Everyting You Want to Know About German/y


i/SLA is a Spokane based, licensed educational institution that offers German courses, and classes, private tutoring and language learning consulting services. 

Inga Jablonsky, founder and director, and Spokane resident since 1988, holds a Master's degree in Second Language Acquisition; Pedagogic and German Literature from University of Arizona. She also studied Business German at University of California, Davis. 

Ms. Jablonsky has recently retired from Spokane Falls Community College, where she served as German professor for 20 years. 

Why choose i/SLA? Because it's personalized language learning that works! Our focus is where it belongs - on you. I am dedicated to your success and will always consider your personal learning style, interests, and goals.  

 

i/SLA is commited to supporting local community. A most important part of i/SLA philosophy is supporting other educational institutions and non-profit organizations. We are currently offering free services for members of 
the German-American Club, tthe Dominican Religious Order and Senior Citizens 
in nursing homes. Please contact us for donation of language classes and/or translations for use
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Everyting You Want to Know About German/y

Play Games to Learn

 by Inga Jablonsky on 05/10/12

Learning to spell in a foreign language can be challenging. Here are 3 simple activities that you can perform at home to help you master spelling:

1. Do crossword puzzles or word searches in the target language. Learning to spell will be easier with an established framework and a set of clues.

2. Play a game of Scrabble in the target language. Creating words out of letters is an engaging way to practice spelling.

3. Read a children's book in the target language. Make a spelling list of the words and phrases that are unfamiliar to you. Practice reading and spelling the terms daily.

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Daughters of Hope and Fear

 by Inga Jablonsky on 05/03/12

Inga's new book came out today. It's loosely based on the history of twelve Dominican Poor School Sisters from Speyer, Germany, who traveled to the U.S. in 1925 to help the poor and the sick and build churches, schools and hospitals.  The book Pioneer German Sisters chronicles the sisters' history in detail. http://www.lulu.com/shop/inga-jablonsky/daughters-of-hope-and-fear/paperback/product-20100914.html

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Kennen Sie diese Ausdrücke?

 by Inga Jablonsky on 04/29/12

jemand steht Schlange – jemand muss warten, bis er an der Reihe ist

Reißaus nehmen – schnell wegrennen

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Deutsch lernen mit Deutsche Welle

 by Inga Jablonsky on 01/05/12

The following link takes you to the News webpage of DW. Auf deutsch. http://mediacenter.dw-world.de/german/video/ 

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Using Mnemonics to Retain Vocabulary Items

by Inga Jablonsky on 01/03/12

Using Mnemonics to Retain Vocabulary Items
Have you ever used a game, rhyme, or image to remember a hard to learn concept? These mnemonic techniques help us to remember a difficult concept or phrase.
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There are some very famous ones that many people apply, for example: remembering which months have 30 days and which months have 31 days by the rhyming sequence “30 days has September, April, June and November." Another mnemonic technique is to make a word or a sentence with similar initial letters, like the popular: “Richard of York gave battle in vain” (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet) to remember the order of the color spectrum.
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The same concept can be used to your advantage in language learning. Every learner is different, however. Try to be creative and come up with your own mnemonics for words or concepts that you struggle with. You will end up learning them and also have fun in the process!
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