German 2, Semester I; Der Tagesablauf

Sections:

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

Section One:

Part A  |   Part B  |  Part C  |   Part D |   Part E

Section One - Part A Regensburg, Bayern In the present-day city of Regensburg, Germany, in the region of Upper Palatinate, we can see that the Romans marked their territory here in the past. Castra Regina, as the city was called in Roman times, is situated on the northernmost point of the Danube river. It was utilized as a fortress city from the 2nd century to the 5th century. This gate, the Porta Praetoria, stands in Regensburg making the town's history part of their present. You can read more about Regensburg here. Willkommen! Welcome to a second year of German study! Before we jump in to new information, take some time to organize your study habits for this course. If you did not take the first year of this course, begin to make a list of vocabulary that is new to you and find a way to study this vocabulary as you work through the course. Make a study journal that you can write notes in that you can use when you are outside of our class time together. Stay in frequent communication with your teacher to ensure the best success for this course. When there are areas or material that you have not had, be sure to let your teacher know so that you can get some additional help for those areas. Discussion Board Go to the Discussion Board and introduce yourself in German to the class. Tell us... Your name Where you are from What your first year of German was like A brief description of yourself Das ergibt 12 Punkte. Verwandte Wörter Cognates are the words that look similar to words in another language. Learning these patterns of cognates can be very helpful and you can add to your vocabulary very quickly if you learn how these work. In this course we will learn a new group of cognates in each unit, just as in the second semester of German 1. Many words that have a -gh in English generally have a -ch in German. Observe: eight acht laugh lachen See if you can identify the following in German. light Licht freight Fracht daughter Tochter Let's review the cognate patterns that you had last semester. Identify the words below in German. action Aktion fraction Fraktion artist Artist communist Kommunist reality Realität authority Autorität decorate dekorieren plastic Plastik In summary... Words that end in -tion (in English) -tion (in German). Words that end in -ist (in English) -ist (in German). Words that end in -ty (in English) -tät (in German). Words that end in -ate (in English) -ieren (in German). Words that end in -ic (in English) -ik (in German). Now go on to Part B.

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