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Treffpunkt Deutsch: Grundstufe, 5/E
E. Rosemarie Widmaier, McMaster University
Fritz T. Widmaier, McMaster University
Margaret Gonglewski, The George Washington University

ISBN-10: 0131955462
ISBN-13: 9780131955462

Publisher: Prentice Hall
Copyright: 2008
Format: Cloth; 512 pp
Published: 02/27/2007

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For an introductory course in German.

Student-centered, communicative learning is the foundation upon which Treffpunkt Deutsch is built. The text has been carefully designed to encourage students to interact spontaneously and meaningfully in German, transforming the classroom into a Treffpunkt, a meeting place, where students get to know one another better as well as learn interesting cultural information through the target language.

Hallmarks of Treffpunkt Deutsch

Student-centered text encourages and inspires students to actively participate in their learning process.

o       Provides students with a wide variety of activities that draw them into the material.

Entire text emphasizes communication.

o       Students focus on how they express themselves while using communicative activities to build both accuracy and linguistic competence.

Consistent recycling of grammar and vocabulary throughout the text.

o       Constant reinforcement helps students learn and retain vocabulary and grammar and builds their confidence.

Listening comprehension is integral part of the program.

o       Students develop aural skills that are a crucial step to successful communication.

Speaking skills are developed in guided progression.

o       Students begin with controlled dialogues and move to open-ended conversations, allowing them to steadily build their speaking abilities and increase their confidence.

Process-oriented reading and writing activities prepare students to read and write in German from day one.

o       By providing strategies and pedagogical support, students can write more accurately and read more effectively at an earlier stage in the learning process.

Culture pervades all aspects of the text from the line art to activities.

o       Students are given an authentic look into the German-speaking areas of Europe which helps to increase their cultural knowledge and appreciation.

A robust media program offers additional practice and support for students.

o       The Companion Website offers culturally rich exploration activities in addition to skill-based practice and language tools.

 

Updated photos and more realia-based activities throughout text.

o       Promote increased interaction with authentic language and give students a more accurate view of modern-day German-speaking societies. 

All Kultur and Infobox sections have been revised.

o       Students are presented with the most up-to-date cultural coverage in their study of the German language.

New readings by well-known authors Ernst Jandl and Robert Walser in addition to new readings featuring topics of interest to today’s students.

o       Students are exposed to both literary and current cultural readings increasing their understanding of historical and modern influences on the German-speaking countries.

The Zusammenschau sections have been revised to serve as a review of the chapter theme, grammar, and vocabulary. 

o       Students have the opportunity to practice concepts learned in the chapter in a communicative context while further developing their listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills.

New student annotations give students extra guidance in the learning process.

o       Lerntipps offer grammar suggestions; writing strategies are presented in Schreibtipps; and other student annotations highlight cultural information or vocabulary words of particular interest.

Newly revised Hören und Sprechen (Lab Manual)

o       More closely correlates with chapter grammar and vocabulary concepts.

New design accentuates chapter organization through color-coding of sections.

o       Students can easily navigate the chapter structure for more efficient review of chapter concepts.

The March 2006 Spelling Reforms are now incorporated in the text.

o       These reforms are binding for schools in all German-speaking countries.

Grammar explanations are now even more accessible to students.

o       Attention is drawn to similarities and differences between English and German to help students make connections through what they already know.

Grammar charts have been improved visually.

o       Students can more easily make associations between recurring grammatical themes.

 

Preface

Erste Kontakte

Kapitel 1 Jahraus, jahrein

Kapitel 2 Freunde

Kapitel 3 Familie

Kapitel 4 Alltagsleben

Kapitel 5 Freizeit — Ferienzeit

Kapitel 6 Ein Blick zurück

Kapitel 7 Feste und Feiertage

Kapitel 8 Wohnen

Kapitel 9 Andere Länder, andere Sitten

Kapitel 10 Aus Büchern und Zeitungen

Kapitel 11 Geschichte und Gegenwart

Kapitel 12 So ist das Leben

Anhang

Information Gap Activities

Supplementary Word Sets

Translations of Vorschau Language Models

Answer Key for Wörter im Kontext Sections

Grammatical Tables

Principal Parts of Irregular and Mixed Verbs: listed alphabetically

Principal Parts of Irregular Verbs: listed in ablaut groups

German-English Vocabulary

English-German Vocabulary

Index

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