German1-021 goodbye v12

1.2 Tschüs!

2. Tschüs!

Goodbye This short section extends pupils’ small but already useful German vocabulary to include saying “goodbye”.

While keeping the language very simple, it widens the scope for spontaneous use and practice of German in real contexts.

NEW WORDS AND PHRASES

tschüs! - ‘bye auf Wiedersehen! - goodbye danke! - thanks

Scene from film 2: “Tschüs!”.

see the children again on Monday and tells them to push their chairs under their desks: "Bis Montag dann und schiebt eure Stühle runter!"

In the supermarket: The man on the checkout greets customers, "Morgen!" and says goodbye as they leave with their shopping, "Wiedersehen!" and "Danke, tschüs!".

SONG: “Tschüs! Auf Wiedersehen!”

To help you sing-along, find words and music later in this chapter.

CD Track 26

DVD / VIDEO film 2 Children say “goodbye” to the viewers, “Tschüs!” and “Auf Wiedersehen!”.

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DVD MARKERS

1. Auf Wiedersehen!/Tschüs! - introducing new words

2. End of the school day 3. Supermarket checkout 4. Song - reinforcing new words 5. Written words

Scene from film 2: “Tschüs!”

A group of children say goodbye to viewers.

Out and about in Boppard: Rebekka and Christina say “goodbye” to each other, “Tschüs!”. The teenage boys also say "Tschüs!". Silvia and Sophie finish their 'phone call, "Tschüs!“.

Leaving school at the end of the day Herr Ottenbreit says “goodbye” to his class: “Also, Wiedersehen!”. The children reply: “Auf Wiedersehen, Herr Ottenbreit!”.

Frau Harling says “goodbye” to her class: “Auf Wiedersehen, Klasse 5b!”.

The class reply: “Auf Wiedersehen, Frau Harling!”. Frau Harling then says that she will

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HOW GERMAN WORKS 1: When goodbyes are used “Auf Wiedersehen!” is used by adults and children in formal and informal situations.

This is sometimes abbreviated to "Wiedersehen!".

"Tschüs!" is used to say goodbye to friends in informal contexts.

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Planning your lessons

KEY SOUNDS Listen to the sounds of...

Don’t neglect the words from Chapter 1!

Plan to give children opportunities both to familiarise themselves with hearing and saying the new words, and to use them alongside the German they already know.

Learning a language is cumulative.

So plan a series of brief activities that work towards children being comfortable with using a growing body of language, i.e. as well as practising “goodbyes” they also continue to work on “hellos”.

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(Listen to the native speakers - try to copy their typically German sounds. )

Activities

Audio CD Track 26

❑ Echoing: Now do the same thing using "Tschüs!".

1. Warm up ❑ Before watching film 2, have a brief “warm up” session to remind pupils of the German words they already know. Toss a soft toy to different children, greeting them by name in German and expect them to reply.

❑ Echoing: Ask some of the more confident pupils to take it in turns to leave the room saying “goodbye” to the rest of the class.

You and the class wave and echo back “Auf Wiedersehen!” or "Tschüs!".

Cultural awareness Before you watch the film, you could discuss with the class different ways in which they say goodbye in their own language. Compare what you might say to someone leaving on a long journey, and to someone you will see tomorrow.

Explore how different farewells go in and out of fashion: ■ How many can they think of?

■ Do children and adults say goodbye in different ways?

2. Watch the film ❑ Watch film 2: “Tschüs!” for the first time.

Since the written word will be introduced later, stop the film before the words are shown in writing on screen.

❑ See the later activity, “listen to the sounds”, which you can introduce when children are familiar with the new words.

4. Respond with understanding

3. Get used to the sounds

❑ Ask pupils to move around the room and greet each other.

They then wave and say goodbye as they go on to greet someone else.

❑ Echoing: Give the children a wave and head for the door to leave the classroom.

As you go to leave, say “Auf Wiedersehen!”, the children echo “Auf Wiedersehen!".

Repeat this several times.

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1.2 Tschüs! ❑ Flashcards Display the goodbye flashcards together with the greetings flashcards. You could make transparencies for your OHP, or use the e-CD on an interactive whiteboard.

Watch the film again ❑ Show film 2: “Tschüs!” again for reinforcement. Encourage pupils to echo the words if they want to.

You could go on to introduce the written word.

5. Introduce the written word Having practised saying and hearing the words, children are ready to start matching the sounds to how they are written.

When they see the words written on the screen in the film, this raises the issue of accents - see "How German works 2".

Five flashcards for use with these activities

Point to the different pictures and say either the appropriate greeting or farewell. Pupils echo the phrases.

Do this plenty of times varying the order in which you point to the pictures. If pupils are confident, try and find ways to catch them out and make this exercise into a game.

Watch the film again ❑ Show the final section of film 2: “Tschüs!” to introduce the written words.

❑ Ask confident pupils to point to different pictures. The class calls out the appropriate goodbye or greeting. The pupil pointing to the picture greets the class back or says goodbye.

Tschüs!

Look again at sounds ❑ Play “listen to the sounds” This game helps pupils develop listening skills, particularly listening carefully to discriminate between different sounds in German words.

Start with the “key sounds”; ask pupils to listen for ONE sound, and to make a physical gesture if they hear it: e.g.

■ touch your nose for [ ] as in “Guten Tag!”, “Guten Morgen!”

Then you call out words pupils know from sections 1 and 2; pupils make the appropriate gesture only if they hear the chosen sound.

You could repeat some words.

Change the chosen sound and gesture, e.g.

■ make a ‘thumbs up’ sign for [ ] as in “Auf Wiedersehen!”.

You could also try other sounds, e.g. [g] [t]...

Later on, there will be more sounds and more words to add to this game.

When you play this game again, vary the gestures used, so that pupils do not start to associate the gesture directly with that sound.

❑ To practise linking the sounds with the written word, make flashcards or an OHP transparency of the words “Auf Wiedersehen!”1 and“Tschüs!”.

Toss a soft ball at a confident pupil, and indicate that they should say that word. You reply, gently reminding them of the correct pronunciation if necessary. Repeat this with other pupils. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Note 1: “Wiedersehen” has a capital ‘W’ because it is a noun made from a verb, literally: “to see again”.

Inter-cultural understanding Having practised some of the new language, this is a good time to talk with pupils about the images of Germany they have seen.

See this chapter's “talking points.”

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E a r l y S t a r t G e r m a n Pa c k 1 CROSS CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

The next game is like the earlier one, “Listen to the sounds”.

Now you match the chosen sound to written words, which also involves reading and sound-spelling association.

❑ Classroom routines: At the end of the school day, say “Auf Wiedersehen!” to the class before they leave to go home. ● Show you expect the class to respond like those in the film: “Auf Wiedersehen, Frau X!” ● Say “Auf Wiedersehen!” to individual pupils that you meet at going-home time.

❑ Play “find the sound” Make flashcards showing words pupils know: “Hallo!”, “Guten Tag!”, "Guten Morgen!" and “Guten Abend!”.

Place these, together with the word flashcards “Auf Wiedersehen!” and “Tschüs!”, on the floor. Pupils stand in a circle around the flashcards.

Play some music and pass a soft ball or cuddly toy around the circle. When the music stops, ask the pupil holding the ball to find a word containing the [ ] sound .

Say the pupil selects the “Guten Tag!” flashcard. Everybody echoes the word, and the card is replaced.

Play the music again. When it stops, ask the pupil holding the ball to find a word containing the [ ] sound The pupil chooses “Auf Wiedersehen!”. Repeat this several times.

Later on, pupils will be able to play this game using more words and more sounds.

❑ Art: pupils can paint their own pictures to make a class display representing “Auf Wiedersehen!” and "Tschüs!".

HOW GERMAN WORKS 2: Accent changes sound

❑ Drama: Drama-based activities can add real enjoyment to language learning. They also help pupils to realise that the message you communicate depends on intonation, gesture and body language as much as words.

Ask pupils to find a partner and think of different situations in which they might greet each other and/or say goodbye: ● they might be angry and cross; ● they may be really pleased to see each other, ● or very sad to say goodbye.

When everyone has worked with a partner for a short time, ask the pairs to move round the room greeting and saying goodbye to other pairs in as many different ways as possible. ● Try joining in yourself to keep ideas flowing.

Some pupils may notice that “tschüs” is spelt with two dots over the “u”.

This accent is called an “umlaut” (der Umlaut) The two dots tell the reader to pronounce that letter differently. Compare these two sounds: ■ “ü” in “tschüs”, a bit like “lure” in English.

■ the longer “ ” in “guten Tag”. as in the English “shoe” or “moon”. ❑ Pupils can colour the flashcards and stick the speech bubbles to the pictures. These can be displayed in the classroom.

It is worth ensuring that the children do not spend too long colouring their pictures, especially if you have limited time allocated for language activities.

You might suggest that they take them home to colour.

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1.2 Tschüs! ❑ Music: When pupils are first beginning to learn a foreign language it is often a good idea to sing new vocabulary to familiar tunes.

Sing the “Tschüs! Auf Wiedersehen!” song heard in film 2 - words and music at end of chapter.

AUDIO CD for the teacher EXTRA WORDS AND PHRASES

bis Morgen!

- see you tomorrow gute Nacht!

- good night (as goodbye/ bed-time) der Umlaut accent (see “How German works 2”) Audio CD Track 26

The audio CD with this pack presents the pronunciation of all the new words and phrases introduced in the film, with pauses for repetition. It also includes these extra words and phrases that the teacher may choose to introduce.

❑ Music: Pupils can make up chants using the rhythm of the new German words they have learnt.

They could incorporate greetings as well as good-byes.

They could use percussion instruments to accompany their chant.

CLASSROOM INTERACTION Chapter 1.17 and the film,“Im Klassenraum” present extra words and phrases that you can use when dismissing your class at lunchtime and when you say goodbye at the end of the school day.

SONG: “Hallo! Hallo! Guten Tag! - Tschüs! Auf Wiedersehen!”

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3. Hallo! Hallo! Guten Abend!

Hallo! Hallo! Guten Abend!

Hallo! Hallo! Guten Abend!

Tschüs! Auf Wiedersehen!

2. Hallo! Hallo! Guten Morgen!

Hallo! Hallo! Guten Morgen!

Hallo! Hallo! Guten Morgen!

Tschüs! Auf Wiedersehen!

Audio CD Tracks: 3-song 4-karaoke

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E a r l y S t a r t G erman Pack 1

Talking Points EVERYDAY LIFE IN GERMANY Ending the school day Ask your class to look for similarities and differences between the German school shown in films 1 and 2 and your own school.

German primary schools start and finish their day earlier than in Britain. Most begin lessons at 08:00, and continue until about 13:00.

There are regular breaks throughout the morning. Pupils usually bring a snack with them to eat half-way through the morning.

This is traditionally a cheese or ham sandwich.

Nowadays children often add fruit and crisps.

Primary age pupils are also expected to do some homework each afternoon.

Scene from film 2: “End of the school day”.

In German schools, pupils do not have to wear uniform. Some classrooms are set out quite formally with desks arranged in rows; others have pupils seated around tables in groups. (continued) ❑ If you are linked with a German school, you could exchange pictures representing daily routines and aspects of school life.

These could be pupils' drawings or photographs. ❑ ICT: If your school has a scanner or digital camera and access to the internet, pupils could exchange a selection of their pictures via e-mail. You might need to warn the school in advance as these can take some time to download!

Inter-cultural understanding Discuss with the pupils: ■ What did the German children carry with them on their way home? What do children carry home in your school?

■ Talk about the scenes going home, compared with your school: ■ How do your children say goodbye to each other on the way home? Make a collection of common phrases. You could ask a German exchange school to swap similar information, and maybe learn some new German slang!

■ How do your pupils get home from school?

Talk about how many children catch a school bus, walk, or get a lift in their parents’ car.

Ask pupils to talk about other things they have observed about the German schools shown in films 1 and 2: ■ What were pupils wearing? What did the classroom look like? They can begin to compare their own daily routine with that of their German counterparts. (continued in next column)

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