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This Starter Pack and its films will help young beginners enjoy their first steps in understanding and speaking German and finding out about everyday life in Germany.

...and we found out about the castles and the legend of the Lorelei.

Early Start German uses high quality DVD to bring everyday Germany and authentic German voices right into your classroom, any time you want!

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Language and topics covered

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Primary German: weather words, "It's snowy"

See how Early Start introduces simple language and shows everyday life and culture.
Section, 9: "Was ist das Wetter?" has new phrases for "today's weather", and contrasts German summers and winters:

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introduces German phrases for different types of weather.

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Illustrates Germany in different weathers.

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"What is the weather like today?". followed by weather words in writing, now children are familiar with the sounds.

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Language and culture New language is introduced on screen by native-speaker German children, specially filmed in Germany. 1 hour 25 mins of film in 16 sections! Stories Activities in the Teacher's Manual include links to well-loved fairy tales of German origin, like Rumpelstilskin, Musicians of Bremen, the Pied Piper of Hamelin, the Lorelei...	Pack includes binder containing:- choice of DVD with 16 specially-filmed sections to use in your classroom; Audio-CD with new songs, karaoke versions, and pronunciation guide for the teacher; Teacher's Manual, with lesson-planning guide for the non-specialist, suggested activities, cross-curricular links, and photocopiable activity sheets and flashcards; links with optional extra Interactive CD-ROM* ("e-CD").
Pied Piper of Hamelin
Creative projects Each topic has suggested cross-curricular activities, including writing sumple picture stories with "talking word-processors" like Story Maker 2.1, and class projects in music, PE and exchanging information with a partner school. Support for the non-specialist Teacher' Manual suggests games and activities for your lesson-planning.
Topics covered
1 Hallo! - Greetings 2 Tschüs! - Saying goodbye 3 Wie geht's? - How are you? 4 Wie heißt du? - What's your name? 5 Zahlen: 1-12 - Numbers 1-12 6 Wie alt bist du? - How old are you? 7 Wo wohnst du? - Where do you live? 8 Was ist heute? - Days of the week 9 Wie ist das Wetter? - What's the weather like? 10 Das Alphabet - The alphabet 11 Meine Familie - My family 12 Zahlen: 13-31 - Numbers 13-31 13 Die Farben - Colours 14 Hast du ein Haustier? - Have you got a pet? 15 Fröhliche Weihnachten! - Happy Christmas! 16 Consolidation and assessment 17 Im Klassenraum - Classroom interaction for teachers
Early Start German Continuation Pack 2 is in preparation....

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Early Start German 1 pack - Manual with DVD*
+ audio CD for German 1

* NOTE: the price of the Manual includes the DVD, which will be delivered separately.

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