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This video is about the double-connector "weder - noch" and we’ll also talk about how to best "learn" grammar for exams.
Hello everybody,
Here I am again with the penultimate video to our course on main clause connectors.
Thank you so much for being here for so long. This is really great!
Next Saturday our last video is on “zwar - trotzdem” - then you really know all, or nearly all, main clause connectors.
And here's the answer to last time’s quiz question. Thanks a lot for the answers. You all did a great job! The correct sentences are:
"Einerseits möchte Isabell heiraten, andererseits möchte sie ihre Freiheit nicht aufgeben."
or:
"Isabell möchte einerseits heiraten, sie möchte (aber) andererseits ihre Freiheit nicht aufgeben."
Today we are talking about "weder - noch". Here we go:
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When students prepare for exams with my videos, I often hear the following feedback:
"If you explain grammar, it's all very simple, but when I sit in front of my text, I forget everything and I still make mistakes."
Yes, I understand, this is unfortunately how it works. It's just like vocabulary learning. In order to actively use a new piece of vocabulary, it is said that you should have seen it at least seven times.
The same goes for grammar and sentence structure. This is also how my idea for grammar videos started and why I am doing grammar videos at all. And it is also why I make my videos very short and always focus on one very specific point.
It is not enough to watch a grammar video once. The information in the video is very dense and concentrated and the idea is that you watch the video more often. You may want to look at a video again if you are sitting in front of a text and want to use, for example, the connector "weder - noch".
And, of course, it is not a problem to watch the videos again, because they are very short and easy to find.
It is time for the quiz question now. This time the question is for more advanced students. I would like to try something special this time, also to thank everyone who has been following my channel for so long.
In the C1 exam you have to describe a graphic. I have a fantasy graphic for you here:
Describe the graphic and use the main clause connectors from our course. The question is: what do people eat in the 4 countries? Of course you can use "weder - noch", but you can also use all the other connectors that we have discussed. Write sentences (with a lot of imagination).
I think I won’t probably be able to correct all sentences in the comments this time. But I will choose 3 interesting texts and then comment and correct them in an extra video.
We’ll see each other again next Saturday with the last video on main clause connectors.
I wish you a great 1st Advent weekend. See you then.
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