Full Description
This updated 7th edition includes an up-to-date culture and vocabulary guide, allowing you to broaden your knowledge of contemporary language and customs.
Do you want to learn German or brush up what you know already? Are you looking for a course with a traditional approach to language learning, based on solid grammatical foundations, translation skills and practical vocabulary? If so, this is the course for you.
The material covers a variety of everyday topics in a simple, concise manner. There are plenty of examples and explanations to illustrate how the language works and to build confidence. Each unit, designed to build systematically on what you have already learned, contains:
- clear grammar explanations
- vocabulary lists
- reading material consisting of a story, dialogue or letter
- questions for speaking practice
- exercises
- 32pp test-yourself section giving you extra practice and allowing you to monitor your progress as you go through the course, helping you keep on top of tricky grammar points and regularly testing the vocabulary you're learning.
There are also revision units to help you practise what you are learning. At the back of the book, an exercise key enables you to check your answers while grammar and vocabulary sections provide a useful reference.
The accompanying online audio will help you with listening and speaking. In addition to a full pronunciation section, it contains reading passages and dialogues from the course book, followed by comprehension questions in German, together with model answers.
Download our free app, Teach Yourself Library, from the App Store or Google Play to access the free audio.
Contents
: Part One
1: Das Dorf Bernried
2: Der Seemann
3: Die Familie
4: Was macht die Familie?
5: Die Familie macht Musik
6: Karls Geburtstag
7: Beim Kostümverleiher
8: Liesl lernt
9: Der Bauchredner
10: Frau Schulz macht Einkäufe
11: Im Restaurant
12: Im Krankenhaus
13: Der Jagd
14: Variationen eines Themas
15: Aus Liesels Heft
16: Karl erzählt eine Anekdote
17: Das Motorrad
18: Das Notizbuch
19: Reineke Fuchs
20: Ein Ausflug
21: Vom Aufstehen
22: Aus einer Zeitung
Revision:: Fest- und Feiertage
23: Die Fahrt mit dem Eurostar
24: Ankunft in Brüssel und Weiterfahrt nach Köln
25: Ankunft in Köln
26: Im Hotel
27: Ein Abend in Köln
: Part Two
28: Im Büro
29: Das Radio
30: Ein Besuch im Kino
31: Die Dorfbewohner
32: Fernsehen
33: Vor dem Gericht
34: Beim Zahnarzt
35: Ein Ausflug wird geplant
36: Deutscher Sport
37: Der Brand
38: Der Bürgermeister macht einen Besuch
39: Eine Wanderung
40: Am Flughafen
41: Ein Brief aus Frankreich
43: Die Räuber
: Self-assessment tests
: The Alphabet
: Key to the Exercises
: Grammar Summary
: Strong and Irregular Verbs
: Vocabulary
: Audio Content
