Kontakte
A Communicative Approach
McGraw Hill Higher Education (Publisher)
4th Edition
Published on 1. March 2000
Book
Mixed media product
576 pages
978-0-07-234217-8 (ISBN)
Description
This best-selling German text is based on 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 an end in itself. In the Natural Approach, students develop language in stages, with the comprehension stage preceding the production stage. For that reason, Kontakte focuses first on the receptive skills (listening and reading) before asking students to produce the language (speaking and writing).
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Edition
4th Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United States
Publishing group
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Edition type
Revised edition
Dimensions
Height: 261 mm
Width: 210 mm
Thickness: 55 mm
Weight
1428 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-07-234217-8 (9780072342178)
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Book
01/1996
3rd Edition
McGraw Hill Higher Education
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School affiliation was listed as University of Iowa---Iowa City. Replaced by the University of Leipzig on 5/27/99. School affiliation was listed as the University of Iowa---Iowa City. School status cleared 5/27/99.
Content
Einfuhrung A Themen Aufforderungen Namen Beschreibungen Kleidung Farben Zahlen Der Korper BegruA en und Verabschieden Strukturen A.1 Giving instructions: polite commands A.2 What is your name? The verb heiA en A.3 The German case system A.4 Who are you? The verb sein A.5 What do you have? The verb haben A.6 Grammatical gender: nouns and pronouns A.7 Adressing people: Sie vs. du or ihr Einfuhrung B Themen Das Klassenzimmer Eigenschaften Die Familie Wetter und Jahreszeiten Herkunft und Nationalitat Strukturen B.1 Definite and indefinite articles B.2 Plural forms of nouns B.3 Personal pronouns B.4 Origins: Woher kommen Sie? B.5 Possessive adjectives: mein and dein/Ihr Kapitel 1: Wer ich bin und was ich tue Themen Freizeit Schule und Universitat Tagesablauf Personliche Daten Strukturen 1.1 The present tense 1.2 Expressing likes and dislikes: gern / nicht gern 1.3 Telling time 1.4 Word order in statements 1.5 Separable-prefix verbs 1.6 Word order in questions Kapitel 2: Besitz und Vergnugen Themen Besitz Geschenke Geschmacksfragen Vergnugen Strukturen 2.1 The accusative case 2.2 The negative article kein, keine 2.3 What would you like? Ich mochte ... 2.4 Possessive adjectives 2.5 The present tense of stem-vowel changing verbs 2.6 Asking people to do things: The (informal) du-imperative Kapitel 3: Talente, Plane, Pflichten Themen Talente und Plane Pflichten Ach, wie nett! Koperliche und geistige Verfassung Strukturen 3.1 The modal verbs konnen, wollen, mogen 3.2 The modal verbs mussen, sollen, durfen 3.3 Accusative case pronouns 3.4 Word order: dependent clauses 3.5 Dependent clauses and separable-prefix verbs Kapitel 4: Ereignisse und Erinnerungen Themen Tagesablauf Erlebnisse anderer Personen Geburtstage und Jahrestage Ereignisse Strukturen 4.1 Talking about the past: the perfect tense 4.2 Strong and weak past participles 4.3 Dates and ordinal numbers 4.4 Prepositions of time: um, am, im 4.5 Past participles with and without ge- Kapitel 5: Geld und Arbeit Themen Geschenke und Gefalligkeiten Berufe Arbeitsplatze In der Kuche Strukturen 5.1 Dative case: articles and possessive adjectives 5.2 Question pronouns: wer, wen, wem 5.3 Expressing change: the verb werden 5.4 Location: in, an, auf + dative case 5.5 Dative case: personal pronouns Kapitel 6: Wohnen Themen Haus und Wohnung Das Stadtviertel Auf Wohnungssuche Hausarbeit Strukturen 6.1 Making comparisons with adjectives and adverbs 6.2 Location vs. destination: two-way prepositions with the dative or accusative case 6.3 Word order: time before place 6.4 Direction: in/auf vs. zu/nach 6.5 Separable-prefix verbs: the present and perfect tenses 6.6 The prepositions mit and bei + dative Kapitel 7: Unterwegs Themen Geographie Transportmittel Das Auto Reiseerlebnisse Strukturen 7.1 Relative clauses 7.2 The superlative of adjectives and adverbs 7.3 Referring to and asking about things and ideas: da-compounds and wo-compounds 7.4 The perfect tense (review) Kapitel 8: Essen und Einkaufen Themen Essen und Trinken Haushaltsgerate Einkaufen und Kochen Im Restaurant Strukturen 8.1 Adjectives: an overview 8.2 Attributive adjectives in the nominative and accusative cases 8.3 Destination vs. location: stellen/stehen, legen/liegen, setzen/sitzen, hangen/hangen 8.4 Adjectives in the dative case 8.5 Talking about the future: The present and future tenses Kapitel 9: Kindheit und Jugend Themen Kindheit Jugend Geschichten Marchen Strukturen 9.1 The conjunction als with dependent-clause word order 9.2 The simple past tense of haben, sein, werden, the modal verbs, and wissen 9.3 Time: als, wenn, wann 9.4 The simple past tense of strong and weak verbs (receptive) 9.5 Sequence of events in past narration: the past perfect tense and the conjunction nachdem (receptive) Kapitel 10: Auf Reisen Themen Reiseplane Nach dem Weg fragen Die groA e weite Welt Kleider und Aussehen Strukturen 10.1 Prepositions to talk about places: aus, bei, nach, von, zu 10.2 Indirect questions: Wissen Sie wo ...? 10.3 Prepositions for giving directions: an ... vorbei, bis zu, entlang, gegenuber von, uber 10.4 Expressing possibility: wurde + infinitive 10.5 Being polite: The subjunctive form of modal verbs 10.6 Dative verbs Kapitel 11: Gesundheit und Krankheit Themen Krankheit Korperteile und Korperpflege Arzt, Apotheke, Krankenhaus Unfalle Strukturen 11.1 Accusative reflexive pronouns 11.2 Dative reflexive pronouns 11.3 Word order of accusative and dative objects 11.4 Requests and instructions: the imperative (summary review) 11.5 Word order in dependent and independent clauses (review) Kapitel 12: Partner Themen Familie, Ehe, Partnerschaft Multikulturelle Gesellschaft Tiere Kunst und Literatur Strukturen 12.1 The genitive case 12.2 Causality and purpose: weil, damit, um ... zu 12.3 The passive voice 12.4 Asking questions about things and concepts: wo-compounds