1.7 Oral Expression, Active Listening

• Body needs with haben: Ich habe Hunger, Ich habe Durst; also Ich habe Hunger. Ich möchte essen.
• Feelings with sein + adjective: Ich bin müde, Ich bin froh, Ich bin traurig; also hungrig, satt, glücklich, krank
• haben versus sein: you HAVE hunger and thirst; you ARE tired, glad or sad. Never Ich bin Hunger.
• Oral structure: one feeling or need per sentence, then a reason or a need (Ich bin müde. Ich möchte sitzen.)
• Empathy and active listening: name the feeling you hear; never mock hunger, thirst, tiredness or sadness

• identify appropriate sounds and words for needs and feelings in a short listening text
• express ideas using Ich habe... and Ich bin... without mockery
• acknowledge the value of active listening in a healthy dialogue

“How do you maintain healthy dialogue with others?”

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1. Ich habe Hunger, Ich habe Durst
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Name hunger and thirst with haben, add a need (Ich möchte essen), and never say Ich bin Hunger.
2. Ich bin müde, froh, traurig
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Name tiredness, gladness and sadness with sein, match a short text to a feeling, and keep empathy in the voice.
3. Hear, name, help: healthy dialogue
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Practise active listening to a feeling, feed the word back, and keep a healthy dialogue with no mockery.