Willkommen zur Planet Deutsch.
Welcome to Planet Deutsch.
Studenten und Studentinnen!
Imagine that you have suddenly developed amnesia and you can no longer speak your native tongue. All you have is a piece of paper with your name and citizenry on it. Somehow you have to relearn your language and recover your memory.
Well, enter the world of the imagination. You are going to become someone else for 50 minutes three times a week for this semester.
Here's the story. A race of aliens, the Grays, have been studying earthlings for the last 125 years and have chosen several Germans to abduct and study. However, in their last transport, the group of abductees experienced a mind swipe due to a glitch in the time warp. The entire group was transported to the year 2003 to a small university in the state of Arkansas. The damage is irreparable, so the group is isolated in a classroom with the famous trans-dimensional linguist, Frau Freddie Freud. Her job is to help the group rebuild their lost language skills and redevelop their personalities. The group believes that they are simply college students who are trying to get three hours of foreign language credit. Because the Grays felt so remorseful, they installed computer chips in each person so that they speak the language of Arkansas and have identities as REAL PEOPLE!
This week we will begin the slow process of learning the sounds of your native (lost) tongue: German. We will visit the language lab (Sprachlabor) so that you can learn how to use the technology to practice outside the classroom. You will use this technology to find out which city and state you are from and which century! You will report this information to your group on Friday, January 17.
Useful Classroom Expressions
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Hören Sie Zu!
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Listen.
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Schreiben Sie!
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Write.
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Sprechen Sie laut / langsam / leise!
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Speak loudly/ slowly /
softly.
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Lesen Sie!
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Read.
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Antworten Sie!
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Answer.
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Wiederholen Sie!
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Repeat.
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Schauen Sie zu!
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Watch.
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Alle zusammen.
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Everyone together.
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Noch mal.
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Again.
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Nur die Männer.
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Just the men.
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Nur die Frauen.
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Just the women.
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Erste Gruppe.
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First group.
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Zweite Gruppe.
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Second group.
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Dritte Gruppe
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Third group.
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Vierte Gruppe
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Fourth group.
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Fünfte Gruppe
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Fifth group.
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Sechste Gruppe
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Sixth group.
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Siebte Gruppe
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Seventh group.
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Achte Gruppe
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Eighth group.
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Neunte Gruppe
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Ninth group.
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Die Hausaufgabe
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homework
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Das Textbuch
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the textbook
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Das Heft
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the workbook
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Das Sprachlabor
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the language lab
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Die schriftliche Arbeit
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written work
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Die mündliche Arbeit
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oral work
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Die Textarbeit
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textbook work
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Die Seite (S.)
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the page
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*This is the first step toward THE One World Language.
Tritt Zwei. Step Two: Subordination in a submarine!
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