Everyting You Want to Know About German/y
Play Games to Learn
by Inga Jablonsky on 05/10/12
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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
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Daughters of Hope and Fear
by Inga Jablonsky on 05/03/12Inga'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
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
Deutsch lernen mit Deutsche Welle
by Inga Jablonsky on 01/05/12The following link takes you to the News webpage of DW. Auf deutsch. http://mediacenter.dw-world.de/german/video/
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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