| Topic | Food and Grocery + Vocabulary for Cooking and Baking |
| Goals of the Class | Identify food in a recipe and know how to cook/bake it |
| Warm Up | Who enjoys cooking? Who does it regularly? Has it changed with the pandemic? What’s your favorite food? |
| Activity 1 | Quick food quiz about fruit & vegetables I showed them typical German fruits and vegetables (pictures) and they had to guess the name and translation. I showed just pictures and they had to guess the name of the fruit or the vegetable. What ingredients are used for this dish? |
| Activity 2 | Everyone was given 3 vocabulary words (verbs for cooking) and had to explain them without using the word. Think of a dish that consists of the ingredients mentioned and then present it to the others. Not all ingredients have to be included and other ingredients can be used. |
| Activity 3 | How to use the ingredients to cook? potatoes, beans, mushrooms, tomatoes, peppers, cucumber, carrots Apple, peach, strawberry, kiwi, banana What are the ingredients of your favorite foodShow us a picture |
| What worked well in this class? What did not work (and how could it be improved)? | Especially the explanation of the cooking vocabulary worked very well, and the students were able to memorize the vocabulary and use it later. Also, the presentation of the favorite dish with ingredients and cooking instructions was well received. The fruit and vegetable quiz were a bit too easy, here one could choose more difficult products. |
Author: Marco Sievers
| Topic | Stereotypes |
| Goals of the Class | Know stereotypes and describe them with adjectives. Form opinions about them and be able to explain them |
| Warm Up | City land river game |
| Activity 1 | Video about German stereotypes with subtitles. The text of the video was printed, and the most important adjectives underlined. Input on the descriptive features – adjectives of the video. I – You – We (Think – Pair – Share) What can you see on the picture? Describe what the picture has to do with Germany? |
| Activity 2 | What is your experience with stereotypes? What do you think about them? True often/ True sometimes/ Not true at all? |
| Activity 3 | What stereotypes are there about the 5Cs 😀 Which ones about other countries?Do you know any stereotypes from TV? NerdsCheerleaders egos?Athletes? What are these stereotypes like? Find adjectives to describe these stereotypes Think of a stereotype Act out the stereotype |
| What worked well in this class? What did not work (and how could it be improved)? | The topic of stereotypes was very well received by the class. Since many students in this class come from different countries, it was very interesting conversations about possible stereotypes. The warmup game also went very well, in which the students had to find a city, a land, a river, a food and a brand for a certain letter. Stereotypes is an interesting topic for multicultural classes. |
| Topic | Middle age + describe and argue in relation to castles and palaces |
| Goals of the Class | Describing buildings and arguing on the basis of personal feelings |
| Warm Up | How did you spend the weekend? How was your first week of the semester? |
| Activity 1 | Input about Germany in the Middle Ages Presentation and description of Neuschwanstein Castle |
| Activity 2 | Castles and palaces visit in Oldenborg Describe your castle or palace My castle has many towers ……Is surrounded by forest……..Is built on a mountainIs situated on a lake Is very big/small Has many windows/no windows Search 4 facts about the castle or palace on the internet Present us your castle |
| Activity 3 | Why is your castle the most beautiful? My castle is most beautiful because…….What is unique about my castle is……..What I especially like about my castle……..Vocabulary: Architecture, towers, forest, fully preserved, large, walls, color, shelter, view, rocks, mountains, size…. |
| What worked well in this class? What did not work (and how could it be improved)? | The presentation of the castles was a lot of fun for the students and the information about the castles was informative. The students showed great interest in the subject. The inclusion of my own examples was a good help for the students. You could have given a beginner course the infos about the castles – no research needed. |
| Topic | Job Interview in Germany |
| Goals of the Class | students should be able to conduct parts of an interview in German. Prepare for possible questions and answer them correctly. Know the procedure of a job interview in Germany. |
| Warm Up | have you ever had a job interview? How did you prepare? How did it go? |
| Activity 1 | We watched a video of a job interview and then discussed and wrote down the typical mistakes. After that we watched the following video, in which the mistakes were pointed out. We compared them with ours and discussed them. |
| Activity 2 | We discussed the 4 stages of a job interview: Greeting Main part Questions Goodbye I gave the students questions for each category, to which they had to come up with individual answers and then present these answers to each other. |
| Activity 3 | conduct an interview Role play 2 persons play the interviewer – 1 person the applicantPick a job offer and try to conduct a job interview I brought the students 4 job ads with which they were to conduct a real job interview. After every Job interview, we gave each other feedback |
| What worked well in this class? What did not work (and how could it be improved)? | I would actually change very little about this class, as it worked out very well and the subject was also considered very important by the students. The only thing that could be done is to adapt the job ads to the students in order to make the interview more accessible and easier. |