https://padlet.com/hlmckenna1/8qyi165xusa3 en-us 2017-10-12 16:34:50 UTC 2018-04-25 19:58:43 UTC hello@padlet.com hlmckenna1 https://padlet.com/hlmckenna1/8qyi165xusa3/wish/196522755 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=41YNYW4vgV8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WHUtw33SQU

Practice pronunciation of the common phrases from the first couple of weeks. These are short so I have watched all of these videos several times and most days to memorise the information, and more in the series, and practised by pausing the video and saying the phrases aloud. I have also written down any useful phrases and answers. After a few weeks I am confident answering these questions hence I believe that this resource really helped me. ]]> 2017-10-12 16:38:04 UTC https://padlet.com/hlmckenna1/8qyi165xusa3/wish/196522755 hlmckenna1 https://padlet.com/hlmckenna1/8qyi165xusa3/wish/199747496 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juXWp1DT-_k

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEmQjFvovAY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_kw0YDA5WY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGaDIykqmwQ

Practicing the numbers and some common phrases including daily routine. As before,  I have watched all of these videos several times and more in the series and practised by pausing the video and saying the phrases aloud. I have also written down any useful phrases and answers. I also wrote down the pronunciation to remember trickier words. As these videos are short I feel I can absorb the information easily and I took 5 minutes between each to practice and write down anything I didn't know to look up.]]> 2017-10-23 18:58:56 UTC https://padlet.com/hlmckenna1/8qyi165xusa3/wish/199747496 hlmckenna1 https://padlet.com/hlmckenna1/8qyi165xusa3/wish/203155411 https://www.bbc.co.uk/education/guides/zx3qxsg/revision/4

http://www.dummies.com/languages/german/talking-about-your-family-in-german/

Some revision of family for my assignment. I mostly focused on the correct einen/eine/ein or der/die/das to use. I looked at all the masculine/feminine/neuter words I could find and wrote tables of the most useful ones. I need more practice on this so I will refer back to it a lot. I think this resource is very helpful! I am starting to know these without checking each time and will keep referring back until I know as many as possible off by heart. ]]> 2017-11-03 01:18:15 UTC https://padlet.com/hlmckenna1/8qyi165xusa3/wish/203155411 hlmckenna1 https://padlet.com/hlmckenna1/8qyi165xusa3/wish/208522098 'German for Dummies' book
Looking at grammar and masculine/feminine/neutral words and conjugation. Writing out any useful phrases which I have not seen in the textbook. I will use this as a book I can refer back to for extra information on top of what is in the set textbook. This was especially helpful for the essential homeworks as it helped me to develop phrases which were more complex perhaps than those seen in labs and classes. ]]> 2017-11-19 20:19:31 UTC https://padlet.com/hlmckenna1/8qyi165xusa3/wish/208522098 hlmckenna1 https://padlet.com/hlmckenna1/8qyi165xusa3/wish/209558207 Practicing speaking with my friend who has an A Level in German.
I had her ask a variety of questions which we have covered so far and I formulated an answer for each with the help of my notes. Some examples are 'Um wie viel Uhr...?' 'Hast du einen....' 'Was machst du gern/nicht gern?' I have identified from this areas which need more work and areas I am confident with. ]]> 2017-11-22 21:29:40 UTC https://padlet.com/hlmckenna1/8qyi165xusa3/wish/209558207 hlmckenna1 https://padlet.com/hlmckenna1/8qyi165xusa3/wish/211368100 http://context.reverso.net/translation/
Looking at how people have translated phrases into German by looking at real German articles and film scripts to find a translation which makes sense in the right context. 
Looking to see how modal verbs have been translated. This is helpful for my essential homework 2 and also the January exam. ]]> 2017-11-29 13:19:43 UTC https://padlet.com/hlmckenna1/8qyi165xusa3/wish/211368100 hlmckenna1 https://padlet.com/hlmckenna1/8qyi165xusa3/wish/211368475 Easy Learning German Grammar Book (Collins Easy Learning German) 
Checking how to conjugate the most useful verbs and writing these out myself in tables to practice using and learn. Looking at patterns of conjugation and which verbs are irregular. Starting to learn these. This is a very useful book to refer back to and I plan to use it up until the exam as verb ending reference. ]]> 2017-11-29 13:20:46 UTC https://padlet.com/hlmckenna1/8qyi165xusa3/wish/211368475 hlmckenna1 https://padlet.com/hlmckenna1/8qyi165xusa3/wish/214452215 I made flashcards with an extensive list of questions I could think of from the start of the course up until 'Zu Hause' and wrote these on flashcards. I have been practising these everyday both by myself and with other people in breaks between lectures to try and memorise them. I have looked at a few different types of sentence structure for each one. I have also been revisiting videos on pronunciation to try and get it right when I am unsure. ]]> 2017-12-08 12:07:37 UTC https://padlet.com/hlmckenna1/8qyi165xusa3/wish/214452215 hlmckenna1 https://padlet.com/hlmckenna1/8qyi165xusa3/wish/214453169 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpBPaDI5Ig

Since the mock oral speaking exam I have been going back over my notes and reviewing the simpler things such as the alphabet letters 'e' and 'z' and the numbers 10-20 which I could not remember under pressure and testing myself on them. I have written them on flashcards to test and  also looked up videos online which I have watched every few days to refresh my memory as it is only short. I feel that I can now spell my name and the name of family members etc with little or no pausing hence I believe this has been an effective way to learn. ]]> 2017-12-08 12:13:04 UTC https://padlet.com/hlmckenna1/8qyi165xusa3/wish/214453169