Paul Coggle, Heiner Schenke

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• German, Languages.

Technical information

Publisher: NTC. Pages: 272. Book in English. 3ed, 2003.

Description

Introductory German course, going from the very basic level (Wie geht's, Mein name ist...) to reasonably complex grammatical structures, covering a wide range of different situations where you might need to use the language. Comes with two audio CDs, which are essential to make the best use of the course.

Chapters

Introduction

1) Mein Name ist ... (My name is ...)

Saying who you are, greeting people and saying goodbye, asking people where they come from and where they live. Language points: I and you, word order.

2) Mir geht's gut (I'm fine)

Asking people how they are, saying how you are, saying which cities and countries people come from. Language points: verb endings.

3) Wie schreibt man das? (How do you write that?)

Counting from 0-100, spelling out names and words, talking about us and them. Language points: yes-no questions, plurals.

4) Sprechen Sie Deutsch (Do you Speak German?)

Saying what languages you speak and asking others what they speak, saying whether you are working or studying, saying what nationality you are. Language points: the various forms of you.

5) In der Stadt (In town)

Talking about places in towns and cities, couting from 101 upwards. Language points: gender and articles.

6) Arbeit und Studium (Work and study)

Asking people about their occupation and stating yours, asking people what they are studying and where. Language points: the verb sein (to be) and the plural forms os nouns.

7) Essen und Trinken (Food and drink)

Asking the way and ordering food and drink. Language points: the accusative case, containers and their contents.

8) Einkaufen und Bestellen (Shopping and ordering)

Talking about going shopping, asking for and giving prices, ordering food and drink in a restaurant, saying what you like eating and drinking. Language points: more plural forms of nouns, the accusative plural and word orders.

9) Freizeit (Leisure)

Saying what people are doing, talking about leisure pursuits and stating likes and dislikes. Language points: irregular verb forms using gern.

10) Die Uhrzeit (The time)

Telling the time and talking about daily routine. Language points: separable verbs and more on word order.

11) Was machen wir heute? (What are we doing today?)

Talking about what there is to do in a given town, making appointments, saying what you would like to do, and saying why you can't do things on the date suggested. Language points: modal verbs können and müssen, use of in for focusing on position.

12) Test your German

13) Eine Fahrkarte nach Heilderberg, bitte (A ticket to Heidelberg, please)

Buying railway tickets and reading timetbles; saying how you travel to work, or university, and asking how to get somewhere. Language points: dative after prepositions.

14) Was hast du am Wochenende gemacht? (What did you do at the weekend?)

Talking about what happened at the weekend and about recent events; describing purchases. Language points: the perfect tense and adjectival endings.

15) Wir sind ins Grüne gefahren (We went into the countryside)

More about recent events, and talking about past events. Language points: more on the perfec tense.

16) Wohnen in Deutschland (Living in Germany)

Talking about different kinds of housing, rooms and about making comparisons. Language points: more on the dative and the comparative.

17) Welches Hotel nehmen wir?

Booking a hotel room, comparing different hotels and describing the location of buildings. Language points: the superlative and more prepositions.

18) Ist Mode wichtig? (Is fashion important?)

Describing items of personal appearance and saying what clothes you like wearing. Language points: adjectival endings and etwas + adjective.

19) Und was kann man ihnen schenken? (And what can we give them?)

Invitations and talking about giving things to people and asking for advice. Language points: indirect objects and various uses of the dative

20) Gesundheit! (Bless you!)

Discussing health, naming parts of the body and aches and pains. Language points: modal verbs and wenn + a verb at the end of a clause.

21) Wetter und Urlaub (Weather and holidays)

Weather conditions and talking about past holidays. Language points: revision of the perfect tense, repositions and the past tense of modal verbs.

22) Telefonieren und die Geschäftswelt (Telephoning and the business world)

Making and answering phone calls, and saying what belongs to whom. Language points: revision of pronouns in the dative and various uses of the genitive.

23) Stellenangebote und Lebensläufe (Job applications and CVs)

Job adverstisements and writing a CV. Language points: more on the simple past tense.

24) Geschichte und Allgemeinwissen (History and geography)

Talking about German-speaking countris and historical events. Language points: subordinate clauses (with dass) and the passive.

List of strong and mixed verbs.
Key to the exercises.
Listening comprehension transcripts.
German-English vocabulary.

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