{"id":137,"date":"2017-07-13T02:39:23","date_gmt":"2017-07-13T02:39:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/masonslivinglanguages.com\/?page_id=137"},"modified":"2019-06-25T21:09:36","modified_gmt":"2019-06-25T21:09:36","slug":"german","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/masonslivinglanguages.com\/?page_id=137","title":{"rendered":"German"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(includes <a href=\"https:\/\/masonslivinglanguages.com\/?page_id=413\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">affiliate links<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">In Mason&#8217;s schools, German was typically the second language taught, beginning songs in Form 2 and language study in Form 3.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Vocabulary<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">In the early years, vocabulary is developed through pictures and objects around the student&#8217;s environment. \u00a0Below are resources you could use for vocabulary. \u00a0The key here is to remember that the students are not to see the words. \u00a0In some cases, you may need to find a way to cover the words.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2AIbrFS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Teach Me German and More German<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2wa7KoG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">In the Town All Year &#8216;Round<\/a>-this book is nearly perfect for vocabulary development and picture narration, without any words cluttering the pages<\/li>\n<li>My Very First Little German Book on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HYUvZTQK2kQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/___firs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">online<\/a>, and in <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2u8aYM2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">print<\/a>!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2uOoLEu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Usborne German Flashcards<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2uOrUUx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Berlitz German Flashcards<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2eZDN6t\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">First Thousand Words German<\/a><\/li>\n<li>German Audio Flashcards<a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2uOYVQs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/amzn.to\/2uOYVQs<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Songs<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mamalisa.com\/?lang=German&amp;t=el\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mama Lisa&#8217;s World: International Music &amp; Culture<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Here is a You Tube channel with German <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLQ84oiE_dS9s5B9baRBhQgmAiuDv9HLK0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">songs<\/a>. \u00a0Quick note: in the early years, the work is oral and the means of acquiring language is the ear, so these videos should be used for their audio only.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2v5euDC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gorgeous German Children&#8217;s Songs &amp; Nursery Rhymes<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Stories<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beelinguapp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Beelinguapp<\/a> is a new app that reads aloud stories in a variety of languages along with side by side text of the native and target language!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordproject.org\/bibles\/de\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Bible<\/a> in German&#8211;with audio<\/li>\n<li>YouTube has video stories of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/piggeldy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Piggeldy &amp; Frederick<\/a> without subtitles. \u00a0You could choose to use these for the audio only.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thegermanproject.com\/stories\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The German Project<\/a> hosts a handful of nursery stories in audio, perfect for beginners<\/li>\n<li>Here is You Tube channel with children&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PL5D443A49838608D1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stories<\/a>. \u00a0Here also, you want to use these for the audio portion only in the early years when the primary means of acquiring language is through the ear.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/librivox.org\/search?title=&amp;author=&amp;reader=&amp;keywords=&amp;genre_id=1&amp;status=all&amp;project_type=either&amp;recorded_language=3&amp;sort_order=catalog_date&amp;search_page=1&amp;search_form=advanced\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Librivox <\/a>hosts many Children&#8217;s German audiobooks<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/librivox.org\/multilingual-fairy-tale-collection-003-by-various\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Here<\/a>, Librivox has a collection of Fairy Tales in different languages, MANY in German<\/li>\n<li>This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCWT3U_yPEPKN0q9w0YMQHPw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube channel<\/a> has a collection of German fairy tales.\u00a0 Use these for the audio only in the early years.<\/li>\n<li>Der Geiss-Christeli by Ernst Zahn<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gutenberg.org\/browse\/languages\/de\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Project Gutenberg<\/a> has a number of German stories in print and audio<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2v9fnO4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fairy Tales<\/a> by Charles Perrault in German<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2uQaua4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fairy Tales<\/a> of Hans Christian Andersen<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2uMuBId\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brothers Grimm Fairytales Vol. 1<\/a>&#8211;a Kindle and Paperback option<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2vkTv30\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brothers Grimm Fairytales Vol. 2<\/a>&#8211;Kindle<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2uLNT0d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Little Prince<\/a> by Antoine de Saint-Exup\u00e9ry<\/li>\n<li><span id=\"productTitle\" class=\"a-size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2u535XS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Am I small? Bin ich klein?<\/a>\u00a0by Philipp Winterberg<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"ebooksProductTitle\" class=\"a-size-extra-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2u54sWw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Learning German With Stories And Pictures: Fred Der Fisch<\/a>\u00a0by\u00a0Andr\u00e9 Klein<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Series<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/cherrydalepress.com\/?page_id=181\">Speaking German with Miss Mason and Fran\u00e7ois<\/a> by Cherrydale Press<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/books\/reader?id=Qx4zAQAAMAAJ&amp;printsec=frontcover&amp;output=reader&amp;hl=en&amp;pg=GBS.PP15\">German Lessons on the Gouin Method<\/a>\u00a0by F. Th\u00e9moin<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Poems<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mamalisa.com\/?lang=German&amp;t=el\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mama Lisa&#8217;s World: International Music &amp; Culture<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Librivox has a collection of <a href=\"https:\/\/librivox.org\/librivox-multilingual-short-works-collection-008\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Poems <\/a>in many languages, including MANY in German. \u00a0You would have to preview for age appropriateness.<\/li>\n<li>Librivox has a <a href=\"https:\/\/librivox.org\/christmas-short-works-collection-2009-by-various\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Christmas poetry <\/a>collection with a couple poems in German<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/easiestgermanrea00hemprich\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Easiest German Reading for Learners, Young or Old<\/a> by George Hempl, for purchase <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2tf9PBC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Formal Lesson Books<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Mason used the following books for lessons in her programmes. \u00a0Teachers were required to read the preface to educate themselves and did not use them exhaustively.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/___firs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">My Very First Little German Book<\/a>-is a sweet book for those beginning German as their first language. \u00a0You can also purchase it, <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2u8aYM2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>My Very First Little German Book on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HYUvZTQK2kQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a>!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/in.ernet.dli.2015.12752\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Primary German Course<\/a> by Otto Siepmann&#8211;this book was used for both Forms 3 &amp; 4<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/easiestgermanrea00hemprich\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Easiest German Reading for Learners, Young or Old<\/a> by George Hempl, for purchase <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2tf9PBC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">CM Friendly Curricula\/Online Programs<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.learnables.com\/languages\/german\/\">The Learnables<\/a>-an immersion-based program for older students that begins with listening and speaking before moving on to reading and writing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(includes affiliate links) In Mason&#8217;s schools, German was typically the second language taught, beginning songs in Form 2 and language study in Form 3. 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