German_ISR_S2 by Linshan Chu (Sigrid)

Woche 01

lchu3 — 2017-02-23 17:57:21 UTC

Beginning of the 2nd semester in German study
first find the weak points

1. Grammar
2. Vocabulary
3. Listening skills

To develop these points, I started to:

1. Subscribe some Youtube channels and watch them during my breakfast time.
2. Communicate with my friend who is from Germany in German to practice.
3.Make a vocabulary list and make a summary of new vocabulary every week. Apart from this, I will use my free time in the morning to read them and recite them, if its possible, I will ask my friend to read the English meaning and I will write down the vocabulary from momary.
4. To develop the listening skills, I will watch the video from the text book for many time until I can understand the rough meaning, and then answer the questions on the text book.

Woche 02

lchu3 — 2017-02-23 18:07:51 UTC

For the second week, the expression of direction is the major content.
It is hard for me to understand everything in class, so I made a summary for it after class.

Dann sehen Sie die Polizei
Gern sie/reght/links und der Kirche rechts
Gern sie/ die Partstraße/ geradeaus

Gern sir the zwei eche
Nehmen sie/ die erste straße/ rechts
Gern sie durch den Park(go through the Park)
Gern sie uber der Park
(from my notes in the lab)

I found that to write down every thing roughly first in class and do the complete summary when I back to home is a efficient way to learn a language and I really enjoy it now! Y>o

Woche 03

lchu3 — 2017-02-23 18:15:31 UTC

This week I was taught to say the words about clothes and colours, and the expression of direction is important as well.
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resources

lchu3 — 2017-02-24 13:22:11 UTC

[Adjectives and adjective endings]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/german/grammar/adjectivesendingsrev1.shtml
[Nouns, gender and plurals]
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/german/grammar/nounsgenderpluralsrev2.shtml

Woche 04

lchu3 — 2017-03-06 09:35:52 UTC

This week is a revision week for adjective endings. It is a hard topic indeed. The point that easy to be confused with is the judgement of definite article, indefinite article and the 0 article situation.
it can be judged by these questions
Question 1: Does the adjective have an article in front of it?
(Articles are words like der, die, das, ein, mein, unser, dieser, jeder, etc.)

If NO (if there is no article): add the ending that would occur on a der-word for that noun. For instance:
| Deutsches Bier schmeckt gut. | (it would be dieses Bier, so we add -es to deutsch)
| Ich trinke kalten Kaffee gern. | (it would be diesen Kaffee, so we add -en to kalt)

If YES (if there is an article already), move on to question 2.

Question 2: Is the article in the standard, unchanged form?
(This references the second keep in mind described above. "Ich sehe ein Buch", even though Buch is in the accusative, uses the same ein form as the original nominative, so it is in the original form.)

If NO (if the article is different from its original form), add -en.
| Ich kenne einen guten Mann. | (einen, masculine accusative, has changed from the original ein)
| Ich spreche mit der netten Frau. | (der, feminine dative, has changed from the original die)

If YES (if the article is in its original form), move on to question 3.

Question 3: Is the noun singular?

If NO (if the noun is plural), add -en.
| Ich sehe die jungen Kinder. | (die, plural accusative, is in its original form, but it is plural, so an -en is added to jung)
| Keine schönen Frauen waren da. | (keine, plural nominative, is in its original form, but it is plural, so an -en is added to schön)

If YES (if the noun is singular), move on to question 4.

Question 4: Does the article show gender?
(This references the first keep in mind above. Der Mann, den Mann, dem Mann, einen Mann, and einem Mann all show the gender of Mann, but ein Mann does not. Das Buch, dem Buch, and einem Buch all show the gender of Buch, but ein Buch does not. Die Frau, der Frau, eine Frau, and einer Frau all show gender. As you see, pretty much the only articles which do not show gender are ein and its equivalents (mein, dein, sein, ihr, unser, euer, Ihr).

If NO (if the article is ein/dein/etc): add -er for masculine nouns, -es for neuter nouns.
| Das ist ein gutes Buch. | (something needs to show the -s that is inherent to das Buch -- since ein does not show it, -es is added to gut)
| Sein alter Hund war in der Küche. | (something needs to show the -r that is inherent to der Hund -- since sein does not show it, -er is added to alt)

If YES (if the article already shows the gender): add -e.
| Hier ist eine kleine Lampe. | (eine shows that Lampe is feminine, so only -e is added to klein)
| Wo ist der rote Mantel? | (der shows that Mantel is masculine, so only -e is added to rot)

That's it! If you follow these rules correctly, then all adjective endings will fall into place for you. To summarize in a more graphical form:

[Available online]:

http://www.nthuleen.com/teach/grammar/adjektivendungenexpl.html

Woche 05

lchu3 — 2017-03-11 22:34:50 UTC

Just find a new way to develop the speaking skill, which is to record my reading!

Woche 06

lchu3 — 2017-03-14 23:25:36 UTC

Recording for vocabulary in module 7

Woche 08

lchu3 — 2017-04-27 22:50:38 UTC

To summary the progress these days

1. Using quizlet during the free time and do some flashcard test which is really helpful for remembering vocabulary.
2. Reading in the morning is the best way to familiar and have a clear mind to study German.
3. Pre-reading before the lecture and revising after the lecture is really helpful and reduce the chance to forget the important contents.

Woche 09

lchu3 — 2017-05-05 07:13:29 UTC

In week 9 I was taught about how to use German to express feelings and there were lots of anatomy vocabulary as well.

Wie geht's Heute?
Ich fuhle mich krank.
Ich habe Kopschmerzen.
Wo tut es Weh?
Mein Arm tut weh.

lchu3 — 2017-05-05 07:22:44 UTC

Woche 10

lchu3 — 2017-05-05 21:51:35 UTC

For revising, I tried to summary sentences for conversations and read them every morning. It is really helpful and I am feeling that German is becoming more and more interesting.

lchu3 — 2017-05-05 21:59:02 UTC

lchu3 — 2017-05-05 21:59:39 UTC