IB German B SL You’re You’re either reading reading this right now because because you either take take German B SL, or you’re wondering how difcult the German language will be. Some people say German is difcult because o its three genders! eminine, masculine and neuter. neuter. But grammatically, the Germans are "ery systematical and e"erything makes sense once you know the rules#
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-reparation! *. Don’t just read the textbook 7 7 you should accept the act that the reading paper is harder than te)tbook material, but please make sure you know the "ocabulary in the te)tbook rst. You You must learn learn to walk beore beore you run. 8. Find something interesting to read7 what you’re essentially doing here is reading widely. 4ype in $9erwandschat% or $Gesundheit% $Gesundheit% or any words in the related to the core topic in the search bar. bar. By clicking on any link that pops up and :(;I
ow? 4here’s no easy way, route5 learning is the best way as this is still a oreign language. But many comple) German words are =ust a mash5up o small words which you know already, so that will help you memori@e new "ocabulary. A. /I you’r you’re e still still readin reading g this, this, and think that there there is no no way that you’re going to ace the e)am, how bout watching cartoons in German? I recommend -umuckl, as it was 6uite a amous series back in the '0s. It’s about this in"isible Cobald called -umuckl
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where only his owner can see him because the owner caught the Cobald with glue in the rst episode. Dh, and surprise, surprise, -umuckl trinkt gern Bier.1 Dn the day! ealise that you can’t cram "ocabulary in the morning Be proud o yoursel o what you’"e done already emember that You can guess what some words mean rom the conte)t (nswer every single question in the test , e"en i you don’t understand something. /You /You don’t get a penalty or getting something wrong###1 -aper 8! 2riting /*h1 4his is a writing test, which which will be asking you to write write anything rom a blog, newspaper, diary to short story/don’t try the story, trust me1 -reparation! *. Do practice paper questions 5 https!EEsites.google.comEaEkg".hkEyear5*85ib5german580*0Epast5 papers F55 papers F55 this is our "ery own website these are old past paper, but doesn’t mean you shouldn’t try them. 8. se textbook !ocabulary "ND #ort $%r #ort phrases 7 in act, memorise some o these phrases. 2ith your 2ort Hr 2ort book, pages *5 will denitely gi"e you some pretty darn good phrases /the :nglish translations are sufcient or :nglish ( coursesJ1 +. Find $acts online 7 You should ha"e some knowledge and acts about the Krei@eit Krei@eit and Gesundheit when you walk into the e)am 7 no e)cuses here# >ere are some e)amples! In den "ergangenen 30 Mahren hat die Nahl der stark Oberwichtigen weltweit deutlich @ugenommen$ @ugenommen$ /Spiegel
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Dn the day! ;o something that soothes you, but still makes you alert /yes, get that balance between yin and yang1 whether it’s listening to music or some moderate e)ercise 'n the exam( )st thing 7 -lan your essay. 2hat’s your thesis? 2hat are you arguing in this piece? 2hat’s your message? se linking words and prepositions 7 here’s a Rhecklist or writing /note to SR! could you help making a button which links to the checklist document? 4hanks#1
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>ere’s a link to the syllabus! https!EEsites.google.comEaEkg" https!EEsites.google.comEaEkg".hkEgerman5lan .hkEgerman5language5b5new5syllabusE? guage5b5new5syllabusE? pli* ;id you know? -eople who learn lea rn a second language or more languages are less likely to get dementia than those who only know one language? I you’re planning to take German B at SL, this is an e)tremely good course to ensure that your German le"el is good. You can end up being able to read German newspapers Tuently and be able to communicate with Germans at con"ersation le"el# Dther links! http!EEslowgerman.comE 5 http!EEslowgerman.comE 5 listen to authentic radio with the script at a slower pace
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