https://padlet.com/ymatveev2001/9o24g6qllrxd Made to understand German better en-us 2019-10-18 10:23:41 UTC 2019-12-09 19:50:40 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f1e9-1f1ea.png ymatveev2001 https://padlet.com/ymatveev2001/9o24g6qllrxd/wish/401976847 ISR 1,
24.10.19
https://www.clozemaster.com/blog/german-numbers/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqpwNycAdQY
In the previous two lessons we learnt how to count in German. As I was a bit confused with it because the logic is different to counting in English and my own language, I decided to revise these materials. Firstly, I went to a website where there was a lot of theory and examples about how numbers are formed. It helped me to finally understand the logic of counting in German and also gave me some examples of how to pronounce, write and understand numbers. Secondly, I watched a video about counting. It was very useful because it helped me to check my pronancuation and also, because of the speed of the video, I needed to think and count fast to follow the video, so it helped me to build confidence in counting and pack the material which I studied in my head.


]]> 2019-10-24 12:52:46 UTC https://padlet.com/ymatveev2001/9o24g6qllrxd/wish/401976847 ymatveev2001 https://padlet.com/ymatveev2001/9o24g6qllrxd/wish/406508668 ISR 2, Verb Conjugation
31.10.19

I decided to review the rules of how German verbs are conjugated because I did not really understand how to do it correctly. First of all, I looked through my lecture notes + rules and examples from the book then I drilled the personal pronounces and verb endings which match them, I found it useful because the more your repeat/drill something, the higher chance that you will remember it and I think it actually worked for me because the next morning I easily named all pronounces and verb endings which match them. In addition, I started using flashcards app on my phone to revise and practice/test those patterns on the regular basis. It helped me a lot because I am used to working with flashcards and I remember information better with them, moreover it helps me to track my progress and see my improvements from time to time.



]]> 2019-11-04 20:11:02 UTC https://padlet.com/ymatveev2001/9o24g6qllrxd/wish/406508668 ymatveev2001 https://padlet.com/ymatveev2001/9o24g6qllrxd/wish/410220183 ISR 3
08.11.19
In the last few classes we covered topics such as hobbies, what do we like to do ''Was machst du gern'' and giving directions. In order to practise it, I asked my German-speaking friend to walk around Sheffield (practise of giving directions) and to have a conversation about hobbies. It helped me a lot: first of all, I practised my speaking skills and gained some confidence of using the language; secondly I learnt some new words and phrases which help to talk about my interests better, for example: ''grafischer Roman lesen'', ''Gegenwartskunst'', ''in Schauspielhaus gehen''. In addition, I learnt and understood the correct word order when there is ''gern'' in a sentence. Practising of giving directions was also helpful because I tried both - not only to give (speaking) but also to receive and analyse (listening) the directions, in addition I learnt a  preposition ''bis'' which in this case literally means ''till where'' and helps to clarify and simplify giving the directions.


]]> 2019-11-12 19:55:29 UTC https://padlet.com/ymatveev2001/9o24g6qllrxd/wish/410220183 ymatveev2001 https://padlet.com/ymatveev2001/9o24g6qllrxd/wish/416887611 ISR 4
15.11.19
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nef5kSqmpes
As we learned food items/situations in the shops, I found it essential to practise and revise these materials as shopping is a part of everyday life.
First of all, I revised materials from the lecture about different foods and related articles, and lab hour, as it gave me the basics of understanding the words.Revision of  the materials from the Lab was extremely useful because not only I practiced names of certain types of food, I also practiced saying/spelling of prices from the original leaflets from German shops. In addition, I watched a video about other types of foods/drinks to learn more words: das Eis, die Karotte, die Pommes, der Reis. This video was very useful as they were not just showing the name of the item, but they also shown the correct pronunciation and articles. To sum everything what I did, I decided to make a shopping list in German every week, in order to revise and practise these materials again and again. On my first day I bought all the things which were in my list even without using the translator!


]]> 2019-11-26 20:17:59 UTC https://padlet.com/ymatveev2001/9o24g6qllrxd/wish/416887611 ymatveev2001 https://padlet.com/ymatveev2001/9o24g6qllrxd/wish/421325900 ISR 5
22.11.19
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISG0VpwI1nw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7ObkOvbMtQ

In our classes this week we covered an important element of structuring sentences in German - inversion. As I didn't get the topic, I decided to spend some time revising and understanding it. First of all, I watched a video from the first link which was a bit difficult to understand but still useful because in the lesson I didn't really get why do we need and why do we use inversion, and this video clarified that and shown some examples to me: it helps with cohesion (to connect sentences together, to refer to the thoughts from the previous sentence and continue them); moreover, inversion helps to emphasize and highlight an important information what makes the speech more exciting and clear. Then I decided to actually understand how to use inversion in a sentence correctly. The second video helped me with it: I understood that conjugated verb always (except the exceptions) comes at the second place in the sentence; conjugated verb is always near a subject. I also found this video useful because of the fact that the examples were shown and I got time to practise and write them myself and check the answers straightaway. In addition, not only the correct sentences were explained but also some typical mistakes were shown and it was explained how to avoid them, I made some mistakes but after the explanation, I corrected them and realised where and why I was wrong. Finally, I did my homework about the topic, and after watching those two videos I felt much more confident and didn't have a lot of mistakes.

]]> 2019-12-08 16:21:16 UTC https://padlet.com/ymatveev2001/9o24g6qllrxd/wish/421325900 ymatveev2001 https://padlet.com/ymatveev2001/9o24g6qllrxd/wish/421335627 ISR 6
25.11.19

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_qt231dJzA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gETouvs9mUk

As I felt not very clear and confident about the nominative articles which are the base for other articles like accusative, negative or personal,so I decided to spend some time to cover them in order to understand things better in the future. First of all, I watched two videos from the links above: first video was about indefinite articles, the second was about definite articles. I found those videos and examples very helpful because I was really struggling about choosing the correct type of the article and in this video (about indefinite article ) the comparison was made between them and examples shown: Das ist ein Mann, Der Mann wohnt in Paris. When I saw and understood the example, I realised how easy that was - basically, ein is ''a'' and ''der'' is ''the''. That explanation was very clear and shown with other examples, so after the video I felt much more confident. First video was explaining and showing more details about definite articles ''the''. I enjoyed that video because it helped me with another problem of mine - gender of the articles, different word endings of different genders were shown, so I wrote them down and can check myself when I have any troubles. Finally, I decided to practise all the gained knowledge and did some exercises from the book - this time I spent less time, was more confident and even though I got some mistakes, I could now analyse them and understand why I was wrong and which article suits better in a particular situation.]]> 2019-12-08 17:25:01 UTC https://padlet.com/ymatveev2001/9o24g6qllrxd/wish/421335627 ymatveev2001 https://padlet.com/ymatveev2001/9o24g6qllrxd/wish/421779746 ISR 7
25.11.19
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bD4vSw6AWps

We covered an important theme during this week classes - modal verbs. For this ISR I decided to review the topic and practice myself a bit. First of all, I watched the first video which helped me to revise the topic. This video was helpful because it could explain the structure of the sentence with modal verbs, in which position the modal verbs should come as well as how questions should be built, in an easy way, with a lot of different examples for each verb. In addition, I learnt some new verbs such as ''sollen'' and ''dürfen'' which were not covered in the class and by learning them I expanded my vocabulary a little bit. In addition, in this video there were exercises which you can pass and check the answers in the same video! In order to practise the gained knowledge, I asked my German-speaking friend to arrange a meeting (practising of appointing a meeting with usage of modal verbs and giving reasons/activities for what to do and why). In the meeting we were talking about what we want/need/can do during Christmas holidays. It was extremely useful - I practised my informal speaking German, trained modal verbs and questions with them and, in addition, practised the new gained vocabulary about different activities as well as learnt some words and phrases about Christmas period!]]> 2019-12-09 18:36:46 UTC https://padlet.com/ymatveev2001/9o24g6qllrxd/wish/421779746 ymatveev2001 https://padlet.com/ymatveev2001/9o24g6qllrxd/wish/421814194 ISR 8
06.12.19
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-e4cXgmEy4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxQXEyMMC0E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mojirClzQEs

In order to prepare for my speaking exam I decided to practise/revise some materials from the past. First of all, with the help of the videos I revised German alphabet, as some pronunciations were still not very clear for me. First video was helpful because the presenter shown association which you may use in order to remember difficult or unusual sounds and shown how your lips should work when pronouncing certain sounds. This video combined with the second video worked pretty well as in the second video the pronunciation of umlauts was also shown and alphabet was presented as a song which made it easy to remember and revise German letters. In addition, I tried to go through the Mock exam, which we did in week 10, and create good, developed answers, it helped because I got an understanding of how the speaking exam works and how should I build my answers. Finally, I practised my comprehensive listening with the video from the third link: I listened to conversations in different situations such as: in a restaurant, choosing a book, time, activity etc. I found this video extremely useful because it always got 4 pictures and you could listen along, analyse and choose what people are talking about. In addition, after first listening, the video shows the transcriptions, so you can say the things along with the video and practice your pronunciation what is key for the speaking exam. Finally, it also helped me to revise some vocabulary, for example about time and food, and also helped to extend it, so I learnt some new words, for example, about colours and hobbies.]]> 2019-12-09 19:23:54 UTC https://padlet.com/ymatveev2001/9o24g6qllrxd/wish/421814194