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Help with school project in Germany

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finknottle · 29/01/2008 10:42

Ds1's new secondary school has a project week in mid-Feb and I've volunteered to do something wrt English.

It's only 4 half-mornings, well, 3 really and then a presentation on the Open Day on the Sat.

Ds1 is so happy there and the teachers are v good. It's a small village school, quite new and while they've been renovating work-shops & labs etc, they've few resources for English.

As the children only really started learning English at the start of the school year they won't be up to much language-wise but need to be involved, i.e. we need to do something they can present.

I thought I'd do a British Isles display:

England
Wales
Scotland
Ireland

We can paint flags,
have posters/maps showing capitals etc
typical food, maybe write out short descriptions
sport (rugby, hurling, football, cricket)

So I need material. Have a couple of magazines I can cut a few pics out of.
Thought I'd contact the embassies in Berlin but the project starts on Feb 13th and don't have much time.

Help! Ideas, old mags you don't need - anything, please

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CalintineFrauers · 14/02/2008 19:55

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admylin · 14/02/2008 19:58

Why not, join us in our suffering, you'll understand what we're on about at least. I really think we scare alot of mners away.

SSSandy2 · 14/02/2008 20:09

We couldn't do it WITHOUT you cali! The thought of it.

So what are we calling it then?

SSSandy2 · 14/02/2008 20:10

actually I think you're getting a bit nostalgic for DL these days. I wonder if we won't see you back here in a year or two....

admylin · 14/02/2008 20:17

Any suggestions? Kleine Deutschland from cali, I'd say 'I'm not a star but get me out of here anyway' but that's no good...!

SSSandy2 · 14/02/2008 20:19

no, no good.

Can we at least call it kleineS Deutschland though or everyone will think we're taking the p*ss.

trockodile · 14/02/2008 20:24

I'll join you! I'm trying to spend more time in the 'real' Germany -this is a start.

Noticed 'thequietone' on another thread today so (prob) no baby yet!

admylin · 14/02/2008 20:27

See I can't even do the endings right yet and I've been here for years

kleine, kleinen, kleiner, kleines whatever...

berolina · 14/02/2008 20:29

Deutschländlein?

emkana · 14/02/2008 20:30

Klein-Deutschland?

CalintineFrauers · 14/02/2008 20:31

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SSSandy2 · 14/02/2008 20:32

I do what the Berliners do admylin, I just swallow the endings. But I don't do all the "Wat is'n dit-a?" stuff

Bero are you feeling inspired about a good title?

At-a-girl trockadile

So where do we put it then, in chat?

berolina · 14/02/2008 20:34

For us Berliners it could be 'Ham wa nicht'

Das deutsche Dorf?

SSSandy2 · 14/02/2008 20:35

How about: da kann ja jeder kommen!

admylin · 14/02/2008 20:35

DD can do berlinerisch - her teacher ha staught them loads of songs in it too, really funny! I prefer it to Schwäbisch.

Where is the little Italy thread? In overseas or chat?

emkana · 14/02/2008 20:36

In chat it would disappear after 90 days no?

Love your suggestion SSSandy.

Can I join too?

SSSandy2 · 14/02/2008 20:36

I shall investigate and report back

admylin · 14/02/2008 20:36

I like klein-Deutschland

berolina · 14/02/2008 20:37

Oh yes Sandy that is genius.

SSSandy2 · 14/02/2008 20:37

you HAVE to join in Emkana

CalintineFrauers · 14/02/2008 20:43

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SSSandy2 · 14/02/2008 20:46

where do you italophiles have your threads cali, are they in chat? Haven't found them

CalintineFrauers · 14/02/2008 20:48

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finknottle · 15/02/2008 09:27

Deutsche Ecke?

or German Corner?

For those in all German-speaking countries and not to be off-putting to those who don't speak German.

Though all it'd take would be a click to see how welcoming we are

Votes? Prefer Deutsche Ecke m'self.

Or I'll just start one shall I?

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