Skip to content

Wie Geht's? An Introductory German Course

Best in textbook rentals since 2012!

ISBN-10: 1413012833

ISBN-13: 9781413012835

Edition: 8th 2007 (Revised)

Authors: Dieter Sevin, Ingrid Sevin

List price: $70.99
Blue ribbon 30 day, 100% satisfaction guarantee!
Out of stock
We're sorry. This item is currently unavailable.
what's this?
Rush Rewards U
Members Receive:
Carrot Coin icon
XP icon
You have reached 400 XP and carrot coins. That is the daily max!

Description:

Focused on building linguistic skills and comprehension through creative introductions to contemporary life and cultures in Germn-speaking countries, WIE GEHT'S? Eighth Edition is the clear choice to prepare your students to communicate in German-in and beyond your classroom! Now in its Eighth Edition, WIE GEHT'S? remains one of the most popular introductory German programs in the country. As the authors-both native Germans-show students how the German language actually works, they encourage cultural awareness and the acquisition of a functional vocabulary that effectively prepares students to continue their study of German.
Customers also bought

Book details

List price: $70.99
Edition: 8th
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Cengage Learning
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 544
Size: 8.70" wide x 10.90" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 2.750

Dieter Sevin, a native of Germany, was Professor of German at Vanderbilt University. He received grants from organizations such as the American Philosophical Association, American Council of Learned Societies, German Academic Exchange Service, and the Vanderbilt Research Council.

Ingrid Sevin, a native of Germany, has been teaching German and French at the high school and college level in the United States and in Germany for more than ten years. From 1987 to 2002, she was the editor of the German audio-magazine SCHAU INS LAND.

Schritte: Beginnen Wir!
Vorschau: The German Language
Gespr?ch: Guten Tag! Lerntipp: Using Wie geht's?
Greetings and Leave-taking
Lerntipp: Experiencing a New Language
Gespr?ch: Was und wie ist das?
Lerntipp: Techniques for Building New Vocabulary
What's in a Name?
Gespr?ch: Im Kaufhaus
Trendsetters of the Fashion World
Gespr?ch: Das Wetter im April
The German Climate
The Benefits of Learning German
Gespr?ch: Wie sp?t ist es?
Descendants of German-speaking Immigrants in North America
Familie, L?nder, Sprachen
Vorschau: Spotlight on Germany
Gespr?che: Am Goethe-Institut / Sp?ter
The Goethe Institute
Du or Sie?
Lerntipp: Developing Listening Comprehension Skills
Present tense of regular verbs
Lerntipp: Studying Grammar
Nominative case
German in Europe
Sentence structure
Compound nouns
Frankfurt am Main
Germany and the European Union
Lerntipp: Reading German Texts
Einblicke: Deutschland in Europa
Schreibtipp: Writing a Summary
German Throughout the World
Lebensmittel Und Gesch?fte
Vorschau: Shopping and Store Hours
Gespr?che: Im Lebensmittelgesch?ft / In der B?ckerei
Weights and Measures
Breads, Sausages, and Cheeses
Flower Power
The present tense of sein and haben
The Euro
The accusative case and n-nouns
Sentence structure (continued)
Pedestrian Areas
Lesetipp: Understanding Spoken Language
Einblicke: Gesch?fte und Einkaufen
Regensburg
Schreibtipp: Writing a Dialogue
Im Restaurant
Vorschau: Eating In and Out
Gespr?che: Im Restaurant / Sp?ter
Deciding Where to Eat
Verbs with vowel changes
The dative case
Caf?s and Coffee Houses
Regional Specialities
Lerntipp: Reviewing for Tests
Friends and Acquaintances
Lesetipp: Identifying the Topic of a Passage
Einblicke: Man istwas man isst
Wines from Germany, Austria, and Switzerland
Table Manners
Schreibtipp: Writing a Composition and Choosing Word Order
Feiertage und Feste
Vorschau: Holidays and Vacations
Gespr?che: Am Telefon / Erik klingelt bei Nadja
Congratulations
The Christmas Season
Diversity in Religious Traditions
The present perfect with haben
Tourist Destinations
The present perfect with sein
Subordinating conjunctions
Lerntipp: Having the Last Word
Traditional Folk Celebrations
Einblicke: Deutsche Feste
Lesetipp: Understanding a Text Through Images
Schreibtipp: Writing a Postcard
In der Stadt
Vorschau: Spotlight on Austria
Gespr?che
Entschuldigen Sie, wo ist...? / Da dr?ben!
Viennese Landmarks
Personal pronouns
Viennese Landmarks (continued)
Modal auxililary verbs
The Sezessionsstil Movement
Sondern vs. aber
The Gateway City
Einblicke: Gr??e aus Wien
Lesetipp: Reading a Personal Letter
Heurigen Wine
Schreibtipp: Writing a Letter
Wohnen
Vorschau: Housing
Gespr?che: Wohnung zu vermieten / In der WG
Shared Living Arrangements
Homes and Houses
Two-way prepositions
Friedensreich Hundertwasser
Imperatives
Wissen vs. kennen
Public Transportation and City Life
Lesetipp: Analyzing Comparisons and Constrasts
Einblicke: Schaffen, sparen, H?uschen bauen
High German and Dialects
Schreibtipp: Responding to an Ad
Auf Der Bank und Im Hotel
Vorschau: History of German Currency
Gespr?che: Auf der Bank / An der Rezeption im Hotel
Currency Exchange and Credit Cards
Der- and ein-words
Hotel Names
Separable-prefix verbs
Flavoring particles
Accommodations and Tourist Information
Youth Hostels
Lesetipp: Looking for Conjunctions
Einblicke:?bernachtungsm?glichkeiten
Schreibtipp: Doing Free Writing in German
Luxembourg
Post und Reisen
Vorschau: Spotlight on Switzerland
Gespr?che: Auf der Post am Bahnhof / Am Fahrkartenschalter in Z?rich
Phoning and Postal Services
Car Travel
Train Travel
The genitive case
Time expressions
Switzerland's Mountain World
Sentence structure (continued)
Switzerland and its Languages
William Tell
Einblicke: Touristen in der Schweiz
Lesetipp: Looking for Genitives
Schreibtipp: Choosing Subject Pronouns
Literatur
Biographisches: Hermann Hesse
Gedicht:?Im Nebel" (Hermann Hesse)
Freizeit und Gesundheit
Vorschau: Sports and Clubs in the German-Speaking Countries
Gespr?che: Am Telefon / Bis gleich! Telephone Etiquette
Some Idiomatic Expressions
Endings of adjectives preceded by der-words and ein-words
The German Pop Scene
Reflexive verbs
Infinitive with zu
Vacationing
Lesetipp: The Importance of Adjectives
Einblicke: Freizeit -- Lust oder Frust?
Schreibtipp: Describing Pictures
Literatur
Biographisches: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Rose Ausl?nder
Gedicht:?Erinnerung" (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)
Gedicht:?Noch bist du da" (Rose Ausl?nder)
Unterhaltung
Vorschau: German Film
Gespr?che: Blick in die Zeitung
An der Theaterkasse
W?hrend der Pause
The Magic of the Theater
Classical Music, Yesterday and Today
Verbs with prepositional objects
The Art Scene
Da- and wo-compounds
German Language Broadcasters Abroad
Endings of unpreceded adjectives
German Television
Lesetipp: Learning Vocabulary (continued)
Einblicke: Wer die Wahl hathat die Qual
Schreibtipp: Writing an Essay
Literatur Biographisches: Bertolt Brecht
Gedicht:?Vergn?gungen" (Bertolt Brecht)
Beziehungen
Vorschau: Women and Society
Gespr?ch: Jedem Tierchen sein Pl?sierchen! Love and Marriage
Beloved Pets
Schreibtipp: Describing People or Animals
The simple past (imperfectnarrative past)
Liechtenstein
Conjunctions als, wann, wenn
Equal Access under the Law
The past perfect
The Brothers Grimm and Their Fairy Tales
Einblicke: Rumpelstilzchen
Lesetipp: Recognizing Elements in Fairy Tales
Erz?hltipp: Beginning a Story and Encouraging the Storyteller
Literatur
Biographisches: Gotthold Ephraim Lessing and Reinhardt Jung
Fabel:?Der Esel in Begleitung" (Gotthold Ephraim Lessing)
Gedicht:?Reifezeugnis" (Reinhardt Jung)
Wege Zum Beruf
Vorschau: German Schools and Vocational Training
Gespr?ch: Wei?t du, was du einmal werden willst?
Gender Bias and Language
Women in Business and Industry
Comparison of adjectives and adverbs
The future tense
Foreign Workers in Germany
Predicate nouns and adjectival nouns
Hard Times and Social Policy
Lesetipp: Identifying the Speaker's Main Point
Einblicke: Die Berufswahl
Schreibtipp: Writing a R?sum?
Literatur
Biographisches: Aysel?zakin
Kurzgeschichte:?Die dunkelhaarigen Kinder von Berlin" (Aysel?zakin)
Das Studium
Vorschau: German Universities
Gespr?che: Bei der Immatrikulation
Etwas sp?ter
German Bureaucracy
The subjunctive mood
The present-time general subjunctive
U.S. and German Companies Doing Business Abroad
The past-time general subjunctive
Studying in Germany
Lesetipp: Brainstorming Contextual Knowledge
Einblicke: Ein Jahr dr?ben w?re super! Schreibtipp: Applying for a Job
Literatur
Biographisches: Christine N?stlinger
Kurzgeschichte:?Ohne Vorurteile" (Christine N?stlinger)
Berlin: Damals und Heute
Vorschau: Chronicle of German History since World War II
Gespr?ch: In Berlin ist immer etwas los
The Colorful Names of Berlin's Landmarks
Relative clauses
A Multicultural Melting Pot
Indirect speech
Berlin Today
Berlin's Past
Lesetipp: Anticipating Content
Einblicke: Berlin, ein Tor zur Welt
Schreibtipp: Interview Synopsis
Literatur
Biographisches: Wolfgang Borchert
Kurzgeschichte:?Das Brot" (Wolfgang Borchert)
Deutschland, Europa und die Umwelt
Vorschau: The Path to a United Europe
Gespr?che: Zu Besuch in Weimar
In der Altstadt
Weimar, a European Cultural Capital
The passive voice
Review of the uses of werden
The special subjunctive
In Search of an Identity
Lesetipp: Anticipating Content (continued)
Einblicke: Der Wind kennt keine Grenzen
Schreibtipp: Writing a Report
Literatur
Biographisches
Parabel:?Der Aufbruch"
Gedicht:?Das Eisenbahngleichnis"
Appendix
Predicting the gender of certain nouns
Summary chart of the four cases
Adjective endings
Endings of nouns
Pronouns
Comparison of irregular adjectives and adverbs
N-verbs and irregular t-verbs
Sample forms of the subjunctive
Verb forms in different tenses
Translation of the Gespr?che
Supplementary charts for Hoppla, hier fehlt was!
Answers for English-to-German practice in the annos
Vocabularies
German-English
English-German