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Comprehensible Input Narration: Meine kurze Reise gestern nach Portland
past tense of fahren, essen, sehen, bringen, zahlen (pay), sprechen, kaufen (buy)
Activity for the Advanceds: translate the bicycle near-accident part of the story.
It's OK to narrate the past in the present tense - we do it in English, too. Start by setting the scene in the past: "Ich war in der Oper." Then continue in present tense, adding emotion: "Dann höre ich, der Tenor singt falsch…"
Review of Day 3: expressing possession with mein(e); Ihr(e); dein(e)
Expansion to more vocabulary (Wie, bitte? Kontext 3 Dialog 4 Paß, Fahrkarte, Gepäck; other possessions in the room) - note how die-nouns (feminine) often end in -e.
Expansion to more persons: Jakobs Handy > sein Handy; Katies Handy > ihr Handy (vs. Ihr = your)
Food & Drink
Wie, bitte? Kontext 4 Dialog 1: Ordering and paying for beverages (das Glas / die Tasse = cup / die Flasche = bottle / der Trinkbecher = [travel] mug)
Kontext 4 Dialog 2: Fast meals and making change (zurück = back, in return, transactional change; pocket change = Kleingeld; Haben Sie €20 klein? = Do you have [=Can you break] €20?
Kontext 4 Dialog 3: Requests (möchten = would like); OK to use McDonalds items in English; give them simple Euro prices (Ein Big Mac kostet €4, Fries €2, etc.)
Expressions for "(would) like"
Möchten = WOULD like; Mögen (ich mag; du magst; er/sie mag) = DO like (go for, almost love)
Welche (which) Komponisten / Opern /Arien / Lieder /Künstler(innen) (artists) mögen wir (nicht)?
Verb + gern = like to + verb
Ich singe gern die Lieder von Schubert. Ich spiele gern Klavier
Review and expansion of language for scheduling (when and where)
(Suggestion for advanceds: Give reasons why you can/ can't meet / practice etc. Either simple actions: Ich esse um 13 Uhr / Ich schlafe am Nachmittag. OR Use modal verbs: Ich kann / Ich muß. Challenge: Suggest reasons why someone else can't make an appointment: Müssen Sie / Mußt du schlafen?)
coaching / tutoring = Nachhilfe (can suggestion remedial) OR Sonderunterricht (special instruction) OR Privatunterricht
spatial dimensions: links = left; rechts = right; oben = up(stairs); unten = down(stairs); vorne = up in front; hinten = in the back
die Bühne = stage; die Kulisse (often plural: Kulissen) = scenery, backdrop, wing
auf der Bühne = on (the) stage; hinter den Kulissen = behind the scenes, backstage; der Aufenthaltsraum = lounge (not bar; place to rest or wait)
im Keller = in the basement; im [#](s)ten Stock = on the [#]st/th floor (im zweiten Stock = on the second floor); European floor/story numbers: add 1 to American (3. Stock = 4th floor)
die Reihe = row of seats; in der ersten Reihe = in the first row
der Platz, Plätze = seat, place (but not "home")
MY AVAILABILITY: Grades due today at 5 pm. OK for short time after class; longer time this evening 6 pm and later; thereafter: after class through lunch; late afternoon through dinner.
Expansion of Day 3: Describing tempi
Partner 1 hums/ sings/ taps something; Partner 2 describes tempo and volume and gives orders for changes. Das geht (nicht) = That works / doesn't work (will do / will go). So geht das besser = Here's / That's how it goes better. / How to do it better.
(Suggestion for advanceds: Du mußt das so singen = You gotta sing it this way / Ich würde das so singen = I'd sing it this way… / Man kann das auch so singen = One can sing it this way too…)
Vocabulary for musical notation
key signature = die Tonart; time signature = die Taktart (or just der Takt), measure = Takt (see photocopies, "Kultur", p. 298); zwei Herzen im Dreivierteltakt = two hearts beating in 3/4 time
Vocabulary for conducting / rehearsing: leiten, dirigieren = conduct, direct; wählen = choose, select; den Takt angeben = give the tempo; ändern = change; (un)regelmäßig = (ir)regular(ly)
Schubert: Lindenbaum, first half (picture of a linden tree)
parts of a song (Strophe, Vers - see Day 3)
linguistic features: great for prepositions (an, vor, in, von) and spatial terms (da, dort); narrative (literary) past tense: träumt', short form of träumte (= träumen); schnitt (verb schneiden); zog (ziehen); musst', short form of musste (müssen); rauschten (rauschen); bliesen (blasen); flog (fliegen); wendete (wenden);
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Suggestion for tomorrow: divide the beginners from the advanceds, either in seating or with 10 minutes for one group at the start and 10 at the end)
upcoming: Wie, bitte? Kontext 5 Im Hotel - getting shelter; describing spaces (including practice room, stage, etc.); emotions
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