June 14 2012

Today we began with work, which is nice; we aren’t playing the silly games anymore I think. We just jumped right into working on vocabulary and grammar and then we watched a movie. The movie was “Friendship” and it was a German film about these two friends who after the fall of the wall come to America and travel from New York to San Francisco in order to find one of their fathers.  

I thought this film was really useful, sometimes they spoke too fast for me to catch all the words but with movies it seems that context, and knowing how the story is flowing through the visual cues, helps with understanding the words better. 

After lunch we went over our trip to Dresden, the schedule and the sites to see. It looks so beautiful; I really think I am going to like it, as long as I can finally get some sleep. After talking about Dresden we went over our end project. 

Jennifer and I decided to team up and to do this: 

Projektarbeit

Veränderungen zwichen die Mauerfall und Heute

Wittenberg/Őst  nach der Mauer gefallen

                - Geschichte und Kultur von Wittenberg

                                - Filme interview

                                - Powerpoint mit Photos

Machen:

* Haus der Geschichte (4.50 per person)

* Bibliothek

*Interview:

                -Amerikaner

                - Herr Weigel

                - Ghastfamilies

Outline:

I. Preconceptions

                - Interview _?__ (americaner sterotyp)

II. Wittenberg/ Őst bevor Mauerfall

                - Haus der Geschichte

III. Wittenberg/ Őst nach Mauerfall

                - Interview:

                                ~Denken Sie uber die Veränderungen zwichen die Mauerfall und Heute?

                                ~Was ist die groβest Veränderungen zwichen die Mauerfall  und Heute?

                                ~Warum denken die das?


Words for Today:
 Veränderungen = change
Schwanz (m) (-es) = tail
Internat (n / -[e]s) = boarding school
Fein (adj) = fine, delicate
Brilliant (adj) = brilliant