German Level 1

Greetings

Vocabulary1. GreetingsBuild into daily routines starting with Guten Tag and Tschüss and then gradually adding in more vocabulary as learners progress.

Hallo HelloGuten Tag Hello/Good dayHallo allerseits! Hello everyone! Guten Tag Frau … Hello Miss …Guten Tag Herr … Hello Sir …Die Anwesenheit überprüfen! We will take the registerTschüss Bye Auf Wiedersehen GoodbyeSchlaf gut Sleep wellGute Nacht! Good night!Schönes Wochenende Have a nice weekendBis Morgen! See you tomorrow!

Hallo allerseits!

Guten Tag Frau…!

Guten Tag Herr…!

Hallo!

Die Anwesenheit überprüfen!

Tschüss!

Bis Morgen!

Schönes Wochenende!

Schlaf gut

Gute Nacht!

Embedding the languageUsing the greetings as part of everyday routine in class e.g. Guten Tag at the start of everyday, Bis Morgen at the end of the day and Schönes Wochenende on a Friday at the end of the school day!

Do the register in German each morning – teacher says, “die Anwesenheit überprüfen” and pupils respond with “Guten Tag”.

Use a Guten Tag song and/or an Tschüss song at the start and end of each day.

Sample activities You will find a bank of sample activities which you can use to practise the vocabulary in the classroom.

This is not a prescriptive list of activities and you can use or adapt them to suit the needs of your class.

Guten Tag und Tschüss!1. Pupils walk around the class whilst some German

music plays. As they walk around, they should greet each other saying Guten Tag!

2. Teacher then plays more lively music and everyone skips and mimes wearing a backpack and waving to each other and saying “Bis Morgen!” to each other.

3. Music gets even livelier and pupils now dance about saying “Schönes Wochenende!”

4. Lastly the music is sad and they pretend to cry and look sad, waving each other goodbye saying “Tschüss!”

Musik hören…

und Hallo mit der Hand zeigen!

…Hallo sagen...

…spazieren…

Musik hören…

und Tschüss mit der Hand zeigen!

…bis Morgen sagen...

springen…

Musik hören…

undTschüss mit der Hand zeigen!

… schönes Wochenende sagen...

…tanzen…

Songs and videos!

You will find a bank of sample songs and videos which you can use to practise the vocabulary in the classroom.

This is not a prescriptive list of songs and you can use or adapt them to suit the needs of your class.

You will find a set of more supported activities in Early Feelings and more challenging activities in Level 2 Feelings.

Guten Tag song

Das Hallo Lied

Goodbye Song German

Tschüss!