Reading German
Waltraud Coles(Author)
Oxford University Press
Published on 1. September 1997
Book
Hardback
388 pages
978-0-19-870004-3 (ISBN)
Description
"Reading German" is a structured reading course designed to introduce a wide variety of users to an independent reading of authentic German texts. It is suited for courses in colleges and universities, for students or specialists in any discipline, and for independent learners. Drawing on recent research into reading in a foreign language, the course chapters focus on the recognition and decoding of progressively complex written structures, before rehearsing a variety of strategies (such as skimming and scanning) for negotiating longer and more complex texts. The book has four sections: a 16-chapter reading course; an extensive reference section containing a specially-designed grammar of written German; a further exercises section, for work on recognizing structures; and a text corpus containing 23 texts of various types, with facing English translations. Grammatical points explained in the reference section are frequently illustrated using examples located in the text corpus. The only other resource the user will need is a bilingual dictionary. Advice on how to use a dictionary is contained in the reference section.
More details
Language
English
German
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Interest Age: 6 years
Illustrations
index
ISBN-13
978-0-19-870004-3 (9780198700043)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Content
Introduction. Reading Course. Reference Section. Further Exercises. German/English Text Corpus. Index