Lektion 3&4 German-PreMaster A1 2024- Dr Alaa El Din Mahmoud 2024

Course Overview

  • Instructor: Dr. Alaa El Din Mahmoud

    • Position: Faculty of Science, Environmental Sciences Department, Alexandria University

    • Experience:

      • National Commission to UNESCO (MAB)

      • DAAD Fellow, Germany

      • Fulbright Fellow, USA

      • DAAD Research Ambassador, Alexandria University

      • Certified Trainer, Faculty and Leadership Development Center, Alexandria University

    • Contact: alaa-mahmoud@alexu.edu.eg

  • Duration: 65 minutes

  • Target Group: High School, Grades 9 - 12

  • Standards: CCSS, NGSS

Lesson Content Overview

  • Lesson includes important thematic areas and interactions related to dining and food.

Reading Activity

  • Assignment: Read a passage about Tobias’ family and assess statements as true (r) or false (f).

    • Example Statements:

      1. Birgitta has two sisters and one brother.

      2. Tobias has three cousins and three cousins.

      3. Tobias' grandmother has six grandchildren.

      4. Stefan has four aunts and uncles (correct).

      5. Rudolf's brother-in-law has two sons (incorrect).

      6. Klara has one brother.

Thematic Unit: Food

  • Topics Covered:

    • Discussion about food.

    • Restaurant menu exploration.

    • Dialogues in a restaurant setting.

    • Grammatical focus: Nominative & Akkusative.

Restaurant Conversations

  • Discussion Points:

    • What do guests (G) say in the restaurant?

    • What does the waiter (K) respond with?

    • Sample Dialogues:

      • Question about mineral water preference (With or without carbonation).

      • Order examples including Zanderfilet and Wienerschnitzel.

      • Expressing dietary preferences (e.g., without salad).

      • Asking if orders can be combined or separated during checkout.

Language Practice Activity

  • Sentence Completion Activity:

    • Example:

      • Jan: "Ich ________ [1] eine Suppe. Was ______ [2] ihr?"

      • Dialogue about food preferences, including completing forms of "nehmen" (to take) and "essen" (to eat).

Grammatical Focus

  • Nominative Case:

    • Used for the subject of a sentence (What is doing something or exists).

    • Question prompts: Wer? (Who) Was? (What)

    • Example: "Das Buch liegt auf dem Tisch." (What lies? The book – therefore, in nominative).

  • Accusative Case:

    • Used for the direct object in a sentence (What is directly affected by the action).

    • Question prompts: Wen? (Whom) Was? (What)

    • Example: "Ich kaufe die Blume." (What am I buying? The flower – thus, in accusative).

Q&A Session

  • Inquiry Session: Students are invited to ask questions.

  • Instructor's contact for further inquiries: alaa-mahmoud@alexu.edu.eg.