World Languages
Famous Cities– Reading & Listening Practice in German
Boost your German reading & listening skills with me, a former college professor and homeschool mom. Working together, we’ll look at postage-stamp images of famous German cities drawn by graphic artist Heinz Schillinger.
10-12
year old learners
5th-7th
US Grade Level
Intermediate
Level
1-12
learners per class
$20
Charged upfront
Meets once
45 minute class
Available times
Pacific
Description
Class Experience
Graphic artist Heinz Schillinger designed numerous postage stamps for the “Deutsche Bundespost,” beginning in the 1960s and continuing up through his death in 2008. He drew monuments, portraits, and nature motifs. He even won a prize for “most beautiful postage stamp in the world”! One particularly appealing series of stamps features simple line drawings of famous German cities like Bremen, Hamburg, and Oberammergau. In this class, we will spend time with the depictions of these famous...
I have been teaching German, composition, and arts & humanities for more than 25 years, and I speak German with near-native fluency. I have a PhD in German Literature and was the 2014 Indiana German Collegiate Teacher of the Year. I bring first-rate content knowledge and pedagogical expertise to the online classroom, plus a genuine love of working with young learners. Because I have extensive experience at the college level, I know just where high school students are headed and can expertly help them as they prepare themselves for the next step. My focus on learning strategies and study skills is an added benefit, useful for any learner. See my Profile Page for my resume.
45 minutes per week in class, and maybe some time outside of class.
If you have any questions about whether your learner's level of German proficiency is a good match for this class, feel free to send me a message. Here's an answer key for the words and sentences in the course description that you can use as a little placement test for your learner, if that's helpful: + Can you puzzle out the meanings of sentences like these? Es gibt viele Bäume im Wald hinter der Stadt. There are many trees in the forest behind the city. Die Schiffe bringen Produkte von einem Land zum anderen. The ships bring products from one country to another. Die Häuser sind sehr niedrig, und die Bergen sind sehr hoch. The houses/buildings are very low, and the mountains are very high. + Do you know some basic German words like these? der Baum, der Fluss, das Schiff, die Brücke, das Fenster, die Tür tree, river, ship, bridge, window, door + If I asked you questions like these in spoken German, would you understand? Wo ist die Brücke: im Hintergrund, oder im Vordergrund? Where is the bridge: in the background, or in the foreground? Wie viele Fenster gibt es in dem Haus in der Mitte: drei, oder dreizehn? How many windows are there in the house in the middle: three, or thirteen?
Teacher
Jennifer Bjornstad, PhD (German/study skills)German instructor with 25+ years of classroom experience/former professor/award-winning teacher
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172 completed classes
About Me
Hello parents, hello students! Thank you for giving me the chance to tell you a little about myself and the courses I teach on Outschool. I have been teaching German, composition, and arts & humanities for more than 25 years. I bring first-rate...
