German Pen Pals Made Easy A Fun Way to Write German and Make a New Friend

Sinéad Leleu and Michaela Greck-Ismair

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First printed and published in the UK in 2010. 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

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Contents Introduction ................................................................................................................................................4 Tips for the teacher ....................................................................................................................................5 Tips for the pupil........................................................................................................................................9 Units Ich stelle mich vor! ..............................Let me introduce myself! ......................................................10 Wer bist Du? .........................................What are you like? .................................................................14 Meine Familie! .....................................My family! ..............................................................................18 Meine Hobbies! ....................................My hobbies! ............................................................................22 Meine Schule! .......................................My school! ..............................................................................26 Guten Appetit! ......................................Enjoy your meal! ....................................................................30 Mein Tag! ...............................................My day! ...................................................................................34 Wo ich lebe! ...........................................Where I live! ...........................................................................38 Kleidung! ..............................................Clothes! ...................................................................................42 Mein Zuhause! ......................................My house! ...............................................................................46 Weihnachtszeit! ...................................Christmas here! ......................................................................50 Sommerferien! ......................................Summer holidays! .................................................................54

Introduction In this era of technology, we MFL teachers are spoilt with an excellent array of resource material. Interactive CD-Roms, DVDs, Internet sites … you name it, we use them all. The main aim of all this is that, one day, our pupils will be able to communicate with other MFL speakers through our chosen language. In my own classes, this ‘one day’ is now. This, we do, through pen–pal correspondence. My experience has shown me that, despite regularly introducing a variety of resources into my classes, rarely a class begins without a pupil asking ‘Have our letters arrived yet?’ ‘Noch nicht’ is met with disappointment whereas ‘Ja’ is met with great excitement and delight. My pupils are unwaveringly eager to reply. This may seem like a daunting task to the less-confident or the timestrapped teacher but … For the teacher, German Pen Pals Made Easy:  Does not require fluency  Is time-saving – little or no preparation is required  Links with the KS2 Framework for language teaching and KS3 Programme of Study  Has inherent cross-curricular links to geography, art and ICT  Supplements, consolidates and revises course work For the pupil, German Pen Pals Made Easy:  Is easy to follow. The method used is gap-filling as opposed to giving pupils the daunting task of beginning with a blank page  Is realistic. The pupil realizes that German can be used for real-life communication and not just in an artificial situation  Instils confidence. They can communicate effectively at a basic level  Helps foster positive attitudes towards foreign language learning  Facilitates intercultural understanding. The pupil can learn about German culture through a German peer  … and of course, it is fun and a wonderful way to make a new friend. (I should know as I have had the same two pen pals for over 25 years!)

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Ich stelle mich vor! __________________, den _______________ (Ort)

(Datum)

Hallo! Ich heisse ________________________________ . Ich bin__________ Jahre alt. Wie alt bist Du? Ich lebe in ______________ , in ___________________ . (Dein Land)

Wo lebst Du? Ich bin ein Mädchen/Ich bin ein Junge.

Ich mag ____________________ und ___________________ . Ich mag ________________________ nicht. Bis bald!

_________________________ (Dein Vorname)

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Let me introduce myself! ___________________________ (town/village)

___________________________ (date)

Hello! My name is ________________________________ . I’m __________ years old. How old are you? I live in ____________________ , in ____________________ . Where do you live?

(your country)

I’m a girl./I’m a boy. I like ____________________ and ___________________ . I don’t like _________________________________ . Bye for now!

_________________________ (your first name)

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Ich stelle mich vor!

Zusätzliche Vokabeln Extra vocabulary der Fußball der Sport das Tanzen das Basketball das Reiten das Schwimmen die Leichtathletik

football sports dancing basketball horse riding swimming athletics

die Schokolade die Bonbons die Cola der Brokkoli die Pizza der Spinat der Rosenkohl die Eiscreme

chocolate sweets cola broccoli pizza spinach Brussels sprouts ice-cream

die Rockmusik die Klassische Musik die Schule das Kino die Horrorfilme die Mode das Theater Die Simpsons

rock music classical music school the cinema horror movies fashion drama/theatre The Simpsons

(in) Frankreich (in) England (in) Schottland (in) Wales (in) Irland

(in) France (in) England (in) Scotland (in) Wales (in) Ireland

Zusätzliche Einzelheiten Extra points

1. Boy or girl? Your pen pal may not know from your first name if you are a girl or a boy. So, it’s a good idea to tell them.

2. Ich bin zehn Jahre alt In German we say, as in English: I am ten years old - ‘ich bin zehn Jahre alt’.

3. Ich mag / Ich mag … nicht In English we say: I like football. I don’t like basketball

but in German we say: Ich mag Fußball. Ich mag Basketball nicht.

‘Nicht’ comes after the thing you don’t like.

4. Der, Die, Das, Die der die das die

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the

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Let me introduce myself! der means ‘the’ before a masculine word, such as:

der Käse der Brokkoli der Orangensaft

the cheese the broccoli the orange juice

die means ‘the’ before a feminine word, such as:

die Musik die Eiscreme die Schule

the music the ice-cream the school

das means ‘the’ before a ‘neutral’ word, such as:

das Reiten the horse riding das Kartoffelpüree the mashed potatoes das Schwimmen the swimming

die means ‘the’ before a plural word, such as:

die Bonbons die Karotten die Horrorfilme

the sweets the carrots the horror movies

Zusätzliche Ideen! Extra ideas!

Include a map of your country showing where you live. Write ‘Ich lebe hier’ (I live here) and draw an arrow pointing to where you live.

Ich lebe hier!

Draw the flag of both your country and your pen pal’s country on your letter page. Alternatively, you could draw a page-size flag of your country or your pen pal’s country and write your letter on the flag! Use the colour-by-number flags below to help you. 2

3

The United Kingdom Flag

3 1

1

1

1 3 1

1 1

3

Draw or include pictures of anything that you think is particular to your country such as a double-decker bus or a red postbox.

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Die Deutsche Flagge

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3

4

3 1 = blau 2 = weiß 3 = rot 4 = schwarz 5 = gold

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