You deserve for vocabulary learning to be enjoyable, interesting, and appealing. Except for most people, vocabulary learning is as boring as watching paint dry. So they skip it. Except vocabulary words are like fuel for your car: no fuel, no driving. No words, no conversation! This Masterclass contains 4 lessons, specifically designed to help you master your personal vocabulary learning method. It'll put that fuel in your car!
Dogma-free vocabulary learning:
In this Masterclass you'll learn how to utilize your natural aptitudes. You'll learn how you can 'lower the hurdle' for yourself so you can actually enjoy learning new words. And it will all give you a boost in confidence in your German speaking.
Exactly like musicians attend a masterclass to learn from an expert, you can take learn from my 20+ years of having learned and spoken German, as well as all of the insights I've collected from hundreds of German learners, all condensed into one course.
~Frau Warner
The Learning Objectives:
By the end of this Masterclass you will be able to say:
- I understand the 2 types of vocabulary use.
- I know what the 5 phases of learning vocabulary are.
- I know how I learn vocabulary best and how to tweak that process.
- I know how many vocabulary words **I** can learn in a week, a month, or a year.
- I know how to find new vocabulary words about my hobbies and other topics I'm interested in.
Watch the introduction video:
Lesson 1: Context
- 1.1 Do I need to learn alllll the German words?
- 1.2 The Two Types of Vocabulary Use
- 1.3 Are all vocabulary words learned the same way?
- 1.4 What are the 5 phases of learning German vocabulary words?
- 1.5 What is your current learning method? How effective is it?
- 1.6 Your homework for this lesson.
c. 30 minutes
Lesson 2: New Possibilities
- 2.1 A little bit of discovery.
- 2.2 The 9 types of vocabulary learning techniques.
- Based on Howard Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligences
- 2.3 Examples to inspire you.
- 2.4 Hausaufgaben Nr. 1
- 2.5 How many vocabulary words can you learn per day/week/month/year?
- 2.6 A special note about vocabulary learning when life is hard.
- 2.7 Hausaufgabe Nr. 2
c. 45 minutes
Lesson 3: Üben macht den Meister! Üben macht die Meisterin!
(Practice makes 'perfect.')
- 3.1 Check-in
- 3.2 Additional support: Pronunciation
- 3.3 Additional support: Make the invisible visible
- 3.4 Additional support for multilingual people
- 3.5 Additional support: lexical learning
- 3.6 Review, Rinse & Repeat - but more fun!
- 3.7 Prioritizing with physical flashcards
- 3.8 How to deal with the "problem words"
- 3.9 How could you make it even 'easier'?
- 3.10 Hausaufgabe
c. 30 minutes
Lesson 4: Smoother Sailing
- 4.1 Smoother sailing
- 4.2 Isn't that backwards?!
- 4.3 Every-day sources for vocabulary expansion
- 4.4 überraschende Quellen (surprising sources)
- 4.5 Hausaufgabe
- 4.6 How does vocabulary learning change as you learn more German?
- 4.7 Selbsteinschätzung (self-assessment)
- 4.8 Zum Schluss
- This is the step in which you'll submit the form for your Certificate of Completion
c. 25 minutes
FAQs:
Click the question to open and read the answers.
How do I know this Masterclass is right for me?
This online course is for you if:
- you're ready to put in a bit of time and effort so you can leave your frustration behind.
- you want to know how many words you can reasonably learn in a week, a month, or a year.
- you would enjoy an engaging and interactive online course.
- you're happy to have Frau Warner respond to your comments and answer your questions.
How do I know if this Masterclass is NOT for me?
This online course is not for you if:
- you follow the 'gurus' instead of your own gut instinct.
- you think rote memorization is the only way to learn.
- your schedule is completely overloaded and you haven't learned any German for weeks.
- you think earning 'points' on an app is equivalent to learning vocabulary. (Spoiler alert: it's not.)
Which supplies will I need?
- A total of 2-2.5 hours to take this Masterclass.
- To be able to print two PDFs (if you don't have a printer, simply write out the PDFs by hand).
- Potential supplies (you will discover this in the course, because it's based on your natural aptitudes) like flashcards, felt-tip pens, markers, colored pencils, a specific kind of notebook, etc.
I love a certificate! How do I get my own certificate?
In order to receive a Certificate of Completion from Frau Warner, you must:
- view all of the lessons,
- Frau Warner will check this before she issues your certificate
- complete all of the activities,
- and fill out the form in the final lesson.
I like to dive deep into what I'm doing. What do I do if I need extra time to work through the Masterclass?
You'll have 4 weeks of time with your initial tuition, and if you'd like to dive deeper, you can renew your access for one week at a time for $15. You can do this from within the website. And if you have any questions, simply ask Frau Warner.
This isn't one of those boring, talking-head video courses, is it?!
Good Goddesses no! This is a learn-along-with-the-video kind of Masterclass, where you work through the worksheet accompanied by the video, plus you get to leave comments and Frau Warner will respond personally. It's as interactive as it can be for a video course. Frau Warner made it, after all, and she doesn't do boring. ;-)
Availability:
This Masterclass is currently available to Canada and the USA.
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