Wells Mitlesen Mittelien - Softcover

Wells, Larry D.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0030091276 ISBN 13: 9780030091278

Publisher: Thomson Learning, 1988

Synopsis

The Fourth Edition of the popular intermediate text "Mitlesen-Mitteilen" offers explicit strategies to help students approach authentic texts through an intriguing collection of short stories that reflect current themes in German culture.

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Review:

*indicates new reading. Inhalt. Preface. 1. *MITTAGSPAUSE" WOLF WONDRATSCHEK. Lesetext: *Mittagspause" Wolf Wondratschek. Kontexte: Das Cafe, Madchen/Frau. Focus on Form: The present tense, verbs. Zum Horen: *Willst du mit mir gehn?" Die Wise Guys. 2. *IMITATION" GABRIELE WOHMANN. Lesetext: *Imitation" Gabriele Wohmann. Kontexte: Sozialer Umgang: Komplimente machen. Focus on Form: Tenses of verbs, writing informal letters. *Zum Horen: *Eve" Annett Louisan. 3. *FAMILIE IN KURZE" ELISABETH ALEXANDER. Lesetext: *Familie in Kurze" Elisabeth Alexander. Kontexte: Die Rolle der Frau in der traditionellen Familee. Focus on Form: Subordinating conjunctions and linking adverbs. Zum Horen: *Ein Posten ist frei" Ekkehard Muller. 4. *ROTKAPPCHEN '65" ANNELIESE MEINERT. Lesetext: *Rotkappchen '65" Anneliese Meinert. Kontexte: Das Marchen. Focus on Form: Writing direct speech, punctuation, using the past tense. Zum Horen: *Rotkappchen" nach den Gebrudern Grimm. 5. *SAN SALVADOR" PETER BICHSEL. Lesetext: *San Salvador" Peter Bichsel. Kontexte: Der Fullfederhalter, Reisen. Focus on Form: Using modal verbs in the indicative and subjunctive. *Zum Horen: *Vater sagt" Zehra Cirak. 6. *ICH WAR EIN KIND" JOSE F.A. OLIVER. Lesetext: *Ich war ein Kind" Jose F.A. Oliver. Kontexte: Gastarbeiter. Focus on Form: Nominal and verbal expressions. Zum Horen: *Ich war ein Kind" Jose F.A. Oliver. 7. *DIE KUCHENUHR" WOLFGANG BORCHERT. Lesetext: *Die Kuchenuhr" Wolfgang Borchert. Kontexte: Trummerliteratur. Focus on Form: Adjectives. Zum Horen: *Inventur" Gunter Eich. 8. *ZEITSATZE" RUDOLF OTTO WIEMER. Lesetext: *Zeitsatze" Rudolf Otto Wiemer. Kontexte: Die Mentalitat der Deutschen. Focus on Form: Using connectors to give coherence to essay. Zum Horen: *Zeitsatze" Rudolf Otto Wiemer. 9. *DAS MARCHEN VOM KLEINEN HERRN MORITZ, DER EINE GLATZE KRIEGTE" WOLF BIERMANN. Lesetext: *Das Marchen vom kleinen Herrn Moritz, der eine Glatze kriegte" Wolf Biermann. Kontexte: Der Kalte Krieg und die Berliner Mauer. Focus on Form: Using conjunctions as connectors. * Zum Horen: *Mein kleiner gruner Kaktus" The Comedian Harmonists. 10. *DIE GESCHICHTE VOM FLIEGENDEN ROBERT" HEINRICH HOFFMANN; *DIE GESCHICHTE VOM FLIEGENDEN ROBERT" FRIEDRICH KARL WACHTER. *Lesetext: *Die Geschichte vom fliegenden Robert" Heinrich Hoffmann; *Die Geschichte vom fliegenden Robert" Friedrich Karl Wachter. Kontexte: Das Burgertum und die Lehre vom richtigen Leben. Focus on Form: The imperative, modal verbs. *Zum Horen: *Die Geschichte vom fliegenden Robert" Heinrich Hoffmann. 11. *FRITZ" HANS JOACHIM SCHADLICH. Lesetext: *Fritz" Hans Joachim Schadlich. Kontexte: "Nazideutsch"?die Rolle des Vaters in der traditionellen Familie. Focus on Form: Generalizing, impersonal expressions. Zum Horen: *Kinder" Bettina Wegner. 12. *GESCHICHTE OHNE MORAL" ALFRED POLGAR. Lesetext: *Geschichte ohne Moral" Alfred Polgar. Zum Horen: *Der Mann, der nie zu spat kam" Paul Maar. Kontexte: Die gesellschaftlichen Schichten. Focus on Form: Organizing the essay, subjunctive I, subjunctive II. 13. FUNFZIG SPRICHWORTER. Lesetext: Funfzig Sprichworter. Kontexte (mixed into several sections): Kollektives Sprechen. Focus on Form: Indefinite relative pronouns. Zum Horen: *Alles Banane" Die Wise Guys. 14. *DAS IDEAL" KURT TUCHOLSKY. *Lesetext: *Das Ideal" Kurt Tucholsky. Kontexte: Die Ideologie des Fortschritts. Focus on Form: Differentiating between the indicative and the subjunctive. *Zum Horen: *Konig von Deutschland" Rio Reiser. 15. *DER WELTUNTERGANG" FRANZ HOHLER. Lesetext: *Der Weltuntergang" Franz Hohler. Kontexte: Die Grunen. Focus on Form: Using the active and the passive voice; forms of argumentation. Zum Horen: *Der Verkaufer und der Elch" Franz Hohler. 16. *NEAPEL SEHEN" KURT MARTI. Lesetext: *Neapel sehen" Kurt Marti. Kontexte: Das Wirtschaftswunder. Focus on Form: Use of past tense, generalizing. Zum Horen: *Supermarkt" Jioi Kral. 17. *BLEIBE" DIETER WELLERSHOFF. Lesetext: *Bleibe" Dieter Wellershoff. Kontexte: Die Rolle der Frau, der Sonntag. Focus on Form: Finding thematic units, categorizing/organizing vocabulary. Zum Horen: *Sonntagvormittag" Clemens Hausmann. 18. *EINE KAISERLICHE BOTSCHAFT" FRANZ KAFKA. Lesetext: *Eine kaiserliche Botschaft" Franz Kafka. Kontexte: "Kafkaesk." Focus on Form: Collocations- verbal complements. *Zum Horen: *Die Moritat von Mackie Messer" Bert Brecht. 19. *HELDEN WIE WIR" THOMAS BRUSSIG. Lesetext: *Helden wie wir" Thomas Brussig. Kontexte: Sozialistische Erziehung: die jungen Pioniere. Focus on Form: Writing a report. Zum Horen: *Der kleine Trompeter" (Lied aus DDR Zeiten). 20. *ROTE KORALLEN" JUDITH HERMANN. Lesetext: *Rote Korallen" Judith Hermann. Kontexte: Die Kurzgeschichte. Focus on Form: Using flavoring particles. Zum Horen: *Fur mich soll's rote Rosen regnen" Hildegard Knef. 21. *MISSVERSTANDNIS" ERICH FRIED. *Lesetext: *Missverstandnis" Erich Fried. Kontexte: Wien l938, Vergangenheitsbewaltigung und Vergangenheitsverdrangung. Focus on Form: Connectors. Zum Horen: *Der Panther" Rainer Maria Rilke. 22. *VON DER MUTTERSPRACHE ZUR SPRACHMUTTER" YOKO TAWADA. Lesetext: *Von der Muttersprache zur Sprachmutter" Yoko Tawada. Kontexte: Gender of articles. Focus on Form: Prefixes and prepositions. Zum Horen: *Ein Gast" Alev Tekinay.

About the Author:

Professor Rosmarie T. Morewedge joined SUNY Binghamton in 1970. She has been Chair of the Department of German, Russian, and East Asian Languages since 1988. Professor Morewedge received her Ph.D. in German with a minor in folklore and Indo-European Mythology from UCLA in 1974. Her teaching and research focus on the German language and literature, the development of narrative-including the fairy tale-- from the Middle Ages to the 20th Century and medieval feminist studies. Strongly interested in international education, she is faculty director of Binghamton University's study abroad programs in Graz, Austria and in Leipzig, Germany. She is actively involved in various professional societies and is currently working on several different research projects. Throughout her career, Professor Morewedge has received numerous awards for her excellence in teaching and service.

Professor Larry D. Wells (late) was respected by all who knew him as an outstanding teacher of German who loved the German language and wanted to make it accessible to students. He championed student-centered, communicative learning that made students active partners in the classroom. Professor Wells received his Ph.D. from Ohio State with a specialization in 19th century German literature. His publications, Literary Texts in Language Instruction," Mitlesen-Mitteilen: Literary Texts for Reading, Speaking & Writing (with Rosmarie T. Morewedge) and Handbuch zur deutschen Grammatik, Wiederholen und Anwenden, are considered by most educators in German as benchmarks in the field of German language instruction."

About this edition

• Publisher: Thomson Learning
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0030091276
• ISBN 13: 9780030091278
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 272