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German Grammcasts

What seems a long time ago I tasked 2F with producing podcasts to explain various aspects of German grammar. After a long gestation period here are the results.

Your task is to listen to each and every one of the podcasts and rate them. You must assess how well the podcast has taught you about the grammar point and also think about how well the podcast has been scripted, then you must leave a comment on this post by clicking the comments button below. Try to express your comment in the form of 2 THINGS THAT ROCK AND 1 THAT SUCKS, eg "the podcast was well scripted and I learned a lot about irregular verbs, but there appear to have been some errors in pronunciation." NO TEXT SPEAK EITHER PLS PLEASE.

In particular I want you to look out for and identify any grammar mistakes made in the presentations, with a view to rerecording a wholly accurate versions.

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An Experiment in Action Learning

The posts below are the result of a wee experiment with my students in 1F. Instead of using the usual direct teaching methods to cover the topic of school I asked the students to work in groups to produce either a film or a radio show.
The aim of the production was to introduce German-speaking visitors to The Gordon Schools; to give an idea about its history, the subjects studied, give some opinions, some interviews etc. The only real guideline I gave them was to use the vocabulary from their vocab guides to ensure reasonable quality German. You can see/hear the results for yourselves but here is my own analysis of how the experiment went.

1. I allowed it to go on for too long, although much of the time was down to various disruptions
2. some level of direct teaching is involved beforehand to ensure some familiarity with the labguage to be used
3. I'm not sure how much of the language they have learned
4. there are some fantastic ideas in there which with a little tweaking could produce really high quality work, both language-wise and creatively
5. once again just when you are getting brassed off and you think they are taking the mick the students come up with the goods...in general.
6. the script is king, queen, emperor and general dictator all rolled into one
7. on the whole THEY HAD A BALL..look at the bloopers at the end of the films

Will I do it again? YES, but with the above in mind.

Please leave 2 stars and a wish-type comments on their work!!!

Coming soon

Coming soon to this blog:

Examples of excellent writing from my S2 classes. Not decided how to make these visible yet. Possibly via my miki page or as a downloadable link off a post.

Any suggestions?

Andrew M and William

Here is our speaking test. Please leave a comment.
Remember 2 rocks 1 (constructive) sucks.

Download andrew_m_and_william.mp3

Ashley and Georgina

Here is our speaking test. Please leave a comment.
Remember 2 rocks 1 (constructive) sucks.

Download ashley_and_georgina.mp3

Catherine and Catriona

Here is our speaking test. Please leave a comment.
Remember 2 rocks 1 (constructive) sucks.

Download catherine_and_catriona.mp3

Emily and Katie

Here is our speaking test. Please leave a comment.
Remember 2 rocks 1 (constructive) sucks.

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Katie and Becky

Here is our speaking test. Please leave a comment.
Remember 2 rocks 1 (constructive) sucks.

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Kirsten and Melissa

Here is our speaking test. Please leave a comment.
Remember 2 rocks 1 (constructive) sucks.

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Megan and Lauren

Here is our speaking test. Please leave a comment.
Remember 2 rocks 1 (constructive) sucks.

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