Kompetenzerweiterung II, Work for Week 5 (April 20-24)

This week, please read about inversion in Unit 19 and complete all of the accompanying exercises and learn ALL of the vocabulary for Unit 20 and complete its accompanying exercises. In addition to this, please complete Review 10 for Units 19-20.

Inversion is important for sophisticated English usage and is tricky for German speakers as one has generally trained oneself to not let rules of German syntax (featuring the verb in the second position, otherwise known as "V2 position" in linguistics) interfere with English output. Page 154 of your Destination book features adverbials that trigger inversion in English. You should learn them by heart, read the examples in that table out loud and, ideally, write your own examples. Just like the gerund or infinitive rules from last semester, learning the rules of inversion in English will make it truly sophisticated.

These videos are useful resources in explaining inversion further: 

Inversion BBC class https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6Dw1IHUrwU
English Masterclass inversion, negative or limiting adverbs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzNxZGC-Hg0
English Masterclass inversion, reduced conditionals https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmQH6B9P8r8

Here are some accompanying exercises from BBC English:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/course/towards-advanced/unit-25/session-1 

Additional online quizzes for inversion:
https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/inversion-exercise-1.html
https://www.esl-lounge.com/student/grammar/4g85-inversion-multiple-choice.php
https://learn-english-today.com/lessons/lesson_contents/exercises/inversion_quiz1.html
https://test-english.com/grammar-points/b2/inversion-negative-adverbials/
https://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/251.html

Please watch the following videos, whose topics tie into "power and social issues":

How to understand power https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_Eutci7ack
School of Life Machiavelli https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOXl0Ll_t9s
What "Machiavellian" really means https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUlGtrHCGzs
Good Morning Britain Is civil disobedience justified when protesting important issues? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRPyLUn9MdY

Your optional essay topics for this week are: 
1. What does it take to be a great leader?
2. Is civil disobedience justified when protesting important issues?

Choose one of the above questions for your optional essay of 250-350 words and submit it to me via email in an MS Word document by Wednesday, April 22nd at midnight. Essays must meet the word-limit guidelines and be submitted by the deadline in order to receive feedback.