Wir beginnen... How good is your memory? spielen machen schwimmen mein Hobby meine Lieblingssportarten Reiten Radfahren Rollschuhlaufen Ich möchte ich hätte gern ich liebe ich mag Starter – give students 1 minute to memorise these words

Write down what you remember. 30 Sekunden

Cover your old answers and try again.... spielen machen schwimmen mein Hobby meine Lieblingssportarten Reiten Radfahren Rollschuhlaufen Ich möchte ich hätte gern ich liebe ich mag Students try again, but try to learn using a pattern (e.g. in alphabetical order)

Do the test again!!! 30 Sekunden

How do your 2 scores compare? Why are they different? Did you remember more or less things? Why? Did you remember different things? Why?

Learning objectives: Know: Various techniques to learn new vocabulary and phrases Understand: How to remember key words in order to be a successful language learner Be able to: Improve your memory skills

Important Where? How much? Find somewhere quiet to learn. How much? Learning should occur in short bursts 15-25 mins. at a time. The bursts of learning should be frequent. Take a manageable chunk (3-4 sentences) Only move on to the next manageable chunk once you are happy that it has been learnt. How ? Use your preferred learning style to help you learn.

Learning Vocabulary

…can be at the bottom of your list…

…and you can’t do it on the bus!

…just staring at the words won’t help… …very few people have a photographic memory so you will have to do some writing!

Here are a few tricks and tips to help!

The traditional method…

das Haus H- a - u - s 1 1.Look 2.Say  Haus 5. Check 3. Cover 4.Write

and some variations…

Ich habe Du hast Er/sie hat Wir haben Sie haben sie haben I have you have he/she/it has We have you (pl. formal) have they have   2 Fold a piece of A3 paper in half lengthways. Write 7 words in the first column and the English meanings in the second column. Use your book to check you get it right. Fold over the 1st column so that only the English meanings are visible. Write the German words as best you can from memory in column 3. Open it up and check your answers. Now fold over columns 1 and 2 to practise the English meanings in column 4. Check your answers. And so on. Optional task. You’ll need A3 paper for each group.

The pyramid method Radfahren R Ra Rad Radfa Radfahr Radfahre Radfahren 3 Radfahren R Ra Rad Radfa Radfahr Radfahre Radfahren Write the word out at the top of a piece of paper. Underneath write the word out adding a letter each time until the word is complete again… Then test yourself! Students could try this out on paper.

Buy lots of highlighter pens… Traffic light your vocab list… 4 Buy lots of highlighter pens… Traffic light your vocab list… No idea what it means or how to spell it Sort of know it but can’t spell it Can spell 100% accurately and know the meaning

5 OR… colour code into masculine feminine neuter plural

Get a good visual image…. like Marge for example…. 6 Get a good visual image…. like Marge for example…. Write all the words on one topic in blue for example, past participles. Opinions words could be in orange… …and reasons could be in green . Now when you think of Marge you should be able to visualise your word groups… … and it should all come flooding back!

Check your work or get a friend to…. Re –do the dodgy ones. 7 Get your vocab list… Ich möchte Ich liebe Ich habe gemacht Radfahren Tauchen On a new piece of paper get rid of the vowels. _ch m_cht_ _ch l_ _ b_ _ ch h_b_ g_m_cht R_df_hr_n T_ _ ch_ n Fill in the gaps. Check your work or get a friend to…. Re –do the dodgy ones.

On a new piece of paper get rid of everything but the first letter. 8 Take it further… Get your vocab list… Ich möchte Ich hasse Ich habe gemacht das Skifahren On a new piece of paper get rid of everything but the first letter. Ic_ m _ _ht_ Ich h _ _ _ _ Ich h_ _ _ g_ m_a_ _ _ Das S_ _ _a_ _ _n Fill in the gaps. Check your work or get a friend to…. Re –do the dodgy ones.

m) Als ich gespielt habe n) Normalerweise o) Ab und zu p) nie Look at the following words/phrases and award them a number (1 – 5) according to the criteria below. (Write the number in the word box.) 1. I can spell this word/phrase and I know what it means. 2. I know what it means. 3. I think I know what it means. 4. I know I have learnt this word/phrase but I can’t remember what it means. 5. I have never seen that word/phrase before. 9 a) Radfahren b) Tauchen c) Schwimmen d) Das Hallenbad e) laufen f) Wandern g) Lesen h) Ich habe gemacht i) Ich habe gespielt j) Wir haben gespielt k) Um Ski zu laufen l) gestern m) Als ich gespielt habe n) Normalerweise o) Ab und zu p) nie Probably not time to do this. Activity 2. Now look up any you didn’t know using a dictionary and write the English meaning in the box under the German word. 23

Make a shape you can remember with them on the back of your door… 10 Make a shape you can remember with them on the back of your door…

Or group types of words and stick them around your room. Masculine words Opinions Fem words Or group types of words and stick them around your room. Visualise your room and the words. i.e opinions stuck to wardrobe

Record yourself saying groups of 7 or 14 words 11 Record yourself saying groups of 7 or 14 words (you learn best in 7’s apparently!)… Step 1 Say the word Spell the word Say the English Repeat until first group of 7 complete Step 2 Say the word Spell the word Pause for 3 secs Repeat until first group of 7 complete Step 3 Say the word Pause for 6 secs Repeat until first group of 7 complete Step 4 Say the English word Pause for 6 secs Repeat until first group of 7 complete Step 5 Playback 1st pause – give the English meaning 2nd pause – spell the word and give the meaning 3rd pause – give the German meaning and spell the word. Repeat until confident !

Make flashcards or a memory game. 12 Visual Learner? Make flashcards or a memory game. If you write the word on the bottom you can fold it over to test yourself.

Activity: We’re going to use Post It Notes or white boards to see which memory technique(s) works best Preparation and Instructions: Choose your chosen method to learn the group of words Shut your books and take a Post It note. When the music starts they should write as many of the words from the list as they can remember (without looking). After about 30 secs the music will stop. Swap with your partner and try to add to your list (ie the words your partner couldn’t remember) Collect all the words back on the board from volunteers and check the meaning. Repeat 5-6 and then compare your lists. Use post it notes. Music for French on shared docs; you’ll need to pause it after 30 seconds. Could play it again. 28

Here come your words/phrases…. Time phrases! 1) Heute 2) Gestern 3) Morgen 4) Letztes Wochenende 5) Letzte Woche 6) bevor 7) als ich jung war 8) In der Zukunft 9) Nächsten Monat 10) vor 2 Jahre If you’re feeling brave, try some ‘power phrases’ as well’ Um Tischtennis zu spielen Ich habe gerade gemacht Ich möchte spielen Wenn es möglich war

Home Learning… 1. You are being given a group of 21 words. In groups of 7 words you need to try a minimum of 3 different vocabulary learning styles. You will evaluate the styles and feed back to the rest of the class in the next lesson and there may be a vocab test. 2. Can you think of any other ways to learn vocabulary? 3. In what other subject areas/tasks could you use these skills? Give three examples with reasons for your answers.

Revising Grammar Review the main grammar points that are covered in your textbook chapters. All the grammar points are laid out in the back of the textbook. Condense the main rules down into notes and use your highlighters and coloured pens to make the notes clear. Use the extra grammar exercises in the backs of your books to practise a particular rule. Show your teacher and ask them for advice if you need it. They will be happy to help you! Probably not time to do grammar memory skills

Present Past Future Ich habe Fussball gespielt . Print out the tenses timeline and write out verbs / sentences in each of the tenses…… Present Past Future Ich habe Fussball gespielt . Ich spiele Fussball. Ich werde Fussball spielen.

Present Past Future

Don’t forget, the words on your cards can be colour coded too! You can either do two sets, one with the MFL and the other with the English….. Or you can do one set of cards with the MFL on the front and English on the back. First make your cards….. Don’t forget, the words on your cards can be colour coded too! With two sets, you can play pairs…. turn the cards face down and pick them up in twos until you get pairs. Museum Stadt Rathaus Schule Fluss Supermarkt Schloss Kino Stadion Haus Garten Markt Wohnung Theater Park Get someone to test you from your cards. Test yourself, putting the cards into a ‘right’ and ‘wrong’ pile until the ‘wrong’ pile is non existent!

1. ja 2. spät 3. hören 4. schmutzig 5. Vater 6. Frau 7. warm 8. machen 9. Zunge 10. Geige 11. fliegen 12. Freund 13. Brüder 14. Herz 15. zwölf For teacher only to view! Give each pupil a strip of paper from next slide so that they can fill in the blanks. Then pronounce these words for pupils as a way of testing their grasp of what you have covered so far. 41

ä ü ch ö z au j ei v ie w eu 1. __a 2. sp__t 3. h__ren 4. schmut__ig 5. __ater 6. Fr__ __ 7. __arm 8. ma__ __en 9. __unge 10. G__ __ge 11. fl__ __gen 12. Fr__ __nd 13. Br__der 14. Her__ 15. __ __ __lf ä ü ch ö z au j ei v ie w eu Quick test to allow pupils to show what they have grasped so far – hopefully this will give them confidence! 42