About the Book
This best-selling German text is based on and inspired by the Natural Approach, pioneered by Tracy D. Terrell. With it, students learn German through communicative contexts with an emphasis on the four skills as well as cultural competence, with grammar functioning as an aid to language learning, rather than as an end in itself. The abundance of interesting activities and readings in Kontakte ensure that students are exposed to rich language input, critical to language acquisition.
Table of Contents:
Einführung A Themen Aufforderungen Namen Kleidung Farben Begrüßen und Verabschieden ZahlenStrukturen A.1 Giving instructions: polite commands A.2 What is your name? The verb heißen A.3 The German case system A.4 Grammatical gender: nouns and pronouns A.5 Addressing people: Sie versus du or ihr
Einführung B Themen Das Klassenzimmer BeschreibungenDer KörperDie Familie Wetter und Jahreszeiten Herkunft und Nationalität Strukturen B.1 Definite and indefinite articles B.2 Who are you? The verb seinB.3 What do you have? The verb habenB.4 Plural forms of nouns B.5 Personal pronouns B.6 Origins: Woher kommen Sie? B.7 Possessive adjectives: mein and dein/Ihr
Kapitel 1: Wer ich bin und was ich tue Themen Freizeit Schule und Universität Tagesablauf Persönliche Daten Strukturen 1.1 The present tense 1.2 Expressing likes and dislikes: gern / nicht gern 1.3 Telling time 1.4 Word order in statements 1.5 Separable-prefix verbs 1.6 Word order in questions
Kapitel 2: Besitz und Vergnügen Themen Besitz Geschenke Kleidung und AussehenVergnügen Strukturen 2.1 The accusative case 2.2 The negative article kein, keine 2.3 What would you like? Ich möchte ... 2.4 Possessive adjectives 2.5 The present tense of stem-vowel changing verbs 2.6 Asking people to do things: The du-imperative
Kapitel 3: Talente, Pläne, Pflichten Themen Talente und Pläne Pflichten Ach, wie nett! Körperliche und geistige Verfassung Strukturen 3.1 The modal verbs können, wollen, mögen 3.2 The modal verbs müssen, sollen, dürfen 3.3 Accusative case: personal pronouns 3.4 Word order: dependent clauses 3.5 Dependent clauses and separable-prefix verbs
Kapitel 4: Ereignisse und Erinnerungen Themen Der Alltag Urlaub und Freizeit Geburtstage und Jahrestage Ereignisse Strukturen 4.1 Talking about the past: the perfect tense 4.2 Strong and weak past participles 4.3 Dates and ordinal numbers 4.4 Prepositions of time: um, am, im 4.5 Past participles with and without ge-
Kapitel 5: Geld und Arbeit Themen Geschenke und Gefälligkeiten Berufe Arbeitsplätze In der Küche Strukturen 5.1 Dative case: articles and possessive adjectives 5.2 Question pronouns: wer, wen, wem 5.3 Expressing change: the verb werden 5.4 Location: in, an, auf + dative case 5.5 Dative case: personal pronouns
Kapitel 6: Wohnen Themen Haus und Wohnung Das Stadtviertel Auf Wohnungssuche Hausarbeit Strukturen 6.1 Dative verbs 6.2 Location vs. destination: two-way prepositions with the dative or accusative case 6.3 Word order: time before place 6.4 Direction: in/auf vs. zu/nach 6.5 Separable-prefix verbs: the present and perfect tenses 6.6 The prepositions mit and bei + dative
Kapitel 7: Unterwegs Themen Geographie Transportmittel Das Auto Reiseerlebnisse Strukturen 7.1 Relative clauses 7.2 Making comparisons: The comparative and superlative of adjectives and adverbs 7.3 Referring to and asking about things and ideas: da-compounds and wo-compounds 7.4 The perfect tense (review) 7.5 The simple past tense of haben and sein
Kapitel 8: Essen und Einkaufen Themen Essen und Trinken Haushaltsgeräte Einkaufen und Kochen Im Restaurant Strukturen 8.1 Adjectives: an overview 8.2 Attributive adjectives in the nominative and accusative cases 8.3 Destination vs. location: stellen/stehen, legen/liegen, setzen/sitzen, hängen/hängen 8.4 Adjectives in the dative case 8.5 Talking about the future: The present and future tenses
Kapitel 9: Kindheit und Jugend Themen Kindheit Jugend Geschichten Märchen Strukturen 9.1 The conjunction als with dependent-clause word order 9.2 The simple past tense of werden, the modal verbs, and wissen 9.3 Time: als, wenn, wann 9.4 The simple past tense of strong and weak verbs (receptive) 9.5 Sequence of events in past narration: the past perfect tense and the conjunction nachdem (receptive)
Kapitel 10: Auf Reisen Themen Reisepläne Nach dem Weg fragen Urlaub am Strand Tiere Strukturen 10.1 Prepositions to talk about places: aus, bei, nach, von, zu 10.2 Requests and instructions: the imperative (summary review) 10.3 Prepositions for giving directions: an ... vorbei, bis zu, entlang, gegenüber von, über 10.4 Being polite: the subjunctive form of modal verbs 10.5 Focusing on the action: the passive voice
Kapitel 11: Gesundheit und Krankheit Themen Krankheit Körperteile und Körperpflege Arzt, Apotheke, Krankenhaus Unfälle Strukturen 11.1 Accusative reflexive pronouns 11.2 Dative reflexive pronouns 11.3 Word order of accusative and dative objects 11.4 Indirect questions: Wissen Sie, wo…? 11.5 Word order in dependent and independent clauses (summary review)
Kapitel 12: Die moderne Gesellschaft Themen Familie, Ehe, Partnerschaft Multikulturelle Gesellschaft Das liebe GeldKunst und Literatur Strukturen 12.1 The genitive case 12.2 Expressing possibility: würde, hätte, and wäre12.3 Causality and purpose: weil, damit, um ... zu 12.4 Principles of case (summary review)
About the Author :
Tracy D. Terrell (late) received his Ph.D. in Spanish Linguistics from the University of Texas at Austin and published extensively in the area of Spanish dialectology. Professor Terrells publications on second-language acquisition are widely known in the United States and abroad.
(Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley) is Gerhard Helbig Professor of German as a Foreign Language and Applied Linguistics at the University of Leipzig and President of the Institute for Test Research and Test Development in Leipzig, Germany. Before joining the University of Leipzig, he taught at the University of Iowa, Iowa City (1990-1998) and at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (19881990). His main research areas are: second language acquisition, corpus linguistics, language testing and assessment, and language policy. He is (co-) author of over 150 books, book chapters, and journal articles. He has extensive experience in test research and development for all language modalities (speaking, listening, writing, and reading). He has been a certified ACTFL OPI tester since 1989 and tester trainer since 1993. He has been a major contributor to the internationalization efforts of the University of Leipzig, establishing and directing joint BA, MA, and Ph.D. programs with universities in the Netherlands, Mexico, Brazil, and the U.S.
(First and Second Staatsexamen, Gï¿ttingen and Fulda) is Oberstudienrï¿tin (German, English, Physical Education) at the Werner-von-Siemens Gymnasium in Bad Harzburg, Germany. She taught German at all levels of instruction at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and at the University of Iowa, Iowa City, and she was a Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin at the University of Bayreuth, Germany. She is co-author of Assoziationen: Deutsch fï¿r die Mittelstufe and the series Lextra Englisch Grund- und Aufbauwortschatz nach Themen. Her main interests are: the role of vocabulary in language learning, reading strategies, and the role of art in language teaching. She has been a certified ACTFL OPI tester since 1989.
