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An innovative and lively first-year program, VORSPRUNG: A COMMUNICATIVE INTRODUCTION TO GERMAN LANGUAGE AND CULTURE, 3E uses a unique five-skills approach to help you develop realistic abilities in speaking, listening, reading, and writing German. Utilizing "focus on form" activities, the program presents a systematic, clear introduction to the essentials of German grammar and practices high-frequency structures and vocabulary in interactive activities. It also provides you with cultural knowledge relevant to your own life and then asks you to compare your culture to the habits and behaviors…mehr

Produktbeschreibung
An innovative and lively first-year program, VORSPRUNG: A COMMUNICATIVE INTRODUCTION TO GERMAN LANGUAGE AND CULTURE, 3E uses a unique five-skills approach to help you develop realistic abilities in speaking, listening, reading, and writing German. Utilizing "focus on form" activities, the program presents a systematic, clear introduction to the essentials of German grammar and practices high-frequency structures and vocabulary in interactive activities. It also provides you with cultural knowledge relevant to your own life and then asks you to compare your culture to the habits and behaviors of the German-speaking people of Europe--providing you with a more enriching language experience. To prepare you for successful communication in today's rapidly changing world, VORSPRUNG exposes you to a wealth of spoken and written authentic textual materials and offers an array of in-class activities that provides ample opportunities for you to practice German in current contexts.
Autorenporträt
Thomas A. Lovik is a Professor of German and former Chair of the Department of Linguistics and Germanic, Slavic, Asian, and African Languages at Michigan State University. He has published in the area of contrastive pragmatics of German/English and issues of the profession in the United States. He regularly teaches Business German, Linguistic Analysis of Modern German, teaching methods for undergraduates and graduate students, and graduate courses on the German language. He coordinates the first-year German language program and supervises graduate teaching assistants. He is active locally in the AATG Michigan chapter and the Michigan World Language Association. He is a member of several national organizations�AATG, ACTFL, MLA and the American Association of University Supervisors and Coordinators, and served as the editor of Die Unterrichtspraxis / Teaching German from 2005-2010.