Audiosprachkurs

Radio D, in collaborazione del Goethe-Istituto, ha sviluppato un corso di tedesco audio per i livelli A1+A2. Lo stesso viene presentato in inglese, perciò si può considerarlo interattivo.

Ci vuole però, a mio modo di vedere, un livello d’inglese superiore a quello di tedesco per capire le introduzioni alle relative lezioni. Vengono, comunque, trattati tanti argomenti

interessanti (di storia, su musica, favole, viaggi e altri)  in queste 52 lezioni.

Radio D hat  in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Goethe-Institut einen Audiosprachkurs für Deutsch (A1+A2) organisiert, der auf Englisch präsentiert wird. Für uns im Tessin werden diese

Lektionen zu einem interaktiven Lernerlebnis.

Es werden viele interessante Themen behandelt, wie z.B. für das Niveau A1, Fahrt nach Berlin, Die Hexen (streghe) im Schwarzwald, König Ludwig, Kornkrise und mehr. Total sind

es 52 Audiolektionen. Die Einführung in die Lektionen ist auf Englisch und sicherlich wird wenigstens ein A2 dieser Sprache verlangt.

http://www.goethe.de/lrn/prj/rod/deindex.htm

Weissrussland/Belarus/Witebsk

Im Stadtpark Mark Chagall mit Geige

Meine Kollegin, die in Minsk an der Belorussischen Staatlichen Universität, der ältesten Universität von Weißrussland, Deutsch

unterrichtet, hat mir angeboten, Arbeiten ihrer Studenten zu deren Land bei mir auf dem Blog zu veröffentlichen. Ich fand diese

Idee ganz toll und denke, dass wir so einige Neuigkeiten erfahren können.

(Bei dass Sätzen muss man das Verb an den Schluss des Satzes setzen. Als Letztes das Modalverb. Nelle subordinate con dass i

verbi in ultimo.

In subordinates with dass you have to put the verbs at the end.)

Zuerst noch kurz zur Universität:

Sie wurde 1921 gegründet und es gibt 17 Fakultäten.Das Studium an der Universität dauert fünf Jahre lang. Zweimal im Jahr,

im Januar und im Juni, legen die Studenten die Prüfungen und Zwischenprüfungen in verschiedenen Studienfächern ab. An der

Uni studieren auch die jungen Leute aus den GUS-Ländern, China, Turkmenistan usw. Die Studenten werden an der Fakultät

für internationale Beziehungen ausgebildet, sie studieren Fremdsprachen. Am Ende des Studiums werden sie Dolmetscher/

Übersetzer mit 2 Fremdsprachen: Englisch

(die 1. Sprache lernen sie in der Schule und dann weiter an der Uni) und Deutsch  (die 2. Sprache lernen sie an der Uni  nur

während 2,5 Jahre.)

Hier ist nun die erste Arbeit von Olja Lapschina, der ich hier herzlich danke.

Ich habe hier unten einige grammatikalische Erklärungen auf Italienisch und Englisch beigefügt,

sowie des Wortschatzes. Orange ist immer Engslisch und violett

Italienisch.

 

Witebsk: die geliebte Heimatstadt (L’amata città natale /home town)

Es gibt immer einen Ort im Leben jedes Menschen, der besonders beliebt ist. Wenn man dort wohnt, und besonders wenn man dann entfernt davon ist, hat man das besondere

Gefühl zum Ort.

Man erinnert sich an hervorragende Momente, die man  im Ort erlebt hat und diese Erinnerungen bleiben in dem Menschen für immer.

(Hier haben wir zwei Relativsätze. Der bezieht sich den vorausgehenden Ort und die auf Momente. Qui abbiamo due frasi

relative. In italiano si userebbe che che siriferisce a luogo/Orte Momente/momenti. Here above we’ve got two relative sentences.

In English we could say that/which – for objects-and refer to places and moments.

FOREIGN LANGUAGES/YOUR CAREERS/MY BLOG!

A penfriend of mine who eaches at the Ural State Pedagogical University, Institute of Foreign Languages in Yekaterinenburg, Russia

http://www.u.arizona.edu/~geissler/Ural State Pedagogical University.htm

has asked me to write her a paper for their conference they are holding about the importance of the knowledge of foreign languages in our careers and about the means by which

professional language skills can be obtained through self-study and in what way I integrate the material I publish on my blog into my lessons.

It would also be intersting for me to hear your, the readers, opinion on this topic!

Here below is the part of the report  where I write about the importance  of  language knowledge  for us here in Switzerland because on my blog you can find enough

ideas of how to achieve the goal by self-learning.

2.Why is the knowledge of a foreign language important for your/our career?:

In Switzerland we have 4 national languages or  more precisely German, French, Italian and Romantsch.

Beyond that approx.25% of the inhabitants are foreigners in our country .This shows very quickly how important languages are in order to communicate with one another and,

of course, to understand the cultures of the others better.

To acquire language knowledge belongs to our everyday life. People who work for banks or at international companies, in general, or for  travel agencies wouldn’t have any chances

to get a job without this knowledge. The languages represent our „natural resources“ which we do not possess.

In our globalized world languages have become more and more important. Only through communication and comprehension of the other can  we improve the world or at least avoid many misunderstandings. Imagine also that you go on a trip to a foreign country and what use this is if you can’t even speak to the people there!

I teach English and German at an international company and for some of the employees the knowledge of these languages is a must.

Besides this, I teach the above mentioned languages to people who work for the security services and for them too, the languages are essential in their jobs because of the many contacts they

have with tourists or partners.

On this video I’m explaining why I set up a blog and why I think it is useful for adult learner/students, also for those who study on their own because I give answers to questions or explain or

translate vocabulary.

Here the video you aksed me to prepare; I’m, of course, not a movie star, but I hope it will give some hints of why I do this work here!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONxpI-TCgyI

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Included you can read a compostion in this sense by one of my students.

Namibia /From A2onward

General questions about the country

a) Which countries share the borders with Namibia?………………………………………………………………………………

b)Where is Namibia exactly and what is the name of the capital city?…………………………………………………………

c)By which Europeans was Namibia influenced and then colonized in 1884?…………………………………………………

d)When did the country become indipendent from South Africa?………………………………………………………………..

e)Which languages do you speak in Namibia?………………………………………………………………………………………………..

f) From the effects of which illness did the country suffer  heavily?……………………………………………………………………

g) By whom was Namibia first settled?……………………………………………..

Answers: Africaans, 1990, Portuguese, German, Germany, Dutch, 1884, United Kingdom, English, Southwest

Africa,African languages, Bushmen, AIDS+HIV,Spaniards, Windhoek

Questions in connection with the following video: (scroll down)

EXPERIENCE IN NAMIBIA

-What ist the main goal of the people working for the Solarnet association? …………………………………………………..

- In which country could the friends finally meet?…………………………………………………………………………………….

-  What’s the country’s population?   …………………………………………………………………………………………

- The mains source of income is ………….

- Baumgartsbrunn is ………. kilometres going west of Windhoek.

-By whom was the school founded?……………………………………………….

-What could the young lady feel when she arrived in Africa?

-What did the colours do to her?

-Why did the speaker understand the existing details even better?

-What do the children do early in the early morning?

From 5.OO minutes onward

-When do classes start? ………………………………….

-Why is Mrs Tomson respected?…………………………………………………………………………

-What size are Namibian farms in general?…………………………………….

-What kind of children attend this special school?………………………………………………..

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

From  8.46 minutes onward

-The group from Germany organised a spezial sports day. What did they learn from that day?

………………………………..………………………………………………………………………………………………….

From 9.16 minutes onward

-What do the children possess and how do they sleep? ………………………………………..

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

-Somebody had a great idea: Which one?………………………………………………………………………………………….

- Thanks to some support they have now a solar termic system which provides…………………………………………

-In winter it gets very…………………minus ……..degrees.

-Why did pupils ruin the boilers at first?…………………………………………………………………………

-Which ist he quickest way to cook scarmbled eggs and probably why?……………………………….

………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

From 14.oo minutes onward

Why is the inspector satisfied with what Solarnet does?……………………………………………………..

………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

From 15.00 minutes onward

-It is shown how solar energy can be used in conncetion with fuel cells. ………….. is broken up

into two gases.

- What can be drawn from 2 small solar

panels?……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

Students who teach at these schools are amazed of how coloured nature has become now and

concluded that, in fact, there is no difference between the cultures!

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BHMS, Lucerne

A2/English

What about getting trained at the Business and Hotel Management School or just enjoying Lucerne in Switzerland?

http://www.ipicture.de/4images/

Do you know Lucerne?

Please fill the following words into the open cloze text.

Fat      Nouvel Dirty      Rigi      Jean      Bridge      Mount      Reuss      Pilatus      transport      1333      Ash      Chapel

The city has approximately 55’900 citizens. It is surrounded by __________(1) __________(2) and __________(3). Lucerne is considered the first and foremost tourist destination in Switzerland. The most famous __________(4) __________(5) (Kapellbrücke) is a long wooden bridge and was originally built in __________(6).
There is also a Culture and Convention Center (KKL) by __________(7) __________(8)and the Swiss Transpot Museum, which exhibits all forms of __________(9).
The river __________(10) flows through the old part of the city.
Its carnival, which starts every year on the Thursday before __________(11) Wednesday with a big bang, is also very known. There is a big parade on __________(12) Thursday and the following Monday called __________(13) Monday.