Saying whether you like or dislike certain work functions and associating these with a job.

Gap-filling exercise, useful pre- L130

Step-by-step jargon-free and very basic guide.

Saying what you like in the context of clothes and personal descriptions. Can be adapted for other languages

Gap-filling exercise

A sound-form association activity, introducing students to the sounds.

pair work activity, exchanging personal details, based on fictious characters

a sentence creation activity using Ich komme/wohne/bin/arbeite/habe to make up new identities. Can be used in the plenary for presentations or single sentences or as a pair work activity. Can then be extended for presenting in 3rd pers. sing. Formats: pdf, png and wbd. This was adapted from a resource by Anna Motzo from L195. The original resource can be found loro.open.ac.uk/2718.

the activity can be distributed to student moderators for use in self-help groups

Buying tickets and obtaining information

role play - practising booking a hotel room

activity is for distribution to moderators of self-help groups

Students talk about how often they eat or drink certain items

students talk about food and drink likes and dislikes

sentence manipulation task to practise inversion

ordering food and drink

pair work activity; making arrangements to meet

paired activity to talk about hobbies and using "gern"

practice for modal verbs in the present tense

A line drawing by Laura Dalton (resource 2388), used to describe the position of furniture, using Wechselpraepositionen.

Wechselpräpositionen activity using Dative and Accusative

using Wechselpraepositionen to talk about location of objects in a picture - difference between dative and accusative

Asking for places in town and giving&receiving basic directions

Unspecified

information gap activity (A&B) with split map and places in town to find

Saying how long something has been going on (Rundblick 2, Kapitel 6); using "seit" with the present tense - various questions

exercise to contrast use of "seit" with present tense and use of perfect tense

linking sentences with "weil"

Talking about one's daily routine, using adverbs of time and frequency and sequencing words

Talking about the weather and a webquest-type activity, in which students find out about the current weather in Germany

pair work activity, using the Perfect tense in questions and answers; grid-fill

activity to practise use of "müssen" and "ich möchte...", with an extension activity practising the Perfect

talking about frequency of leisure time activities

A sentence construction activity with visual prompts (places in town with "gegangen", food with "gegessen" and "getrunken") and extension work This consolidates work from Kapitel 6.9, 7.6, 7.7, 8.9.

a collection of activities and ideas for use in self-help groups

Whole group activity to practise understanding train departure times and using the 24 hour clock.

Fahrkarten lösen und Aussprache von ei, ie, z üben. Für Partnerarbeit in Gruppenräumen gedacht.

Materials from the first of two tutorials about how you spend your free time. The main aim is vocabulary building. The accusative with in is practised in a structured drill. The last 3 slides are intended for pair work.

Whiteboards from my second Elluminate tutorial on Leisure and Hobbies. Aims to develop aspects covered in the preceding tutorial. For face to face use, I have included a PDF version.

Preparation materials for the Information Exchange activity, based on the specimen paper, adapted for use on Elluminate.

revision suggestions for preparing to start L130

Could be used as a consolidation exercise of the Perfect(also as an ice-breaker) at the end of the course before ECA2, when use of the Perfect is required. Could also be used at the first L130 tutorial.

A structured dialogue with the possibility to vary or improvise the items within brackets (day and time of meeting, reason for inability to attend).

This could be used as an ice-breaker. Useful as practice before TMA's on the world of work. Could also be slotted in to the unit on daily routine.

This activity is based on the French resource @ http://loro.open.ac.uk/203/ It is a short activity for practising saying how long you have been doing something.

Information about an Austrian monastery for practising the role play