German Workshop

If you have always wanted to know more about nested sentences, complex metaphors, hidden meaning or just why the hell these Germans need to write everything in Bandwurmsätzen, this workshop will be exactly what you need. We will read short texts related to archaeology, articles from journals such as Antike Welt, short book reviews or excerpts from books with a more theoretical focus. In order to make the best out of our time, you should prepare those texts in advance. We will focus on vocabulary specifically related to our discipline, recurring grammatical issues and strategies to cope with an awful long German text. Exercises, short videos and interactive games will hopefully make it a little bit more fun!

Schedule fall semester 2015 (Fridays 1-3pm, Common Room)

October 2^nd

Vocabulary related to archaeology: compound nouns

Compound nouns in Archaeology exercise

Compound nouns with connector exercise

Compound nouns with three parts and working both ways exercises

Compound nouns in Archaeology results

http://www.thegermanprofessor.com/german-compound-nouns/

October 16^th

Clause and sentence structure: subject, verb, objects, qualifiers, prepositions, subordinate clauses

Clause and sentence structure exercise

http://deutsch.info/en/grammar/reihenfolge_objekte

http://www.englishgrammar.org/difference-conjunctions-relative-pronouns-relative-adverbs

http://germanforenglishspeakers.com/verbs/present-participles-and-gerunds/

http://www.thegermanprofessor.com/german-numbers/

October 30^th

Verbs: modal verbs, verbs with preposition, compound verbs

Verb exercises

November 13^th

Syntax: Word order

Word order exercises

December 4^th

Special topic: kurgans

Schedule spring semester 2016 (Fridays 3-5pm, Common Room)

February 12^th

Technical vocabulary: Rohstoffe und ihre Verarbeitung

March 4^th

Technical vocabulary: Ausgrabung und Restaurierung (verb+suffix > noun)

March 18^th

Conjunctions

May 6^th

Technical vocabulary: Zerstörung von Kulturgut

These themes will be explored based on a specific reading that will be prepared in advance and through online exercises during our workshop. Videos explaining a specific topic or cultural peculiarity will provide more background.

Links

Grammar (in German)

http://vk.com/doc16259688_190150808?hash=338558f34da884ce4f&dl=63cd39e17a4c4bbd38

Dictionaries

www.leo.org
http://de.pons.eu/?l=dees
www.duden.de
http://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Hauptseite
http://www.dict.cc
http://www.amazon.com/German-English-dictionary-archaeology-Deutsch-englisches-Kunstgeschichte/dp/3503016198

Audiotrainer

http://www.dw.com/de/deutsch-lernen/audiotrainer-lektionen/s-9609
http://www.dw.de/deutsch-lernen/telenovela/s-13121

Blogs

http://www.vocabulix.com/online/Lernen/Vokabeltrainer

Fun stuff

http://usa.usembassy.de/classroom/Mark%20Twain/Mark%20Twain%20Awful%20Broschuere.pdf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jo0Hsx-yHiI
http://www.lingholic.com/make-life-miserable-learning-languages/
http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany-survival-bible-a-to-z-a-411157.html

Archaeology