In this fourth lesson today, Barbara shares with her students what they can expect on the test with regard to relative clauses. At the same time, they review inverted word order by creating sentences that begin with a place descriptor. Viel Spaß!

Relative clauses are a special kind of dependent clause. Their function is to help us describe nouns more precisely. Join Barbara and her students today and learn about this important aspect of German grammar. Viel Spaß beim Deutschlernen!

In this second lesson on relative clauses, Barbara's students practice what they've have learned thus far. She walks her students through some tricky examples as they continue to describe two of their fellow classmates using relative clauses. Viel Spaß!

Today in this third lesson, Barbara gives her students more practice using additional examples of sentences with relative clauses. She's also presented with an occasion to point out how important correct pronunciation can be. Viel Spaß!

Once more the topic being considered is: "What do human beings need?" But now Barbara's students have to to give their responses without using their textbooks. This is a great clip for reviewing adjective endings! Viel Spaß!

Meet gold medal winner Kurt Kuschela, who represented Germany in the canoe racing events at the 2012 London Olympic Games. Viel Spaß!

In Barbara's practice text entitled "What do human beings need?", her students are now required to fill in the respective adjectives. Take a look and see what kind of solutions they come up with!

Inspired by an advertisement, Barbara has created an exercise for her students. The topic is called "What does a human being need?" In this first clip they read the practice text and clarify unfamiliar vocabulary.

The German articles "der", "die" and "das" cause many people quite a headache. Although there are helpful rules for some nouns - e.g. all words ending with "-heit", "-keit" or "-ung" are feminine - but in most cases you have to learn the articles by heart. In this clip, that's why Barbara's helping her students practice using the correct articles with various nouns. Viel Spaß!

Yabla reporter Cettina is out and about asking people about their plans for New Year's Eve as well as their resolutions for the coming year. Enjoy! Oh, and Happy New Year!

Yabla reporter Cettina asks the people from Linkenheim how they are going to spend Christmas. How does this compare to how you celebrate Christmas? Enjoy watching!

"28 divided by 7" may seem like an easy arithmetic problem. But in Otto Waalke's sketch, Mr Redlich is confronted with unsolvable difficulties when he tries to explain this to his son.

Barbara gives her students different sentences, which require them to add missing articles and prepositions. The examples clarify how important it is to know the correct articles.

Open air concerts, delicious food, many fun activities for kids of all age groups are on offer every summer at "The Festival" in Karlsruhe. Thousands of people gather each year in this beautiful city. Diane and the Yabla team had a look around for you and experienced many different things.

In order to help her students practice using two-way prepositions, Barbara has come up with a fun and engaging activity. This time she has her students drawing classrom objects. Viel Spaß beim Deutschlernen!