Ask the meaning of unknown words: nouns, gender, articles, nominative case
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can identify the nominative case and ask about the meaning of unknown words in German so that I can add new words to my vocabulary.
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- Knowing the German sound-symbol correspondences well supports pronunciation and understanding of new words.
- Some famous German city names are different from English and need good pronunciation for recognition and clarity.
- The nominative case identifies the subject in a sentence, i.e., who is doing the action of a verb.
- Words for 'the' and 'a' change according to the grammatical gender of the noun.
- 'Wie sagt man das auf Deutsch?' is a key question to ask the meaning of unknown words.
Keywords
SSC - stands for sound-symbol correspondence, refers to the relationship between letters and their sounds
Nominative case - used to describe the subject of a sentence, i.e., who or what is doing the action of the verb
Grammatical gender - way to categorise all nouns as either feminine, masculine or neuter
Common misconception
Names of foreign cities and towns don't have English equivalents.
Some cities around the world (e.g., München) have an English equivalent (e.g., Munich).
Teacher tip
Students could use their own backpacks to do a spoken version of Task B1.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the German and English.
there
here
unfortunately
or
big, large
small, little
Q2.Match the German and English.
What is that?
bye
I don't know
Is that clear?
Isn't it?
How do you say ... ?
Q3.'Mein Freund hat __________ Flasche.'. Choose the correct missing word.
Q4.Order the words to say: 'The man is eating and the woman is drinking.'
Q5.Write in English: 'Ich habe das Wort gelernt.'
Q6.Write in German: 'I travel by car.'
Assessment exit quiz
5 Questions
Q1.Match the words with their missing sounds.
ater
asser
ielen
ark
ug
ahr
Q2.Match the sentence halves.
Tisch.
Flasche.
Haustier.
Fragen.
Q3.Order the words to say: 'There is a school but no teacher.'
Q4.Write in German: 'How do you say that in German?'
Q5.Write in German: 'I live in Munich.'
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