SELIN: Hallo ich bin Selin. Also heute bin ich mit der Schule fertig und ich gehe jetzt nach Hause. Kommt doch mit.
NARRATOR: 'Selin was born in Berlin. Her parents are Turkish and they live in Kreuzberg, a German-Turkish neighbourhood. Kreuzberg has more Turkish people, than any other place outside Turkey. Selin and her family love it here.'
SELIN: Tschüss.
Tschau!
NARRATOR: 'They now have two flats. One for the kids and one for the parents.'
SELIN: Hier wohne ich, wir haben zwei Wohnungen und das ist die Wohnung meiner Eltern. Hallo!
MOTHER: Hallo Maus, na. Na, wie war dein Tag?
SELIN: Geht so normal.
MOTHER: Geht so. Normal.
SELIN: So wie sonst.
MOTHER: So wie sonst immer? Hast du Hausaufgaben?
SELIN: Ja…
MOTHER: Ja.
NARRATOR: 'Selin and her mum speak Turkish and German together.'
MOTHER: Magst du ein Stück Obst essen?
NARRATOR: 'But today they're sticking to German.'
SELIN: Danke. Das hier ist unser Wohnzimmer. Und hier finde ich es am gemütlichsten.
NARRATOR: 'Selin shares the upstairs flat with her brothers and sisters.'
SELIN: Das hier ist die Wohnung von uns also von den Kindern. Und ähm, hier, das ist unser Badezimmer. Hier ist unser Make Up und unsere Haarspangen, unser Parfüm und hier machen wir uns schick.
NARRATOR: 'Schick means beautiful.'
SELIN: Und das ist mein Zimmer. Das teile ich mit meiner Schwester Ailine.
AILINE: Hi!
SELIN: Sie ist 16 Jahre alt und lernt gerade für Mathematik und ich mache jetzt auch mal lieber auch mal meine Hausaufgaben
NARRATOR: 'Die Hausaufgaben - homework. Her favourite subject is history. Geschichte. She doesn't like geography - Erdkunde.'
SELIN: Mein Lieblingsfach in der Schule ist Geschichte. Überhaupt nicht mag ich Erdkunde. Ähm, ich habe fast jeden Tag Hausaufgaben, das dauert in etwa eine Stunde.
NARRATOR: 'When she's done her homework, she’s off to her Capoeira class. Sie fährt mit dem Bus.'
SELIN: Zu Capoeira fahre ich mit dem Bus. Das dauert ungefähr 15 Minuten. Das schaffe ich.
BUS: Endhaltestelle - bitte aussteigen.
NARRATOR: 'Selin has been doing Capoeira for three years. Capoeira comes from Brazil and she loves the mix of martial arts and dance.'
SELIN: Ich mache Capoeira seit ungefähr drei Jahren also es macht mir sehr Spaß. Das Training dauert 90 Minuten aber danach bin ich auch echt müde.
NARRATOR: 'Echt müde, really tired and ready for dinner with the rest of the family.'
SELIN: Hallo.
FAMILY: Hey! Hallo Selin!
SELIN: Also, das ist mein Vater. Das ist meine Mutter. Meine Schwester. Und mein älterer Bruder. Wir essen jetzt zu Abend. Es gibt mein Lieblingsessen, Würstchen mit Kartoffeln.
NARRATOR: 'Sometimes they eat traditional Turkish food. But her favourite dish is typically German.'
'Würstchen mit Kartoffeln. Sausages with potatoes.'
'Guten Appetit!'
Selin, a young girl who was born in Germany but has Turkish parents, lives in Kreuzberg, the Turkish part of Berlin.
She shows her family's flats and goes to her Capoeira club she attends, which is Brazilian martial art.
Selin introduces her family during their evening meal. She and her family speak German and Turkish, and eat both German and Turkish food.
This clip comes from the BBC2 series, Being German.
Teacher Notes
- This video could be used to introduce words for members of the family.
- You could ask pupils to bring in images of their family and comment on them in German using the words and phrases from the clip, eg 'das ist mein Vater'.
Curriculum Notes
This short film is relevant for teaching German at KS2 in England and Wales, KS2 in Northern Ireland and second level in Scotland.
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