs groups are:** ***regular German verbs irregular & mixed German verbs high-frequency German verbs German reflexive verbs German separable verbs*** ***The workbooks focus on the correct conjugation of verbs, rather than usage***, but I definitely find it useful to remind students of a number of things when focusing on or revising tense and verb conjugation. For example, with ***German verbs***, I encourage students to look for patterns across all the verbs, such as the ***singular pronouns***, including the pronoun ***man*** form being identical, pointing out also that ***man*** is commonly used in ***German***, often also meaning ***we***, unlike the pronoun ***one*** in ***English***. There are certain complexities with ***German reflexive verbs***, as learners whose first language does not have ***equivalent reflexive verbs*** can find identifying the ***correct reflexive pronoun***, and particularly ***dative reflexive pronouns***, and ***positioning them correctly***, quite challenging. Students do often try to conflate what they know about conjugation, and with those whose first language is ***English***, I frequently see attempts such as ***ich bin sich waschen*** for ***I am getting washed*** or similarly ***ich mache / tue sich erinnern*** for ***I do remember***. I refer frequently the difference in usage between ***English and German***, and this is important particularly when explaining when and in which contexts to use the ***simple present and the continuous / progressive present tense***. Though the workbooks focus solely on the correct conjugation of verbs, and does not look at word order in the context of full sentences, there are very ***conjugation patterns*** that students can learn, recognize and apply, ensuring that their ***spoken and written German*** is accurate, and that their understanding of *German* across the skills of ***listening, speaking, reading and writing*** is robust. Students become very familiar and confident the more they work with conjugation, and these quick conjugations certainly help to embed that successfully. I've used these 'quick conjugations' for many years with my ***German*** classes. My students definitely find them to be a great way of practising, reinforcing and revising how to conjugate essential verbs in ***German***. I use them in a range of contexts such as independent work either in class time or at home, holiday refresher work, or individual activities for cover lessons. I tend to give my students regular opportunities to practice the conjugations during the whole schools year, and they find this really useful for mapping their own progress and developing their overall understanding of how ***German*** conjugation 'works'. **Each conjugation workbook has the following structure:** ***Two alphabetical verb reference lists***: German-English and English-German. ***Three conjugation challenges***, each with 50 individual conjugations: **Conjugation Challenge 1**: each verb conjugated in German across a range of pronouns, with students writing the corresponding English verb conjugation. **Conjugation Challenge 2**: gives the infinitive of each verb in German, specifying the target pronoun. Students write the corresponding verb conjugation in German. **Conjugation Challenge 3**: students write the corresponding German verb conjugation, and its infinitive, from an English prompt. ***Notes and Next Steps***, which encourages students to think about how their understanding of German conjugation works, reflect on what progress they have made, what their targets for improvement might realistically be, and what they might reasonably do in order to meet those targets. They also use this page to note any new verbs they learn, which helps them build up a comprehensive verb vocabulary. It's also a useful tool to guide and inform whole-group discussion about learning and progress in general, which is a really popular activity with my students. The ***answer key*** is a 6-page book which is absolutely essential in my view. Answer keys help students develop more independence in their learning, and provide them with an additional opportunity to engage with language and grammar. They also genuinely enjoy correcting their own - and particularly each others' - work! ***Try this quick conjugation workbook sampler to see if it's the kind of learning activity that will work well for your students - it's free to download here:*** **GERMAN QUICK CONJUGATION SAMPLER** [https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/german-conjugation-practice-sampler-12154187](http://) ***Currently in my store I have quick conjugation workbooks for the above verb groups featuring the following tenses:*** *present tense (Präsens) perfect tense (Perfekt) imperfect tense (Präteritum) future tense (Futur I) conditional tense (Konjuktiv II, Futur I) pluperfect tense (Plusquamperfekt) future perfect tense (Konjuktiv I, Futur II) conditional perfect tense (Konjuktiv II, Plusquamperfekt)* ***Have a browse in my store for more German grammar activities, and a wide range of other German teaching and learning resources, with lots of freebies too - I've added a selection here.*** *The product is non-editable in a zipped format. 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GERMAN REFLEXIVE VERBS CONJUGATION PRACTICE #1
**GCSE GERMAN KS3 GERMAN KS4 GERMAN REFLEXIVE VERBS CONJUGATION PRACTICE** *3 workbooks @ £1.20 each in the bundle featuring 25 high-frequency reflexive German verbs in the present, perfect and imperfect tenses, including some not essentially reflexive, such as sich kaufen, for practicing the use of the dative reflexive, 150 conjugations in each workbook, 450 conjugations in total, answer keys & verb lists* ideal for ***advanced KS3 German*** and ***KS4 German*** students who are beginning to work with compound sentences and longer texts, and generally developing their knowledge and understanding of conjugation and tense in *German*. My students really like this kind of grammar activity, as they like to work and learn independently, which is a successful way of varying teaching and learning methodologies - I've found it's really important to avoid predominantly teacher-led learning in the languages classroom. ***The tenses are:*** present tense *(Präsens)* perfect tense *(Perfekt)* imperfect tense *(Präteritum)* The workbooks focus on the correct conjugation of verbs, rather than usage, but I definitely find it useful to remind students of a number of things when focusing on or revising tense and verb conjugation. For example, with the ***German imperfect tense***, I frequently see attempts such as ***ich war mich erinnern for I was remembering*** or similarly ***ich machte / tat mich erinnern for I did remember***. Students also tend to look for a direct translation of the notion of used to..., before they understand that the notion is implicit in the tense itself. I often refer to the difference in usage between *English and German*, and this is important particularly when explaining when and in which contexts to use the ***present perfect, simple past and the continuous / progressive simple past tense***. Though the workbook focuses solely on the correct conjugation of verbs, and does not look at word order in the context of full sentences, there are *fixed conjugation patterns* that students can *learn, recognize and apply*, ensuring that their *spoken and written German* is accurate, and that their understanding of *German* across the skills of *listening, speaking, reading and writing* is robust. Students become very familiar and confident the more they work with conjugation, and these quick conjugations certainly help to embed that successfully. I also tend to introduce the ***perfect tense and imperfect tense*** fairly closely together, as usage of the tenses is not directly equivalent with *English* for example, particularly in *spoken German*, and we can ***compare and contrast*** examples of usage, which is really helpful for language learners. I've found that when my students are able to provide the correct conjugation very quickly, and out of a specific context, they feel really confident that their *German* conjugation skills are developing well, which is a key step in creating and producing correct *German*, in both oral and written form. There are certain complexities with *German reflexive verbs*, as learners whose first language does not have equivalent reflexive verbs can find identifying the correct ***reflexive pronoun***, and particularly ***dative reflexive pronouns***, and positioning them correctly in a particular tense, quite challenging. I've used these 'quick conjugations' for many years with my *German* classes. My students definitely find them to be a great way of practising, reinforcing and revising how to conjugate essential verbs in German. I use them in a range of contexts such as independent work either in class time or at home, holiday refresher work, or individual activities for cover lessons. I tend to give my students regular opportunities to practice the conjugations during the whole schools year, and they find this really useful for mapping their own progress and developing their overall understanding of how *German* conjugation 'works'. ***Each set has the following structure:*** *Two alphabetical verb reference lists*: German-English and English-German. *Three conjugation challenges*, each with 50 individual conjugations: ***Conjugation Challenge 1***: each verb conjugated in German across a range of pronouns, with students writing the corresponding English verb conjugation. ***Conjugation Challenge 2***: gives the infinitive of each verb in German, specifying the target pronoun. Students write the corresponding verb conjugation in German. ***Conjugation Challenge 3***: students write the corresponding German verb conjugation, and its infinitive, from an English prompt. *Notes and Next Steps* sheet, which encourages students to think about how their understanding of German conjugation works, what progress they have made, what their targets for improvement might realistically be, and what they might reasonably do in order to meet those targets. Students also note down any new verbs they discover, which enables them to build up a really sound verb vocabulary bank. We also use this to guide our whole-group discussions about conjugation and German grammar, and learning and progress in general - this is a really successful and popular activity. *answer key*: there are 6 pages in the answer key book - for me, answer keys are an essential and integral part of learning with these kinds of workbooks - they give my students an additional opportunity to engage with language, they certainly help them develop more independence in their learning, and they genuinely enjoy 'correcting' their own, and especially each other's work. ***Currently in my store I have quick conjugation workbooks for a range of verb groups featuring the following tenses:*** present tense *(Präsens)* perfect tense *(Perfekt)* imperfect tense *(Präteritum)* future tense *(Futur I)* conditional tense *(Konjuktiv II, Futur I)* pluperfect tense *(Plusquamperfekt)* future perfect tense *(Konjuktiv I, Futur II)* conditional perfect tense *(Konjuktiv II, Plusquamperfekt)* ***Have a browse in my store for more German grammar activities, and a wide range of other German teaching and learning resources, with special offer bundles and lots of freebies too - I've included a couple here for you to have a look at.*** *This resource consists of non-editable files in a zipped format. It is copyright, all rights reserved. It may not be copied, rewritten, shared or distributed outside your own classroom in any way. The license for purchase is a single-user license only. Please read the Terms of Use carefully.* **VIELEN DANK UND VIEL SPAß BEIM KONJUGIEREN!**
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brilliant for display danke
I really like this kind of classroom display thanks
Really love these idioms posters!
thanks
Idioms are really useful for language learning and the posters look great
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