Guten Tag!

Zum Aufwärmen machen wir unseren Tagesminiplausch und eine Wiederholung.

Wiederholung

In the previous lesson, you learned how to say how long you’ve been studying German and also how to say the other languages that you speak. Let’s review what you have learned.

Lektionsüberblick

In this lesson, we will expand on your ability to talk about your studies to include talking about how many courses you are taking. Along the way, you will learn about some of the similarities and differences between German and US universities. In the end, you will be able to 1) say how many courses you are taking, 2) name the days of the week, and 3) say on which days you have class.

1) How to talk about your course load

Saying how many courses or credit hours can be a badge of honor of sorts. Let’s learn to say how many courses we are taking this semester.

	Kleiner Hinweis Other words for classes include: die Lehrveranstaltung/der Kurs = the course das Seminar = smaller, discussion style class die Vorlesung = lecture das Praktikum = lab

Let’s practice.

Remember: You can ask the question back with “Und du?“

2) Die Wochentage

In order to talk about your classes, you will need to feel confident with the days of the week in German (die Tage der Woche). The good news is that you have seen the days of the week in the Tagesminiplausch at the beginning of every lesson. Let’s do a quick review with the following activity.

Just like in English you can add a little 2-letter word before the day of the week to mean on: Am Montag, am Dienstag, etc.

Let’s practice that now.

3) Name your class days

Let’s put it all together to say when we have our classes. Read the comic below.

How does Phillip say that he has Music on Friday? Am Freitag habe ich Musik. You can also say, Ich habe Musik am Freitag.

Let’s practice.

Zum Schluß

In this lesson, you learned  1) say how many courses you are taking, 2) name the days of the week, and 3) say on which days you have class. If you are feeling unsure about any part of the expanded introduction, go back to that section and review.

Now write out your class schedule like the one here.

Then record yourself telling a German friend or classmate when you have classes. If you can do it immediately without reading, that’s great! Otherwise, practice saying it a couple times before recording. Or rerecord, if you are not satisfied.

*As you conclude this lesson, don’t forget to check Canvas!*

Media Attributions

• Die Tage der Woche activity adapted from apps.zum.de by Karl Kirst, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 International License.