GERMAN
Wie sagt man:
“goodbye”?
Auf Wiedersehen.
Mein Name ist Sven und
ich bin 15 Jahre alt.
Deutsch macht Spaß!
GERMAN
Ich lerne Deutsch
und du?
Was soll ich sagen?
What is your connection to German and Germany?
DO YOU . . .
• use toothpaste?
• enjoy the occasional Gummibär?
• like to wear Levis?
• enjoy your music on your MP3?
• watch TV?
• know the stories of Snow White and Cinderella?
• or would you like to drive a Mercedes, BMW car or
motorbike?
• appreciate having an airbag in your car?
• enjoy the comfort your Adidas or Puma shoes give you?
DO YOU?
• All these and more are German inventions……so your
connection to German and Germany is actually not that farfetched.
G
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M
A
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GERMAN
Guten
Appetit!
Das ist lecker.
GERMAN
Unser Projekt ist gut und lustig.
GERMAN
Eine Party im Klassenzimmer – toll!
Match these famous Germans/Austrian to their picture
C.
A.
I.
A) Albert Einstein
B) Angela Merkel
E.
C) Marlene Dietrich
D.
D) Ludwig van Beethoven
H.
F.
B.
E) Anne Frank
F) Michael Schumacher
G.
G) Steffi Graf
H) Sigmund Freud
I) Marco Reus
J) Heidi Klum
J.
W
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l
l
k
o
m
m
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n
!
GERMAN
Donaudampfschiffahrtsgesellschaftskapitän
GERMAN
Wir lesen,
schreiben,
hören und
sprechen
Deutsch.
GERMAN
einen Ausflug!
einkaufen
und
essen
GERMAN
Come join us in German!
German 10 – Beginners
German 20 – Intermediate
German 30 – Advanced
Do something different next year!
Take German 10 . . .
even if you will be in Grade 11 or 12!
GOOD REASONS TO LEARN GERMAN
• German is the most widely spoken language in Europe
• Germany has the 3rd strongest economy and is the #1 export nation in the world.
• Studying medicine, business, sciences, art? - German is the second most
commonly used scientific language. Germany is the third largest contributor to
research and development and offers research fellowships to foreign scientists.
• German is required/recommended by many undergraduate + graduate programs.
• Germany financially sponsors over 60,000 international exchanges each year.
• 1 in 10 books is published in German; so an important language in the world of lit.
• German-speaking countries have a rich cultural heritage; literature, music, art and
philosophy.
• The German presence on the Internet supersedes most others.
• Germans are the biggest spenders of tourist dollars in the world.
It’s never too late to start!
GERMAN
• 3-month exchange program
to Germany
• summer and future
employment
• exposure to a new culture
• fulfill your second language
requirement for university
or college entrance
• use German 30 credits to
substitute for Math 30 for
entrance to universities
• an academic course
• enjoy class community
• learn independent, with
partners/small groups and
large groups
• variety of real life
assignments and projects
• field trips
• German connects greatly to
other fields of studies:
Sciences, Math, Art, Music,
History, Sociology