An der Spitze Teacher Guide + Audio-CDs

Thema 1: Ich persoenlich




: 1 Ich stelle mich vor...


: Say who you are
: Say where you come from and where you live
: Give your age and date of birth
: Ask others for this information
: Use regular and irregular verbs in the present tense


: 2 Ich ueber mich


: Talk about your close family
: Ask others about their family
: Learn to use the indefinite article in the accusative


: 3 ...und wer gehoert noch dazu?


: Understand family relationships
: Talk about your relatives and your pets
: Learn how to use possessive pronouns


: 4 Und wie siehst du aus?


: Describe your appearance
: Describe your character




: Vokabular


Thema 2: Mein Zuhause


: 1...ist das dein Traumhaus?


: Say where you live
: Say what type of house you have
: Learn to use adjective endings


: 2 Wo ist...meine Lampe?


: Describe the rooms in your house
: Describe where things are
: Use prepositions with the dative case


: 3 Was an meinem Tag so laeuft


: Talk about your daily routine
: Use reflexive verbs


: 4 Im Haushalt helfen


: Talk about helping at home
: Use separable verbs


: Vokabular


Thema 3: Freizeit


: 1 Hobbys


: Talk about your hobbies and interests
: Ask how others spend their spare time
: Discuss what you do when, where and how often
: Express opinions on leisure activities


: 2 Zu Geld kommen...


: Talk about pocket money
: Talk about part-time jobs
: Talk about spending and saving
: Use subordinating conjunctions (dass, weil, wenn)


: 3 Ich bin fit


: Talk about sport
: Express preferences
: Use adjectives


: 4 Und am Samstag...?


: Say what else you do in your free time
: Talk about an outing
: Use correct word order in longer sentences


: Vokabular


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Thema 4: Die Schule


: 1 Ich besuche...


: Talk about the kind of school you go to
: Describe your school
: Talk about your uniform
: Understand how to use kein


: 2 ...und das ist mein Stundenplan


: Talk about your school day
: Revise subordinating conjunctions (weil, obwohl)


: 3 Was ich heute in der Schule gemacht habe...


: Talk about events in the past
: Use the perfect tense of verbs with haben


: 4 Ich bin zu spaet gekommen...


: Continue talking about what you have done
: Learn how to use verbs of movement in the perfect tense
: Learn how to use separable verbs in the perfect tense


: Vokabular


Thema 5: Berufe, Berufe...


: 1 Was soll ich werden?


: Learn how to describe different jobs
: Learn about masculine and feminine job titles
: Learn to use sentences with um...zu


: 2 Mein Arbeitspraktikum


: Talk about your forthcoming work experience week
: Use expressions of time to talk about future intent


: 3 Nach dem Praktikum


: Talk about your work experience in the past


: Vokabular


Thema 6: ...und in Zukunft?


: 1 Wie geht es weiter?


: Discuss your plans for after your GCSEs
: Learn to use the future tense


: 2 ...und nach dem Abitur?


: Talk more about your future plans (e.g. after your A-levels)
: Use adverbs to express probability


: 3 Ich suche einen Job...


: Apply for a job


: Vokabular


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Thema 7: Unterwegs


: 1 Am Bahnhof


: Understand signs at the train station
: Get information about train travel
: Buy train tickets


: 2 Wie komme ich zum Bahnhof?


: Ask for and give directions
: Use the imperative


: 3 Was kann man in Koeln machen?


: Learn how to enquire about tourist activities
: Learn to understand instructions
: Use modal verbs


: Vokabular


Thema 8: Ferien


: 1 Haben Sie Zimmer frei?


: Learn to enquire about accommodation
: Revise asking questions
: Use prepositions with the accusative case


: 2 Wohin faehrst du...und mit wem?


: Say where you spend your holiday and how you get there
: Say who you travel with
: Use prepositions with the dative case


: 3 Wo warst du und was hast du gemacht?


: Talk about what you did on holiday
: Use the imperfect tense of sein and haben


: 4 Ich moechte mich beschweren...


: Make a complaint


: Vokabular


: Thema 9 Gesundheit


: 1 Wie bleibe ich fit und gesund?


: Talk about healthy eating and drinking
: Say how you keep fit and healthy


: 2 ...und was ist nicht so gesund?


: Talk about and give advice on an unhealthy lifestyles
: Use the modal verbs muessen and duerfen


: 3 Gute Besserung!


: Say that you are unwell and what is wrong with you
: Understand questions and instructions from the doctor
: Use the dative case


: Vokabular


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: Thema 10 Meine Stadt und meine Gegend




: Was kann man in deiner Stadt machen?
: Describe your town
: Say what you can do in your town


: 2 ...und wie findest du deine Stadt?


: Give more detail about your home town and talk about your local area
: Use the verb gefallen to express likes and dislikes
: Revise other ways of expressing a positive and negative opinions


: 3 Grossstadt, Kleinstadt?


: Discuss and understand the advantages and disadvantages of living in a big or a small town


: Vokabular


: Thema 11 Einkaufen und so weiter...


: 1 Klamotten kaufen


: Shop for clothes
: Describe items of clothing
: Use dieser, welcher and the question word was fuer


: 2 Das sind die Skier, die EUR200 kosten


: Talk about buying things for your hobbies
: Use relative pronouns


: 3 Auf der Post, in der Bank und im Fundbuero


: Talk about buying stamps and sending items
: Talk about changing money
: Report a loss


: Vokabular


: Thema 12 Essen und Trinken


: 1 ...und was soll ich einkaufen?


: Revise food items
: Revise how to form plurals


: 2 Ich haette gern einen Kasten Bier...


: Practise shopping transactions
: Revise definite and indefinite articles in the nominative and accusative cases
: Revise adjective endings in the nominative and accusative cases


: 3 ...und wo gehen wir essen?


: Order meals in a restaurant and learn how to make a complaint
: Give your preferences in your choice of meals
: Revise the present tense of geben, essen and nehmen
: Use the dative to express your likes and dislikes with regard to your meal


: 4 Gesund essen


: Talk about healthy eating
: Understand a recipe


: Vokabular


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: Thema 13 Medien


: 1 Gehen wir lieber ins Kino?


: Talk about television programmes
: Make arrangements to go out
: Talk about films


: 2 Was liest du so?


: Talk about what you like to read
: Revise the imperfect tense
: Learn how to form the pluperfect tense


: 3 Ich brauche meinen Computer und mein Handy....


: Talk about the internet, e-mails and mobile phones
: Revise the future tense


: 4 ...und wer ist ein Superstar?


: Learn about famous musicians


: Vokabular


: Thema 14 Die Umwelt


: 1 Und wie ist das Wetter?


: Talk about the weather
: Understand weather reports


: 2 Luft, Wasser, Muell


: Discuss major environmental problems
: Use the conditional tense


: 3 Und was koennen wir tun?


: Talk about protecting the environment


: Vokabular


Thema 15: Blick auf Deutschland




: Feste feiern
: Learn about celebrations in Germany
: Discuss what you celebrate in your family


: 2 Probleme in der Gesellschaft


: Learn about current social issues


: 3 Das vereinte Deutschland


: Learn about Germany after the Second World War




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