The German group is making good progress. The combination of beginners and advanced students is working well.

​It is pleasing to share my knowledge with such a keen to learn group.

​Horst

The German group happily assembles every Tuesday at midday and eagerly absorbs the new lessons and vocabulary presented. Humorous commentary delights everybody and helps to contain good pronunciation.

If there is any interest in what is presented, try to see our U3A Weebly site, where all lessons are kept thanks to the great help of Bev Lee. Unfortunately, you miss the homework which all members digest.

​I am happy and delighted that I can still share my German knowledge with this keen group.

​Horst Gunther

Sharing my German knowledge with the German group is the highlight of my week.  We have this year a combined group of beginners and advanced members and we begin the session with the beginners lektions, which is also a review for the advanced members, who act as helpers to the beginners.  It works well and good advance is notable.  The beginners again receive more information and knowledge of pronunciation by listening to the advanced sessions.  The members are keen to further their language skills and the sessions are filled with a good splash of humor, which certainly helps learning.

​Horst

The new season has started very well.  The group is very keen to learn and I’m very pleased to share my knowledge with them.  We are continuing our tradition of having ‘Kaffee un Kuchen’ after class for special occasions, this month celebrating Barbara’s birthday with a delicious cake made by Sophie. 

​Horst

Held each Tuesday from 12.15 to 1.45pm, the first class commenced on 7th February in the U3A Room!  

After trialling a fresh page for Lessons 2023, we've decided to just add them to the Lessons page to make it easier for Horst to access previous lessons using the right hand column. 

Bev Lee
Website Manager

​Now at the end of the year, I believe the German group has been a wonderful experience for all concerned, including me.  Every member has gathered an advanced knowledge of the basic German language in vocabulary and pronunciation. 

It is now time to overcome the natural inhibition to speak freely using the accumulated wealth of vocabulary and not be afraid to ask questions if unsure of a word.  My hope is that we make big advances next year in that respect. 

For those members or new interested persons who wish to start afresh, we will give you a new beginners course next year.  
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I thank every member for given me the opportunity to freshen up my own German knowledge and Beverley Lee for helping me to make the weekly sessions easy to present.

I wish everybody connected to U3A a Merry Christmas time and a Happy New Year.   

Frohe Weinacht und ein glückliches Neujahr .

Horst Gunther

Our German group is making good progress, the wealth of German vocabulary obtained throughout the year is now enforced by translating English into German which was initiated by a member of the group. I always appreciate suggestions of the group members. It shows great interest and willingness by the members to learn and further their pronunciation and vocabulary.

The group continues to be a happy group at times creating a most humorous atmosphere.

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Horst Gunther

The enthusiastic and happy German group keeps improving their reading ability and begins to converse with short sentences. We have covered a broad area of life with vocabulary which is a solid foundation to have a conversation.

I was thrilled to hear from one member that she can talk freely to her in laws over the phone in Germany, a good sign that we are making progress.

​I am surprised about how much depth of the German language is retained in that old brain of mine after 70 years in Australia and thrilled that I am able to pass it on to the eager learning members.

Horst Gunther

The happy German group continues to be challenged with lots of new vocabulary and pronunciation.  Most members excel with their reading now, however activating conversation remains a problem.  I will persevere by introducing more Grammar to enable everyone to form short sentences and answer questions freely, so that gradually the tongue loosens up and members can converse with each other.  I am grateful to be able to be of assistance to class members and always learn a lot myself.
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Horst Gunther

The happy German group is now focussing on the Home Environment and reading and learning all about daily life, their house and its various rooms, the furniture and the activities one performs in the house.

This involves an enormous amount of vocabulary.  We will try from now on to retain that vocabulary and verbally use it in question-and-answer sessions.  As one member mentioned, if you don`t use it you lose it!  

I am very happy to challenge the group in many ways and yet see that their eagerness to learn doesn't wane.

Another successful month! 

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Horst Gunther