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Drei Minuten movie
Learn with a smile
Format: Short, funny sketches performed by actors. Scripted dialogues. Produced in studio.
Target group: Beginners, near beginners and those who want to brush up their skills. Age: 12-102.
Total running time: 80 minutes, divided in 20 episodes.
Additional material: Subtitled version (German), slides, transcripts, teachers guide and a demo.

Target language used only.

In funny short sketches, each about three minutes long, professional German actors develop the concept in an amusing and talented way -all to help you to learn with a smile! German basic communicative situations, elementary glossary and expressions are practised.

Titles:
Drei minuten 1
Drei minuten 2
Meine Familie.
Talking about one's family. Hobbies: sports and music.

Die Beethovenstrasse.
How to ask for and find a street. The ordinal numbers 1-3, left, right, straight ahead etc.

Wie bitte?
Communication problems. How to spell difficult names. Repeat. "Wie bitte?" How to order a book.

Urlaub.
How to make proposals and how to refuse. Summer on the beach. What you can and want: the present tense of "können" and "wollen".

Im Supermarkt.
Shopping. Whose turn is it? How to express consternation.

Er ist krank.
How you feel- to be ill. Medicine. "Grippe, Tabletten, Tee kochen, Ruhe" etc. To tell what has happened. The perfect tense of "haben".

Im Restaurant.
Ordering a meal. How to pay. Menu, eat and drink.

Im Zug.
What time it is, train tickets, seat reservation, change trains, to be late.

Kleider kaufen.
Shopping expressions, what size, which colour, the price, to try clothes on.

Am Telefon.
Telephone numbers, to phone, ask for a person, leave a message.		 Im Hotel.
Make a reservation, good morning, good evening, good night.

Das Auto.
Different ways of greetings, numbers over 1000, to buy, to sell, perfect tense.

Der Geburtstag
Serve coffee and cakes. How to make suggestions and how to refuse. The perfect tense. Dative object.

Der Besuch.
To give presents. The comparativ. Dativ object.

Backen.
Weights and measures, share work, present tense of "wissen".

Musik.
To talk about music, to express happiness, to invite someone, Imperativ.

Verliebt.
At the chemist's - shopping phrases.

Die Verabredung.
The days of the week, date, invite somebody, wedding, married, divorced.

Umwelt.
Talk about environmental concerns, waste disposal, energy saving, recycling etc.

Die Hängematte
To shop in a sports shop. To talk about sports. Imperativ. Dativ.
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