German Beginners 1 by Barbara https://padlet.com/britapestana1/zxqlfezw2bn8 Independent Study en-us 2017-11-14 23:53:21 UTC 2025-12-05 00:19:11 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Brightnessdown.png Possessive Pronouns britapestana1 https://padlet.com/britapestana1/zxqlfezw2bn8/wish/207009015 Was it useful?
The video helped me to have a better understanding of the possessive pronouns using a tables, visual techniques, examples and exercises to test your learning

How did it help you?
It helped me to understand clearly how the possessive pronouns are used as It was often the case that I would get confused specially when adding the gender. I also found interesting how the pronunciation of 'unser' to 'unsere' changes and that is something I could not have picked if she did not have mentioned.

Any next steps to take?
After watching the video and doing the exercises that she had set I tried to practice doing a simple exercise so to go over the Quizlet classroom objects flashcards to make simple sentences. I am definitely more confident with the possessive pronouns, however I believe that I need to keep on practicing to make sure I do not forget the grammar rules.]]> 2017-11-15 00:01:45 UTC https://padlet.com/britapestana1/zxqlfezw2bn8/wish/207009015 Quizlet Irregular Verbs britapestana1 https://padlet.com/britapestana1/zxqlfezw2bn8/wish/208922473 Was it useful?
This exercise has made me understand my spelling mistakes in regular and irregular verbs

How did it help you?
Practicing with Quizlet spell was an easy way to spot difficulties that I was not aware of for example fruhsctuckt (sorry for no Umlaut) I thought it was just hard to pronounce it but writing it properly took me quite a long time to get it right. Unfortunately,  I thought I would practice the Ihr pronoun since it is hardly used and is one that I am least confident with but nonetheless I am happy with the result that I got from the Quizlet.

Any next steps to take?
Not forgetting how to conjugate it when using it in a proper sentence will be what I will next work on to ensure that I am able to confidently use them. ]]> 2017-11-20 23:41:20 UTC https://padlet.com/britapestana1/zxqlfezw2bn8/wish/208922473 Quizlet Learning Clothing Items britapestana1 https://padlet.com/britapestana1/zxqlfezw2bn8/wish/208922957  Was it useful?
Using Quizlet Spell I was able to test my knowledge and learn the spelling and the correct gender for each word.

How did it help you?
To get a full mark I had to do the exercise continually until I was confident with the words. It took me time as some words were similar to English and learning both the name of the clothing plus the gender was a bit confusing.

Any next steps to take?
Next steps to take would be continue revising the words as although I managed to get them correctly I may forget in the future if I dont go back to check the spelling and specially the genders]]> 2017-11-20 23:45:07 UTC https://padlet.com/britapestana1/zxqlfezw2bn8/wish/208922957 Modal Verbs britapestana1 https://padlet.com/britapestana1/zxqlfezw2bn8/wish/209298898 Was it useful?
This video has helped me to understand modal verbs and pronoun spelling , their meanings and the word order.

How did it help you?
The examples given in the video where helpful using a variety of pronouns as well as questions to understand the word order of the model verbs. After watching the video I also went to BBC Bitesize to help to consolidate my knowledge with further examples for the ending with the infinitive verb. I also learned about a Man Kann as another way of using a pronoun which I had not been introduced yet.

Any next steps to take?
Keep practicing with different sentences is the best way to make sure that I truly comfortable in using modal verbs.]]> 2017-11-22 00:08:15 UTC https://padlet.com/britapestana1/zxqlfezw2bn8/wish/209298898 britapestana1 https://padlet.com/britapestana1/zxqlfezw2bn8/wish/209984965 2017-11-24 22:07:36 UTC https://padlet.com/britapestana1/zxqlfezw2bn8/wish/209984965 Alphabet Practice britapestana1 https://padlet.com/britapestana1/zxqlfezw2bn8/wish/210170420 Was it useful?
This exercise has made me with my listening skills and understanding the difference of the sound of each letter.

How did it help you?
Practicing with flashcards its a easy exercise that has helped me to differentiate the sounds. Being Portuguese my native language I believe that the pronunciation was not that hard as to my surprise some of the letters are pronounced the same and had no problem with the R sound! I believe that the challenge is in the Umlaut letters and distiguishing the sound of the O Umlaut and U Umlaut.

Any next steps to take?
After doing this exercise tried to practice with spelling other objects or nouns such as my full name, food that we have covered. ]]> 2017-11-26 17:40:05 UTC https://padlet.com/britapestana1/zxqlfezw2bn8/wish/210170420 Home britapestana1 https://padlet.com/britapestana1/zxqlfezw2bn8/wish/214502586 Was it useful?
This exercise has made me acquire more vocabulary about the theme Home.

How did it help you?
Practicing with Quizlet has helped me to test my knowledge of some of the vocabulary learned in lesson as well as learning new words around the house space such as der Flur and der Eingang. I have also read through the BBC home revision as although it may seem a bit advanced the first few pages have helped me with learning new vocabulary and helped to describe what there is around my hometown as well as revising intensifiers such as never, always...

Any next steps to take?
Learning this was helpful however to braoaden a bit of the knowledge of the theme home it would be necessary for me to look at furniture vocabulary 

]]> 2017-12-08 14:39:03 UTC https://padlet.com/britapestana1/zxqlfezw2bn8/wish/214502586 Dative prepositions and pronouns britapestana1 https://padlet.com/britapestana1/zxqlfezw2bn8/wish/214515476  Was it useful?
The first video uses a range of visual material and exemples that have helped me to grasp better the meaning of each preposition.
The second video is much shorter but it helped to compare the nominative, accusative and dative pronouns.

How did it help you?
The first video helped me to understand the meaning of each preposition as well as giving examples could be used. I found it interesting how the structure of the sentence changed where the preposition can be at the start of the sentence. One thing that I still found challenging after watching the video is distinguishing between the preposition von and aus. After researching and going again through the question it made a bit more sense that von is mostly used when the origin is not enterable however there is always exceptions and as seen in the video - Diese Kette ist aus Gold.
The second video is shorter however the tables allowed me to compare specially the spelling of the verbs that differentiate in their endings and can be a bit tricky! I had to pause the video and copy it down to be able to learn it since it was going a bit fast.

Any next steps to take?
Practice writing with different situations and learn how to appropriately use each preposition and pronoun.]]> 2017-12-08 15:03:51 UTC https://padlet.com/britapestana1/zxqlfezw2bn8/wish/214515476 britapestana1 https://padlet.com/britapestana1/zxqlfezw2bn8/wish/214517068 2017-12-08 15:06:52 UTC https://padlet.com/britapestana1/zxqlfezw2bn8/wish/214517068 britapestana1 https://padlet.com/britapestana1/zxqlfezw2bn8/wish/214519920 2017-12-08 15:12:37 UTC https://padlet.com/britapestana1/zxqlfezw2bn8/wish/214519920 britapestana1 https://padlet.com/britapestana1/zxqlfezw2bn8/wish/214645851 2017-12-08 20:24:21 UTC https://padlet.com/britapestana1/zxqlfezw2bn8/wish/214645851 britapestana1 https://padlet.com/britapestana1/zxqlfezw2bn8/wish/214646090 2017-12-08 20:25:17 UTC https://padlet.com/britapestana1/zxqlfezw2bn8/wish/214646090 Numbers Quizlet britapestana1 https://padlet.com/britapestana1/zxqlfezw2bn8/wish/214647050 Was it useful?
I choose to use this exercise to practice writing and listening numbers.

How did it help you?
Practicing with Quizlet Spell and Write was an easy and fun way to learn with spelling however I thought that the listening would be more challenging but the images gave the answer away! I decided to this when I found that whilst doing a homework task I was not able to understand when the automated record was saying the numbers because of the pronunciation. Nonetheless, I able to learn the numbers until 1000's and was surprised at how similar to English it is.

Any next steps to take?
I think Youtube videos on numbers so that I can hear it more often and become more used to the way its pronounced rather than written will help.
]]> 2017-12-08 20:28:58 UTC https://padlet.com/britapestana1/zxqlfezw2bn8/wish/214647050 britapestana1 https://padlet.com/britapestana1/zxqlfezw2bn8/wish/214649818 2017-12-08 20:42:41 UTC https://padlet.com/britapestana1/zxqlfezw2bn8/wish/214649818 Countries britapestana1 https://padlet.com/britapestana1/zxqlfezw2bn8/wish/259781342 Was it useful?
The test allowed me to test my knowledge of the name of countries learned in class.

How did it help you?
The Quizlet test was very useful to challenge my understanding of countries names learned in class. I also thought that going over with the flash cards was helpful as It enabled me to repeat and understand the sounds of the letters that are very different from English.

Any next steps to take?
Need to keep practicing in order to get better results as well as to nt forget their spelling, which is the most challenging. I believe that I need to try to practice the nationalities now that I am more comfortable with spelling and pronunciation of the countries names.

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