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German 101 (University of North Alabama)

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Material Type: Textbook

Provider: University of North Alabama

Author: Rebecca Linam

Date Added: 05/03/2022

GERMAN 350  (University of North Alabama)

Introduction

1. 1. Kapitel 1: Familie, Freunde, Bekannte

2. 2. Kapitel 2: Die tägliche Routine

3. 3. Kapitel 3: Das Studium und die Technologie

4. 4. Kapitel 4: Reisen und Hobbys

5. 5. Kapitel 5: Rollenspiele

GERMAN 101 (University of North Alabama)

Digital PDF

Includes:

1. 32. Chapter 3 - Glossary

2. Chapter 1 - Extra Practice

3. Chapter 2 - Extra Practice

4. Dictionary

 Willkommen: Deutsch für alle (Kost and Sawatzky)

    ("Willkommen: Deutsch für alle is an innovative first-year German language e-textbook, designed as Open Educational Resource (OER), for learning German at the college/university level. It features a task-based, communicative approach which provides students with opportunities to communicate in German in a variety of contexts and situations. Through a wide range of activities, students develop and practice their language skills which they showcase at the end of each chapter by accomplishing a specific task.")

German flashcards, diagrams and study guides

("This resource is an online independent studying resource complied of quizzes made by online users who submit them. These quizzes contain important German vocabulary, verb conjugations and grammar rules, sorted by subject.")

Konjugation // Unheilig     (University of Kansas)

("This resource uses the music of Unheilig to illustrate the conjugation of verbs.

In this song, you heard Der Graf repeat a number of verbs, but each time he repeated them, they sounded a bit different. The reason behind that difference is what we call conjugation, where the verb changes according to the subject, or the “doer” of the sentence. For example, at the beginning of the song you heard Der Graf ask the question “Träumst du?” (“Do you dream?”) and then responded “Ich träume mit!” (“I’m dreaming with you”). The difference between “träumst” and “träume” is simply which person is doing the dreaming: “du” or “ich”.

In order to understand what Der Graf is saying, it’s important for us to understand how verbs in German are conjugated.

Watch this short video for an explanation about present-tense conjugation in German, then continue on with the exercises to practice what you’ve learned."

Modalverben // Nena (University of Kansas)

("This resource uses the songs of Nena to demonstrate ideas.

Modal verbs are a special group of verbs that express particular ideas such as necessity or possibility toward a second verb in a sentence.

For example, a couple of common modal verbs in English are “can” and “may”. When we use these in conjunction with the verb “go,” we can express different moods towards the idea of “to go.”

The question “May I go?” asks about permission to go while the question “Can I go?” asks about ability to go.")

Imperativ // Die Ärzte   (University of Kansas)

("This resource uses the music of the punk band Die Ärzte in the lesson.

Whenever we want to tell someone else to do something, we use what is called the Imperative, which is often also referred to as

the Command form.

In this song you heard a number of different imperatives, such as “Mach die Augen zu” and “Küss mich“ as the singer tells another person “Close your eyes” and “Kiss me”.

Because the imperative occurs so often in this song, it is imperative that we learn how to recognize and produce this form

in order to understand what Die Ärzte are singing to us.

Watch this short video and learn how to do just that!")

Der-Wörter // Xavier Naidoo (University of Kansas)

("This resource uses the music of Xavier Naidoo to illustrate "der" words in German.

In this module, we’ll be focusing on the der-words, but we’ll be using the nouns that are mentioned in the song, so let’s make sure

we know what they mean first.")

Akkusativpronomen // Jan Delay  (University of Kansas)

("This exercise uses the music of Jan Delay to illustrate how the words are used.

A frequent occurrence in this song, including the title, is the use of accusative pronouns.

A pronoun is simply a word that replaces or refers to a noun, like saying she instead of saying your mother’s name whenever you want to refer to her. Just like the English “she” changes to “her”, German pronouns change according to how they are used in the sentence.  In the following video we will briefly explain what the Accusative Case is and show you how pronouns are affected by it.")

Die-Europaidee-Zeitalter-Aufklarung.pdf

Medienstunde  (University of Kansas)

("The activities at this site were designed as a supplement to the German textbook Treffpunkt Deutsch, but would be suitable for use with any introductory German curriculum.  As many of the activities require students to navigate German-language websites with a partner , it is recommended that they be conducted during normal class time.  To avoid the pitfalls of having students type in complicated website addresses, links to all of the relevant sites are organized by activity

at http://egarc.dropmark.com")

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