Show your child the difference between spoken and academic German.
Your child answers in playground German and loses marks for register.
Children rarely notice the difference between spoken and academic German.
Show your child pairs of everyday and school words, and practise swapping them in answers.
Der Typ macht die Tür auf.
Der Junge öffnet die Tür.
Can you say that everyday word the way school would?
Replace three everyday words in your child's answer with school-level alternatives.
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Replace weak verbs with precise, grade-level alternatives.
Help your child decode borrowed words common in school texts.