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German for Reading Knowledge

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ISBN-10: 1133604269

ISBN-13: 9781133604266

Edition: 7th 2014 (Revised)

Authors: Richard Alan Korb, Judith Bach, Caitlin Green

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Learn to apply basic German grammar and vocabulary to reading and translating progressively complex texts with the seventh edition of JANNACH'S GERMAN FOR READING KNOWLEDGE. Recognized as the leader in teaching reading skills, this text provides the tools you need to read specialized literature in your field. The Book Companion Website contains the readings that appear in each chapter, plus new comprehension questions and activities about the readings that are designed to let you practice specific reading skills. An online answer key also is included on the website so you can check your answers to the activities in the text.
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List price: $173.95
Edition: 7th
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: Cengage Heinle
Publication date: 1/1/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 6.02" wide x 9.06" long x 0.55" tall
Weight: 1.056

How to Use German for Reading Knowledge
Gender of German Nouns
Present and Past Tenses of the Verb sein (to be)
Interrogatives
Cognates and Loanwords
Learning German Vocabulary
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Im Kontext und im W�rterbuch
Aller Anfang ist schwer
Cases: Nominative and Accusative
Infinitive
Present Tense of Regular Verbs
Present Tense of the Verb haben (to have)
Cardinal Numbers vs. Ordinal Numbers
�bungss�tze
Im Kontext und im W�rterbuch
Johann Sebastian Bach: Seine Musik und seine Familie
Dative
Genitive
Plural of Nouns
N-nouns
Past Tense of Weak Verbs and of haben
Meanings of the Past Tense
�bungss�tze
Im Kontext und im W�rterbuch
Leben des Galilei: Ein Theaterst�ck in f�nfzehn Bildern von Bertolt Brecht
Indefinite Articles
Kein and Other ein-Words
Irregular Forms in the Present Tense of Strong Verbs
Personal Pronouns
Agreement of Pronoun and Antecedent
Es gibt there is, there are
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Im Kontext und im W�rterbuch
Kurze Geschichte der deutschen Hochschulen
Dieser-words
Simple Past Tense of Strong Verbs
Irregular Weak Verbs
Present and Simple Past Tense of werden (to become)
Word Order
�bungss�tze
Im Kontext und im W�rterbuch
Erzbistum Magdeburg
Deutschland
Prepositions
Idiomatic and Special Meanings
Contraction of Prepositions
Prepositions Following Nouns or Pronouns
Indefinite Pronouns: man, jemand, niemand
Using the Dictionary
�bungss�tze
Im Kontext und im W�rterbuch
Digitaler Da Vinci
Perfect Tenses
Meanings of the Perfect Tenses
Seit + Present Tense = have been + -ing
Past Participles
Word Order
�bungss�tze
Im Kontext und im W�rterbuch
Die Anf�nge Bertolt Brechts
Verbs with Inseparable and Separable Prefixes
Modal Auxiliaries Express Modalities
Conjugation of the Modals
Modals and the Dependent Infinitive
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Im Kontext und im W�rterbuch
Der Kritiker und Aufkl�rer Kant
Adjective Endings
Information from Adjective Endings
Adverbs
Adjectives Used as Nouns
Recognizing Singulars and Plurals of Nouns
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Im Kontext und im W�rterbuch
Dioramenmaler: Der nicht so gut bekannte Schinkel
Present Participle
Participles Used as Adjectives and Adverbs
Meanings of Present and Past Participles
Past Participle Used with sein to Express State of Being
Participles Used as Nouns
Infinitives Used as Nouns
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Im Kontext und im W�rterbuch
Der B�r: Stadtsymbol und Naturph�nomen
Die Bewohner �sterreichs
Comparison of Adjectives and Adverbs
Exceptional Comparisons
Recognition of Comparatives and Superlatives
Special Uses of the Comparative and Superlative
Comparatives and Superlatives Used as Nouns
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Im Kontext und im W�rterbuch
HIV und TB-Zwei Gesichter einer Epidemie
Future Tense
Future Perfect Tense
Future Tenses Used to Express Probability
Three Uses of werden
Selbst, selber
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Im Kontext und im W�rterbuch
7 000 000 000 Menschen: Weltbev�lkerung 2011
Passive Voice
Active vs. Passive
Present and Simple Past Tenses of the Passive Voice
Perfect Tenses of the Passive Voice
Future Tense of the Passive Voice
Modals with Passive Infinitives
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Im Kontext und im W�rterbuch
Gedenkfeier zum 13. August
Coordinating Conjunctions
Subordinating Conjunctions
Learn to Differentiate
Wenn auch, auch wenn (even if, even though, even when)
"False Friends"
�bungss�tze
Im Kontext und im W�rterbuch
Der Zeppelin im Ersten Weltkrieg
Reflexive Verbs and Pronouns
Meanings of Reflexive Verbs
Position of the Reflexive Pronoun in Main Clauses
Lassen
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Im Kontext und im W�rterbuch
Die Hessen im amerikanischen Unabh�ngigkeitskrieg
Koffer als Reisebegleiter
Relative Pronouns
Recognizing Relative Clauses
Welch-as Relative Pronoun, Indefinite Pronoun, and Interrogative Pronoun
Case of Relative Pronoun Indicates Function
Was as a Relative Pronoun
�bungss�tze
Im Kontext und im W�rterbuch
Karl Mays Amerikabild und -reise
Double Infinitives
Objective vs. Subjective Meanings of Modal Auxiliaries
�bungss�tze
Im Kontext und im W�rterbuch
Patagoniens Raubsaurier: ,Dino Gangs'?
Demonstrative Pronouns
Other Demonstratives
Suffixes -los, -fach, and -mal
Suffixes -bar and -Iich
�bungss�tze
Im Kontext und im W�rterbuch
Buchbesprechung
Wer and Was Used as Interrogative and Relative Pronouns
Verb-First Constructions
Feminine Noun Suffixes
�bungss�tze
Im Kontext und im W�rterbuch
Neu zum Schumann-Jahr: Ahnung
Infinitives with zu
Idiomatic Prepositional Phrases
1st / war + zu + Infinitive
�bungss�tze
Im Kontext und im
W�rterbuch
Der Neue Deutsche Film
Im wilden, wilden Westen bl�hte die Fantasie
Extended-Adjective Constructions
Recognizing Extended-Adjective Constructions
Translating Extended-Adjective Constructions
Participial Phrases
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Im Kontext und im W�rterbuch
Am Anfang war die Draisine
Other Types of Extended-Adjective Constructions
Extended Adjectives plus Unextended Adjectives
Multiple Extended Adjectives
Additional Extended-Adjective Constructions
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Im Kontext und im W�rterbuch
Carl von Ossietzky: Vom Idealismus getragene Leidenschaft
Da(r)- compounds
Wo(r)-compounds
Hier-compounds
Adverbs of Direction in Prepositional Phrases
Introductory es Not the Real Subject
Clauses without a Subject-Implied es
�bungss�tze
Im Kontext und im W�rterbuch
Die Kunst und die Kirche
Subjunctive
Subjunctive II
Suppositions of Conditions Contrary to Fact
Wenn Clauses or Result Clauses Standing Alone
Als ob, als wenn (as if, as though)
�bungss�tze
Im Kontext und im W�rterbuch
Das Attentat zu Sarajewo
Subjunctive I
Subjunctive I in Indirect Discourse
Indirect Questions
Other Uses of Subjunctive I
Special Uses of Subjunctive I
�bungss�tze
Im Kontext und im W�rterbuch
Ohne „Faust" kein Abitur
Entgrenzung: Gedanken zu einer transnationalen Literatur
The German Case System
Strong and Irregular Verbs
Choosing and Using a Dictionary
German Script
Vocabulary
Index