**HL/OL GERMAN BEFORE/AFTER**

Hayezer

Thanks guys, this is very helpful

Hayezer

Anyone have any tips for the listening? Weather phrases, news phrases etc?

finality

Hayezer wrote: »

Anyone have any tips for the listening? Weather phrases, news phrases etc?

Tief = low front/ depression
Gewitter = thunderstorms

those come up really often

fizzyorange

I really need a C2 in German. Got a C3 in the mocks and am hoping to push everything up a grade or two. My oral went really well and I've improved so much on the aural, so I really am hoping for the best.

fizzyorange

finality wrote: »

Tief = low front/ depression
Gewitter = thunderstorms

those come up really often

Does Unwetter mean thunderstorm as well? I think it does but I feel like I might have gotten that mixed up.

finality

fizzyorange wrote: »

Does Unwetter mean thunderstorm as well? I think it does but I feel like I might have gotten that mixed up.

yeah it does

bluesky94

Hayezer wrote: »

Anyone have any tips for the listening? Weather phrases, news phrases etc?

stark bewölkt - very cloudy
einzelne Schauer / mit vereinzelten Schauern - scattered showers
heiter bis wolkig - clear to cloudy
zeitweise Regen - rain at times
sturmartige Winde - gale force winds
schauerartige Regenfälle - showers
bedeckt - overcast
Niederschlag - rain
Gewitter - thunderstorms
Tageshöchstemperaturen - highest daytime temperatures
niedrigere Temperaturen - lower temperatures
ein Tief - low pressure
ein Hoch - high pressure
schwül - humid
tagsüber warm - warm during the day

leaveiton

http://www.dw.de/dw/0,,13359,00.html

Everybody should watch this fantastic German webseries! :pac: (It actually is sort of helpful though)

finality

How much do you guys usually write for the letter? It's usually about 6-700 words for me, can't seem to write less.

earwax_man

finality wrote: »

I'm so excited about German. I can't wait. It's going to be so much fun, I actually love the German exam. The grammar section is my favourite part

Finally someone else

I can't wait for this exam, it's gonna be so much fun xD Doch die geilste Sprache aller Zeit :pac: Hoping for an A1

bluesky94 wrote: »

Certain prepostions always take a certain case like
Dativ:
aus, bei, mit, seit, nach, von, zu, gegenuber

Akkusativ:
fur, durch, ohne, um, gegen, entlang, bis

Genitiv:
trotz, während, anstatt, wegen, ausserhalb/innerhalb

So if one of those prepostions is in front of the noun, you don't need to work out who is the doer or the subject because the noun is always in that case.

Entlang can also be a postposition when accusative ("Den Fluss entlang") or a dative preposition ("Entlang dem Fluss")

leaveiton

Did a practice aural earlier and got 70/80, delighted! Much much MUCH better than the 48/80 I got in my mock! :P

bluesky94

earwax_man wrote: »

Entlang can also be a postposition when accusative ("Den Fluss entlang") or a dative preposition ("Entlang dem Fluss")

True, I didn't distinguish between post- and prepositions..
I've never seen entlang used as a Dativ preposition? We would have used 'am Fluss entlang...' or 'an der Strasse entlang..' In which case it's not the entlang, it's the an that is taking the dative. Would both of these be correct..?

As for the length of the letter, I think it would be hard to get all the content and expression marks with just 160 words.. That seems very short.. I also write about 600 words and think that is a safer bet. It's really the only chance you get to write the German you know so I'd say write as much relevant material as time will allow..

leaveiton

Does negative marking exist in the German aural, does anyone know?

emmamurphy233

Nope! You start at 0 and it's all uphill from there.

emmamurphy233

I desperately need an A1 Friday. Can somebody tell me what I need to study to get it? I'm pretty good at German, got 83% in the mock. I also feel I got at least 90 in the oral. I'm just not sure what to study for the Ausserung or letter, and I never seem to get more than 55 in listening. Any tips? Anyone?

Hayezer

emmamurphy233 wrote: »

I desperately need an A1 tomorrow. Can somebody tell me what I need to study to get it? I'm pretty good at German, got 83% in the mock. I also feel I got at least 90 in the oral. I'm just not sure what to study for the Ausserung or letter, and I never seem to get more than 55 in listening. Any tips? Anyone?

Nearly had a heart attack, Germans Friday :pac:

emmamurphy233

Hayezer wrote: »

emmamurphy233 wrote: »

I desperately need an A1 tomorrow. Can somebody tell me what I need to study to get it? I'm pretty good at German, got 83% in the mock. I also feel I got at least 90 in the oral. I'm just not sure what to study for the Ausserung or letter, and I never seem to get more than 55 in listening. Any tips? Anyone?

Nearly had a heart attack, Germans Friday :pac:

Oh god yeah! Slip of the tongue! Or keyboard... Sorry. :P

keyhole

this is the worst predictions page ever........ does anyone have any actual predictions?

Chavways

keyhole wrote: »

this is the worst predictions page ever........ does anyone have any actual predictions?

Predictions have already been proven to be pointless in the LC this year so theres little reason to do it.

bluesky94

I don't think you can really predict anything for German?
There will be two comprehensions, a grammar exercise, a letter/picture and a discussion on a theme. There are no specific topics on the syllabus so it's anyone's guess as to what will come up in these.
You are better off learning general phrases and expressions in my opinion.. You don't really need specialised vocab for any section, it's not expected. Maybe go over the grammar and possibly weather vocab as that is a guaranteed question in the news in the aural.. ?

Cill94

Anyway have an idea for what the ideal timing scheme is? I'm a bit worried I'll run out of time in the letter.

Hayezer

What are the types of things that can come up in the grammer section/most likely to come up?

Cill94

Hayezer wrote: »

What are the types of things that can come up in the grammer section/most likely to come up?

Prateritum
Relative Clauses
identify the gender, case and tense of a noun
Change a sentence into a different tense
etc.

RyanSligo

bluesky94 wrote: »

I don't think you can really predict anything for German?
There will be two comprehensions, a grammar exercise, a letter/picture and a discussion on a theme. There are no specific topics on the syllabus so it's anyone's guess as to what will come up in these.
You are better off learning general phrases and expressions in my opinion.. You don't really need specialised vocab for any section, it's not expected. Maybe go over the grammar and possibly weather vocab as that is a guaranteed question in the news in the aural.. ?

What weather vocab would be useful?

Hayezer

RyanSligo wrote: »

What weather vocab would be useful?

Theres a load on page 3!

RyanSligo

Hayezer wrote: »

Theres a load on page 3!

Cheers Any other tips on how to score high marks in the listening ?

emmamurphy233

Cill94 wrote: »

Anyway have an idea for what the ideal timing scheme is? I'm a bit worried I'll run out of time in the letter.

about 35 minutes per reading comprehension, 15 minutes for the grammar, 25 for the Ausserung, 40 minutes for the letter.

Hayezer

Are we expected to write alot for ausserung and letter? I'm just learning off like 3 sentences on topics and hopefully I'll slot em in :L

emmamurphy233

Hayezer wrote: »

Are we expected to write alot for ausserung and letter? I'm just learning off like 3 sentences on topics and hopefully I'll slot em in :L

you need about 11 sentences for the ausserung, and about 24 for the letter.

Bubbleope

Hayezer wrote: »

Are we expected to write alot for ausserung and letter? I'm just learning off like 3 sentences on topics and hopefully I'll slot em in :L

i usually write half a page for the äuserung and then like 3 pages for the letter. S: is that wrong!? :eek:



by the way is anyone gonna attempt the other schriftliche produktion if they don't like what they see in the letter?? S: i think i might although i prefer the letter..