German I, Semester 2, Die Freizeitaktivitäten

Sections:

Introduction  |   Section 1  |   Section 2  |   Section 3   |   Dictionaries

Section One:

Part A  |   Part B  |   Part C  |   Part D   |  Part E   |   Part F   |   Part G

Section One - Part A Die Freizeit In the German-speaking world, the major sport played, practiced, cheered for and supported is Fußball, or what we know as soccer. Each country has a team that it cheers towards Tor after Tor throughout the season. The majority of children start playing the sport when they are young and learn to love it for their lifetimes. In this unit, we will talk about some of the differences in sports and other activities in the German-speaking world. In schools in the United States, for example, sports seasons are part of our school year. For German speakers, physical education is very important in the schools, but the emphasis is not placed on competition. Competitive sports programs definitely exist -- especially for Fußball -- but they are organized by the numerous sports clubs or civic organizations, not the schools. One outdoor activity that is especially popular in Switzerland and Austria is wandern. With mountains of various heights throughout the country, people of all ages can get fresh air and exercise without the need of any major organization. Then there are the computers! Young people in the German-speaking countries probably don't watch as much TV as Americans, but they may sit in front of computers just as long. Im Internet surfen seems to have international appeal. Die Freizeitaktivitäten Let's begin talking about some popular activities among teenagers in the German-speaking world. Which of these things do you also like to do? Click on the TV to view the presentation, then see how many of the expressions you recognize. Did you notice that many of the words are cognates? There are, of course, some totally new ones. Click on these words in German after you have tried to guess what they mean.   der Baseball baseball der Fußballl soccer ein Spiel anschauen to see a game ins Konzert gehen to go to a concert in den Bergen skifahren to ski in the mountains in den Bergen wandern to hike in the mountains auf meinen Bruder aufpassen to watch your brother zeichnen to draw mit dem Hund spazierengehen to walk the dog Wasserski laufen to water ski im Internet surfen to surf the net am Telefon sprechen to talk on the phone mit jemandem telefonieren to talk with someone on the phone ein Instrument spielen to play a musical instrument sich ausruhen to rest Musik hören to listen to music einen Ausflug machen to go on an outing Eishockey spielen to play ice hockey     Practice your new vocabulary with these practice activities. Jigword Unit Vocabulary All the vocabulary in this unit relates to the general theme of talking about free time activities. Click on the two links below to see and hear all of the vocabulary you will learn here. As you go through the unit, return to this page from time to time to practice this vocabulary. Vocabulary 1 Now go on to Part B.

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