http://lilole.edublogs.org Course notes, links, handouts for my MUN Lifelong Learning German classes Mon, 16 Mar 2009 00:00:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Hier ist eine gut gemachte Webseite aus Singapur mit vielen Übungen zum Deutschlernen. Klicken Sie auf diesen Link, um zur Webseite zu gelangen. Besuchen Sie im 2. Stock das linke Zimmer für Anfänger, oder das Zimmer im 3. Stockdarüber für fortgeschrittene Anfänger, oder das Zimmer im 4. Stock für Fortgeschrittene. Klicken Sie ... http://lilole.edublogs.org/2009/03/15/ubungen-zum-deutschlernen/ ... nicht nur in St. John's! Auch in der Schweiz! Hier ist ein Ausschnitt (excerpt) aus einer Sendung des Schweizer Fernsehens. To give you the gist: Es geht um Überstunden (over time) für die Stadtarbeiter, über Strafen (fines) für nicht frei gekratzte Autofensterscheiben (for driving with car windows that have not been cleared ... http://lilole.edublogs.org/2009/02/18/es-schneit/ Well, nothing really! Johann Sebastian Bach's rare worldly Cantata is just the opposite of a Valentine's day music. Which seems natural in a way, as Germans do not have the reputation of being, to put it mildly, overly demonstrative when it comes to matters of the heart. In this cantata's aria ... http://lilole.edublogs.org/2009/02/14/what-do-the-kaffeekantate-and-valentines-day-have-in-common/ Finally! I found a website that will show you interactively how to produce certain sounds! Just click on the speakers. You need Flash 7 or higher plug-in to view the animation. Follow this link to the University of Iowa website to explore the world of phonetics and articulation. An example of ... http://lilole.edublogs.org/2009/02/13/phonetics/ So, you are taking a German class, because you are moving to the German speaking part of Switzerland and you assume they speak German there. Well, you are right, kind of. A Norwegian lecturer in Zürich writes: Swiss German has its own pronunciation, many different words, its own grammar, and most Germans ... http://lilole.edublogs.org/2009/02/13/schwyzer-dutsch/ Blumenwerbung bedeutet "Werbung für Blumen". In diesem Video-Clip geht es um Werbung für den internationalen Blumenversand von Fleurop.Die Firma Fleurop ist aus der Schweiz. Der Video-Clip ist vom britischen Regisseur Anthony Minghella, der einen Oscar für den Film "The English Patient" bekommen hat. Der Clip ist in drei Sprachen: Schweizer Deutsch, Französisch ... http://lilole.edublogs.org/2009/02/11/blumenwerbung/ Learn and donate! For every correct word, 10 grams of rice are donated at Free Rice to the United Nations World Food Program. Several languages are being offered: German, French, Italian, Spanish and English as well as other subjects. Look for this button at the bottom of the right sidebar, under ... http://lilole.edublogs.org/2009/02/05/lernen-sie-deutsche-vokabeln-und-spenden-sie-dabei-reis/ This is my first voicethread, which I hope you will find helpful. It consists of two parts: part 1 - the image, and part 2 - the text, with my added video comment for both parts. You can click on the small "windows" to get from one part to the other. You ... http://lilole.edublogs.org/2009/02/05/es-war-eine-mutter-die-hatte-vier-kinder/ In our class, Rex came up with a complicated sentence. During the introductions, he wanted to explain why he is learning German. I would like to use this example to demonstrate that even sentences with modal verbs and sub-ordinating conjunctions can be conquered and are not really as confusing as ... http://lilole.edublogs.org/2009/01/29/ich-lerne-deutsch-weil/ Welcome to your very own, brand new Lifelong Learning Class Blog! No more piggy-backing with other classes! All old links have migrated here from the Deutschlernblog plus oodles of new ones and new features have been added as well. What is new? The "Ausdruck des Tages" (phrase of the day) widget presents ... http://lilole.edublogs.org/2009/01/03/hello-world/