Kontakte A Communicative Approach (Student Edition)
by Tschirner, Erwin; Nikolai, Brigitte; Terrell, TracyEdition: 6th
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2008-01-08
Publisher(s): McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages
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Summary
This best-selling German text is based on and inspired by the Natural Approach, pioneered by Tracy D. Terrell. Students learn German through communicative contexts with an emphasis on the four skills and cultural competence, with grammar functioning as an aid to language learning and not as an end in itself. The abundance of interesting personalized activities and a wide variety of authentic and author-written readings in Kontakte ensure that students are exposed to rich language input, critical to language acquisition. A full range of supplements, including video, audio and interactive online materials, provide multiple opportunities to practice newly acquired vocabulary and grammar and further refine developing language skills.
Table of Contents
| Themen Aufforderungen Namen Kleidung Farben Begruuml;en und Verabschieden Zahlen Kulturelles KLI: Vornamen KLI: Farben als Symbole Videoblick: Guten Tag und Auf Wiedersehen KLI: So zahlt man ... / So schreibt man ... Videoecke: Persouml;nliche Daten Strukturen | |
| Giving instructions: polite commands | |
| What is your name? The verb heien | |
| The German case system | |
| Grammatical gender: nouns and pronouns | |
| Addressing people: Sie versus du or ihr | |
| Themen Das Klassenzimmer Beschreibungen Der Kouml;rper Die Familie Wetter und Jahreszeiten Herkunft und Nationalitat Kulturelles KLI: So sehen sich die jungen Deutschen KLI: Wetter und Klima Videoblick: Das Wetter KLI: Die Lage Deutschlands in Europa Videoecke: Familie Strukturen | |
| Definite and indefinite articles | |
| Who are you? The verb sein | |
| What do you have? The verb haben | |
| Plural forms of nouns | |
| Personal pronouns | |
| Origins: Woher kommen Sie? | |
| Possessive adjectives: mein and dein / Ihr Kapitel | |
| Wer ich bin und was ich tue Themen Freizeit Schule und Universitat Tagesablauf Persouml;nliche Daten Kulturelles KLI: Freizeit KLI: Schule Videoblick: Christkindl Videoecke:Tagesablauf Lektuuml;ren Brief eines Internatsschuuml;lers Guten Tag, ich heie ... Strukturen | |
| The present tense | |
| Expressing likes and dislikes: gern / nicht gern | |
| Telling time | |
| Word order in statements | |
| Separable-prefix verbs | |
| Word order in questions Kapitel | |
| Besitz und Vergnuuml;gen Themen Besitz Geschenke Kleidung und Aussehen Vergnuuml;gen Kulturelles KLI: Der Euro Videoblick: Erste Berliner Fashion-Week KLI: Vergnuuml;gen Videoecke: Hobbys Lektuuml;ren Ringe fuuml;rs Leben zu zweit Film: Im Juli Strukturen | |
| The accusative case | |
| The negative article: kein, keine | |
| What would you like? Ich mouml;chte ... | |
| Possessive adjectives | |
| The present tense of stem-vowel changing verbs | |
| Asking people to do things: the du-imperative Kapitel | |
| Talente, Plane, Pflichten Themen Talente und Plane Pflichten Ach, wie nett! K ouml;rperliche und geistige Verfassung Kulturelles Videoblick: Handys in der Schule KLI: Jugendschutz KLI: Schuljahr und Zeugnisse Videoecke: Fahigkeiten und Pflichten Lektuuml;ren Das Geheimnis der Kuuml;chenbank (Ulrike Kaup) Die PISA-Studie Strukturen | |
| The modal verbs kouml;nnen, wollen, mouml;gen | |
| The modal verbs muuml;ssen, sollen, duuml;rfen | |
| Accusative case: personal pronouns | |
| Word order: dependent clauses | |
| Dependent clauses and separable prefix verbs Kapitel | |
| Ereignisse und Erinnerungen Themen Der Alltag Urlaub und Freizeit Geburtstage und Jahrestage Ereignisse Kulturelles Videoblick: Dresdner Bahnhof in neuem Glanz KLI: Feiertage und Brauchtum KLI: Universitat und Studium Videoecke: Feste und Feiern Lektuuml;ren Aufraumen (Martin Auer) Film: Das Wunder von Bern Strukturen | |
| Talking about the past: the perfect tense | |
| Strong and weak past participles | |
| Dates and ordinal numbers | |
| Prepositions of time: um, am, im | |
| Past participles with and without ge- Kapitel | |
| Geld und Arbeit Themen Geschenke und Gefalli | |
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