Independent Study Record by Torr Fischman https://padlet.com/tfischman1/qnuolmmjyl3q en-us 2017-02-26 15:45:18 UTC 2017-05-05 16:42:46 UTC hello@padlet.com ISR 1 Date: 26/02/2017 tfischman1 https://padlet.com/tfischman1/qnuolmmjyl3q/wish/156251001 Duolingo:

Achieved 8% fluency and completed up to body 1 and dative prepositions.

Duolingo is very helpful for learning a variety of vocabulary even though it does not teach grammar or explain conjugations.
I will practice Duolingo for at least every other day until I can read Das Kapital.
 

]]> 2017-02-26 15:48:08 UTC https://padlet.com/tfischman1/qnuolmmjyl3q/wish/156251001 ISR 2 Date 04/03/2017 tfischman1 https://padlet.com/tfischman1/qnuolmmjyl3q/wish/157787892 Speaking with a friend in German:

My friend studies Law with German Law at Sheffield. I have learnt some complex German legal terminology. I speak as much German as possible with her and she corrects and teaches me when I'm wrong.

We went through basic German grammar rules such as: structuring sentences in terms of time, manner, place and using Kein for nouns, and nicht for verbs.
]]> 2017-03-04 16:16:17 UTC https://padlet.com/tfischman1/qnuolmmjyl3q/wish/157787892 ISR 3 14/03/2017 tfischman1 https://padlet.com/tfischman1/qnuolmmjyl3q/wish/161270973 Learning conjunctions and how to use them from the following video; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5NQ105_S_Y.

I managed to learn the three types of conjunctions: Coordinating, subordinating, and jedoch,also,totzdem.

The video explains how to use them and how they affect sentence structure. For example, subordinating conjunctions push the verb to the end of the sentence.]]> 2017-03-20 17:37:46 UTC https://padlet.com/tfischman1/qnuolmmjyl3q/wish/161270973 ISR 4 21/03/2017 tfischman1 https://padlet.com/tfischman1/qnuolmmjyl3q/wish/161465412 Learning the 4 cases and how to use them.
http://www.jabbalab.com/blog/795/how-the-german-cases-work-nominative-accusative-dative-and-genitive

I learnt when/how to use each case and wrote up some example sentences.

Although I now understand the rules, there are are a lot of nouns and article endings that will need to be memorised]]> 2017-03-21 12:37:26 UTC https://padlet.com/tfischman1/qnuolmmjyl3q/wish/161465412 ISR 6 Date: 06/04/2017 tfischman1 https://padlet.com/tfischman1/qnuolmmjyl3q/wish/165210844 Learning the Prepositions

I learnt the most commonly used prepositions and made a table for which belonged to which case.

I also wrote examples to show when the cases change for two-way-prepositions.

This will help to correct basic sentences and phrases when using the different cases.]]> 2017-04-06 17:14:26 UTC https://padlet.com/tfischman1/qnuolmmjyl3q/wish/165210844 ISR 7 Date: 11/04/2017 tfischman1 https://padlet.com/tfischman1/qnuolmmjyl3q/wish/165886493 Translating music

I wrote out the lyrics of a German song in German and then worked out the translation in English for each line.

This helped learn random vocabulary and commonly used phrases in German.]]> 2017-04-11 14:04:08 UTC https://padlet.com/tfischman1/qnuolmmjyl3q/wish/165886493 ISR 5 29/03/2017 tfischman1 https://padlet.com/tfischman1/qnuolmmjyl3q/wish/166154808 Revising basic grammar by looking at German word order.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ds8m4H9hzpw

This helped me remember how to use sentence structure properly so that I won't make as many basic mistakes in the future.

The video explains a variety of word types and how to exactly use them together.]]> 2017-04-12 19:08:12 UTC https://padlet.com/tfischman1/qnuolmmjyl3q/wish/166154808 ISR 8 Date: 05/05/2017 tfischman1 https://padlet.com/tfischman1/qnuolmmjyl3q/wish/170222805 Drawing tables for definite and indefinite articles for all the genders and cases.

This helped to consolidate the articles for each case and will be a useful visual guide for when I forget the articles in the future. I also included all the adjective endings for each case which will prepare me for when I learn how to use them properly.]]> 2017-05-05 16:31:57 UTC https://padlet.com/tfischman1/qnuolmmjyl3q/wish/170222805