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Kaleidoskop Kultur, Literatur und Grammatik

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ISBN-10: 0618103120

ISBN-13: 9780618103126

Edition: 6th 2002 (Student Manual, Study Guide, etc.)

Authors: Winnie Adolph, Simone Berger, Barbara Mabee, Jack R. Moeller

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This intermediate text uses a flexible, four-skills approach to promote communication with a primary emphasis on reading. Kaleidoskop is organized into two main sections, Lektuuml;re and Grammatik. Lektuuml;re features 10 Themen, which present excerpts and complete texts that reflect contemporary Germany, followed by reading comprehension activities, and speaking and writing practice. Grammatik offers a comprehensive grammar review in 10 Kapitel, which recycle and integrate vocabulary used in the Themen and provide proficiency-oriented practice.
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List price: $274.95
Edition: 6th
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: CENGAGE Learning
Publication date: 11/9/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 492
Size: 7.75" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.650
Language: English

Barbara Mabee recently retired as Professor of German from Oakland University. Her expertise in poetry and contemporary literature has been invaluable in the selection of materials. She has written the introductions to the authors and the activities that accompany the literary texts and poems.

Jack Moeller is retired from Oakland University after many distinguished years of excellence in teaching. He continues to be involved in the revision process of DEUTSCH HEUTE to ensure the quality and integrity of the program.

Erster Teil: Lekture Thema
Freizeit Texte: Freizeitstudie (Tabell)
50000 Skater voll auf der Rolle (Online-Zeitungsartikel)
Berlin (Reisefuhrer) Gedicht: Vergnugungen, Bertolt Brecht Kurzgeschichte: Mittgspause, Wolf Wondratscheck Thema
Kommunikation Texte: Postkarte von der Ostsee (Postkarte)
Standig unter Strom (Studie)
Gewalt im Fernsehen (Zeitungsartikel) Gedicht: Nicht Zutreffendes streichen, Hans Magnus Enzensberger Kurzgeschichte: Eine Postkarte fur Herrn Altenkirch, Barbara Honigmann Thema
Deutschland im 21
Jahrhundert Texte: Bei den Wessis ist jeder fur sich (Interview)
Kontinent im Kleinformat: Die Europaische Schule in Munchen (Zeitschriftenartikel) Lied: Berliner Liedchen, Wolf Biermann Drehbuch: Das Versprechen, Peter Schneider und Margarethe von Trott Thema
Familie Texte: Junge Paare--gluckliche Paare (Studie)
Ich muszlig; fur meinen Sohn nachsitzen (Kolumne) Gedicht: Du sprichst von Nahe, Kristiane Allert-Wybranietz Marchen: Die sieben Raben, Jakob und Wilhelm Grimm Thema
Musik Texte: Clara Schumann (Biografie)
Die da!?! (Song)
Konzerte (Anzeigen)
Sag es laut, Xavier Naidoo (Song) Gedicht/Lied: Der Erlkonig, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (Musik von Franz Schubert) Thema
Die Welt der Arbeit Texte: "Ohne die Bereitschaft, sich auf Neues einzulassen, geht es nicht," Zeitschriftenartikel
Carolin (Biografie) Gedicht: Arbeits-Los, Johann Sziklai Tagebuchaufzeichnung: Dienstag, der 27
September 1960, Christa Wolf Thema
Multikulturelle Gesellschaft Texte: Metin sucht seinen Weg, Mehmet Unal (Erzahlung)
Jetzt kann ich sagen: Ich bin schwarz, Helga Emde (Autobiografie) Gedicht: Was ich nicht verstehen kann, Sabri Cakir Kurzgeschichte: Hunne im Abendland, Janos Bardi Thema
Jung und Alt Texte: Werte und Befurchtungen der Jugendlichen (Schaubilder)
Eine Frage der Existenz (Zeitschriftenartikel)
"Hilfe--ich werde immer mehr wie meine Eltern!" (Feature) Gedicht: Die alte Frau, Anne Heitmann Kurzgeschichte: Brief aus Amerika, Johannes Bobrowski Thema
Stereotypen Texte: Die Deutschen uber sich selbst (Umfrage)
Unser Ausland (Feature)
Small Talk (Skizze)
Tubinger Austauschstudenten berichten (Berichte) Gedicht: Anders II Rose Auslander Kurzgeschichte: Die grune Krawatte, Arthur Schnitzler Thema
Umwelt Texte: Das Allgau ruft eine dosenfreie Zone aus (Zeitungsartikel)
Wusten werden wachsen (Zeitschriftenartikel)
"Umweltschultz geht jeden an" (Umfrage) Lied: Kartoffellied, Anni Becker Kurzgeschichte: Der Bergarbeiter, Heinrich Boll
Zweiter Teil
Grammatik Kapitel 1 Infinitive stems and endings
Basic present-tense endings
Present tense of stem-changing verbs Haben, wein, werden, and wissen in the present tense Uses of the present tense
Imperative forms Separable-prefix verbs
Present tense of modal auxiliaries Use of modal auxiliaries
Meanings of the modal auxiliaries
The mochte-forms
Negative of mussen and durfen
Meanings of lassen
Future time: present tense
Future time: future tense
Future tense of modals
Other uses of the future tense
Kapitel 2 Simple past tense
Weak verbs in the simple past
Modals in the simple past
Irregular weak verbs + haben in the simple past
Strong verbs in the simple past
Sein and werden in the simple past tense
The present perfect tense
Past participles of regular weak verbs
Past participles of irregular weak verbs + haben
Past participles of strong verbs
Past participles of separable-prefix verbs
Past participle without ge-prefix
Use of the auxiliary haben
Use of the auxiliary sein
The present perfect versus simple past
The past perfect tense
Infinitives without zu
Double infinitive construction with modals, horen, sehen, lassen Kapitel 3
Position of the finite verb in statements
Position of the finite verb in questions
Word order: time, manner, place
Position of nicht
Independent clauses and coordinating conjunctions
Two-part conjunctions
The conjunctions aber and sondern
Dependent clauses and subordinating conjunctions
Uses of als, wenn, and wann
Dependent clauses: indirect statements and questions
Infinitives with zu Expressions um ..
zu, (an)statt ..
zu, ohne ..
zu Kapitel 4 Definite article, nominative and accusative Der-words, nominative and accusative Meanings and uses of der-words
The indefinite article ein and kein, nominative and accusative Possessive adjectives Nouns indicating nationalities and professions Masculine N-nouns in the accusative case Personal pronouns, nominative and accusative Demonstrative pronouns, nominative and accusative
The indefinite prounoun man The interrogative pronouns wer and was Uses of the nominative case
Uses of the accusative case Direct object Prepositions with the accusative case
Time expressions with the accusative case
Accusative of measure Unites of measurement and quantity The expression es gibt Kapitel 5 Forms of the dative case
Nouns in the dative plural Masculine N-nouns in the dative case
Personal pronouns in the dative case
Demonstrative pronouns in the dative case
The interrogative pronoun wer in the dative case
Uses of the dative case
Indirect object Word order of direct and indirect objects
Dative verbs Prepositions with the dative case
Contractions of dative prepositions
Adjectives with the dative case Kapitel 6 Hin and her
Two-way prepositions Contractions of two-way prepositions
The verbs legen/liegen, setzen/sitzen, stellen/stehen, hangen, stecken
Special meanings of two-way prepositions
Time expressions with the dative case Da-compounds Wo-compounds Forms of the genitive case Nouns in the genitive Masculine N-nouns in the genitive Proper names in the genitive
The interrogative pronoun wessen Uses of the genitive case
Possession and other close relationships
Prepositions with the genitive case
Expressions of indefinite time
Special expressions
Dative as substitute for the genitive Kapitel 7 Predicate adjectives Attributive adjectives
Adjectives preceded by the definite article or der-words
Adjectives preceded by the indefinite article or ein-words
Omission of the noun Summary of preceded adjectives
Unpreceded adjectives Adjectives following indefinite adjectives
Adjectives used as nouns
The adjective hoch and adjectives ending in -el or -er Ordinal numbers
Present participles as adjectives
Past participles as adjectives
Comparison of adjectives and adverbs
Expressing comparisons
Kapitel 8 Indicative and subjunctive
Subjunctive II Verb endings in present-time subjunctive II
The wurde-construction
Present-time subjunctive II of sein and haben
Modals in present-time subjunctive II
Present-time subjunctive II of strong verbs
Present-time subjunctive II of regular weak verbs
Present-time subjunctive II of irregular weak verbs
Past-time subjunctive II
Modals in past-time subjunctive II
Conditional sentences Omission of wenn in conditional sen