work out the likely meaning of an unfamiliar word based on knowledge of the surrounding words in the text and the structure of the word itself

explanation - Dreck

explanation - Knochen

explanation - Blutfleck

check - A - Gutachten

check - B - Drucker

check - C - Überwachung

check - D - Gepäck

A1 feedback 1 - slow - Der Dachdecker deckt dein Dach, drum dank dem ...

A1 feedback 2 - normal - Der Dachdecker deckt dein Dach, drum dank dem ...

A1 feedback 3 - fast - Der Dachdecker deckt dein Dach, drum dank dem ...

News article: 'gegen', 'laut'

German

In the news: 'an' vs 'auf' (accusative and dative)

Using semi-authentic news articles, this unit introduces known and some new vocabulary in different contexts. Pupils also practise the use of the accusative and dative cases to communicate movement and location with 'an' and 'auf'.

In the news: using prepositions 'an', 'auf', 'gegen', 'laut'

Cognate recognition is the only strategy I need to understand texts in German.

Inference is working out the meaning of a new or unfamiliar word in a text.

Looking at the rest of the sentence can help work out a word's meaning.

[ch] always corresponds to [ck] in English.

'Er hat nur eine Stimme gewonnen.' What does 'Stimme' mean in this context?

Order the words to say: 'I gave him a lovely present.'

Write in English: 'er hat eine Zeitung gelesen'.

Starter Quiz

Which word means 'instead (of)'?