https://padlet.com/adwalker11/rmvnvxw9jlk7 ISR for MLT106 en-us 2019-10-15 14:24:46 UTC 2019-12-13 12:35:55 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f1e9-1f1ea.png adwalker11 https://padlet.com/adwalker11/rmvnvxw9jlk7/wish/416218344 I noticed I struggled when learning about the German cases (Nominative and Accusative). To look into this further, I found a website that made it clear what these are, and when they are applicable in a sentence. It made it clear the Nominative case was always for the subject of a sentence, where as the accusative was for the direct object of the sentence. For example, "Das Kind isst einen Apfel" (The boy ate an apple), "Das Kind" is the subject of the sentence and therefore is the Nominative case, "isst" is the verb, and einen Apfel" is the direct object, and therefore the nominative verb. 

The website also reiterated what was studied in class, mentioning the sentence structure isn't too important, so long as the case used is correct. For example, "Der Mann streichelt den Hund" means the same as "Den Hund streichelt der Mann". So even though the sentence structure appears to reverse the meaning of the sentence, the cases have been changed as well so the sentence does NOT say"The dog strokes the man".

Website: https://www.iwillteachyoualanguage.com/learn/german/german-tips/german-cases-explained

]]> 2019-11-25 15:47:27 UTC https://padlet.com/adwalker11/rmvnvxw9jlk7/wish/416218344 adwalker11 https://padlet.com/adwalker11/rmvnvxw9jlk7/wish/418486720 I decided I would try and improve my overall grammar and learn some new words. I checked on the 100 most common words in the German language and found a lot of these were pronouns and articles. There are only very few nouns in the list, but it still proved helpful as they are mostly connecting words that help structure a sentence.

https://www.thoughtco.com/german-words-in-written-vocabulary-4071331

I then found another website that had 101 words that were mostly nouns. These were made up of numbers 1-10, days of the week, body parts (limbs) and jobs. They listed the article next to it, which was extremely helpful for helping to remember. I plan to write these out, and colour coordinate the articles to help try and remember these.

https://www.germanpod101.com/german-word-lists/?page=1

The website below was very helpful to find a list of over 200 nouns with articles, including family members, common household items, jobs, pets and personal belongings. Again, I will be using this list to create flashcards to learn the articles and nouns in more detail.

https://www.fluentu.com/blog/german/most-common-german-nouns/]]> 2019-12-02 14:50:48 UTC https://padlet.com/adwalker11/rmvnvxw9jlk7/wish/418486720 adwalker11 https://padlet.com/adwalker11/rmvnvxw9jlk7/wish/421613006 I decided to revise German numbers and found a little game that allowed me to understand and spell the numbers better. This had a wide range of numbers all the way up to 1000. The was extremely helpful for understanding how the numbers link together as well as spelling of the numbers. Just writing them down helped improve my German spelling as well as giving me a better knowledge of the numbers.

https://quizlet.com/137779465/numbers-german-flash-cards/

]]> 2019-12-09 14:37:14 UTC https://padlet.com/adwalker11/rmvnvxw9jlk7/wish/421613006 adwalker11 https://padlet.com/adwalker11/rmvnvxw9jlk7/wish/421618589 To help with my knowledge of Der, Die, Das, I found a site that provided a list of useful rules. Although their are no rules to determine which article to use for every word, there are certain rules that can be followed. For example, if a word ends in  -or, -ling, -ig, –ner or -smus, it is assigned a Mascule article (der). der Frühling, for example.

There are a number of useful rules that make it slightly easer when learning the grammar. living male things almost always have the Der article (der Mann, der König, der Hengst) and the same applies for living female things (die Frau, die Königin, die Stute). However it is important to remember there are exceptions to this rule. For example Das Mädchen is assigned a Neuter article. 

This was helpful in allowing me to get a better grasp on the grammar, whilst still being cautious not to assume an article in case it is an exception to the rule.

https://blog.lingoda.com/en/tips-tricks-to-learn-german-articles-der-die-das]]> 2019-12-09 14:45:06 UTC https://padlet.com/adwalker11/rmvnvxw9jlk7/wish/421618589 adwalker11 https://padlet.com/adwalker11/rmvnvxw9jlk7/wish/422775464 To try and learn the grammar better, I made flashcards with the German article and noun on one side, and the English translation on the reserve. The articles were coloured depending on the gender to help me remember the correct article. As well as nouns, I've included verbs and modal verbs to help with memorising the terms. 

I've stuck some of these flashcards to certain objects around my house for a constant reminder of the word in German. This has been very useful to help with my knowledge of the grammar as well as the constant reminder for household objects. This is allowing me to remember the terms on a daily basis.]]> 2019-12-11 15:37:44 UTC https://padlet.com/adwalker11/rmvnvxw9jlk7/wish/422775464 adwalker11 https://padlet.com/adwalker11/rmvnvxw9jlk7/wish/422791756 I decided to watch some videos on youtube with German stories. These were very basic stories aimed at beginner level German, giving introductions, hobbies, family and friend, times and the weather.

Listening to a German speaker was helpful, and I picked up some of the terms. However the most helpful bit was seeing the annotation and drawings being produced alongside the words. For certain words I couldn't directly understand, the graphics gave me a better overall understanding. 

After the video, there were several multiple choice questions in German which tested knowledge of what had been learnt. I found this to be extremely helpful, as it also provided spelling of some of the terms that had been used.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9os9Q6t6Xc]]> 2019-12-11 15:57:33 UTC https://padlet.com/adwalker11/rmvnvxw9jlk7/wish/422791756 adwalker11 https://padlet.com/adwalker11/rmvnvxw9jlk7/wish/423736644 Whilst revising, I noticed I was struggling with the terms for telling the time. I found a youtube video that really helped with asking the time, and responding. I was struggling with remembering the terms for quarter to and quarter past the hour, and ths video was really helpful in remembering this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44xYdQWki-M

Once I had watched this, I tested myself with various times, and was able to correctly identify the right times]]> 2019-12-13 11:30:01 UTC https://padlet.com/adwalker11/rmvnvxw9jlk7/wish/423736644 adwalker11 https://padlet.com/adwalker11/rmvnvxw9jlk7/wish/423748819 Understanding modal verbs was something I was struggling with, so I decided to look into this further and found several resources online that helped with this. I was understand the basic term, but was struggling with the conjugation. After practicing this for a little while, writing down sentences, I managed to finally understand it, and feel much more confident in using these in sentences with the correct conjugation. I ignored the sections about modal verbs not yet covered in class, but will use these resources should I struggle later in German classes.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zgkhfrd/revision/1

https://deutsch.lingolia.com/en/grammar/verbs/modal-verbs


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