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Der Lehrling: A Lesson Plan for Advanced German Students
Have your advanced learners concoct a new soft drink, create a product name, slogan and jingle, and present their creation to another class. While originally designed for a German classroom, this plan could easily be adapted to another...
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Gopher It! Exploring German Cyberspace
Students are introduced to the Gopher research tools. In groups, they compare and contrast English and German services on the gopher servers. They create their own dictionary of computer related terms and spend time downloading picture...
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Google Translate
Not sure how to translate a word, phrase, or paragraph? No worries. Simply paste in, type, or dictate your text, select the initial and desired language, and up pops your translation. Better yet, the app will read the text to you in most...
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Tell Me A Foreign Language Story
Students practice retelling a simple story representative of the country where the target language is spoken: French, German, or Spanish. Given a worksheet with story details, students fill in missing details and rearrange details to...
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Foreign Language Initial Reading
Young scholars match sentences and phrases to pictures in a target language. They identify the proper written form of familiar spoken phrases. Students practice labeling objects and pictures with the proper greeting, color, number or...
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German Vocabulary
In this foreign language instructional activity, students find the words that are used in German. The answers are found by clicking the button at the bottom of the page.
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English Cognates in Various Indo-European Languages
Studying the history, influences, and cognates of the English language, this presentation provides students in linguistics and language classes with several charts of information on cognates from languages around the world. The slideshow...
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Deutschland und die Europäische Union (Germany and the European Union)
Introduce your language students in German class to the European Union, including the historic developments, the current structure, and some of the political and social principles behind it with this lesson plan. In small groups,...
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Regular and Irregular Verbs in German
Learners review formation of present tense of regular verbs learned in German 1. Students complete a worksheet after viewing a PowerPoint show. They watch a second portion of the PowerPoint show about the peculiarities of irregular verbs.
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Questions, Statements And Formality
Young scholars distinguish between questions, statements, and formality as dictated by the instructor in a targeted foreign language: French or German. On a provided worksheet, students classify statements according to their...
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Deutsch I
For this foreign language worksheet students look for the words in the puzzle and the answers are revealed after clicking the button at the bottom of the page.
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Die Schule
In this foreign language worksheet, students find the words that are used for vocabulary and the answers are found by clicking the button at the bottom of the page.
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Family Terms
Learners complete sentences using appropriate family names and terms in a target foreign language: French, German, or Spanish. Using a fill in the blank worksheet, students give the appropriate noun to complete a sentence about familial...
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Obituary
Students complete a worksheet on a historical figure of their choice. Using this information, they write an appropriate obituary of the person in German or other foreign language. They present the obituary to the class to end the lesson.
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In der Stadt
In this foreign language worksheet, students find the words that are needed to acquire new vocabulary. The answers are found at the bottom of the page.
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Wortschatz #37
In this foreign language worksheet, students find the words that are related to language acquisition and the answers are found at the bottom of the page.
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WEIHNACHTEN
In this foreign language worksheet, learners look for the words that are in the puzzle to improve spelling skills. The answers are found at the bottom of the page.
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In Der Stadt
In this foreign language activity, students find the words that are used and the answers are found by clicking the button at the bottom of the page.
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Let's Cook
Learners practice converting measurements into metrics. In groups, they translate a recipe from English into German and convert all measurements into metrics for the recipe. They examine the difference between United States and metric...
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Pequeno Estudio Geografico
There is rich symbolism behind a country's flag. Have your Spanish speakers research a country's flag and inquire about its symbolism. Then, to prepare for their presentation, each learner could find a way to visually represent their...
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Concert Program Notes
Young scholars write program notes of composers. They discuss music, composers, themes and style and movements in music. They select a composer from a target language culture and write two paragraphs int eh form of concert program...
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Chinese, Japanese and Korean Numbers and Luck!
Students explore numbers in Mandarin Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. They discuss numbers and practice writing and speaking numbers 1-10 in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. As they create a chart of the three countries' numbers, they...
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Deutsche Dialekte: Germanic Dialects
Comprehensive linklist on all issues relating to German dialects.
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The Internet Picture Dictionary: German
An online easy to use German picture dictionary. Selections can be made by typing in the word you wish to look up or you can choose a category.