UID:
almahu_9949384561502882
Format:
1 online resource (xiv, 281 pages)
ISBN:
9780429590832
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0429590830
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9780429586958
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0429586957
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9780429588891
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0429588895
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9780429197482
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0429197489
Content:
German Reading Skills for Academic Purposes allows researchers and learners with no prior understanding of German to gain an understanding of written German at CEFR C2/ACTFL Intermediate-High level that will allow them to read a variety of German texts, including research articles and monographs. This is achieved by looking closely at the elements of German grammar required for the understanding of written German along with practical advice and observations. One of the main themes running through the textbook is that it uses a toolkit approach that puts deductive reasoning and decoding skills at its heart to allow learners to engage with a wide variety of texts.
Note:
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Five steps towards understanding a text; Chapter 1 Deductive reasoning; German alphabet and pronunciation; cognates; 1.1 Using deductive reasoning to understand written texts; 1.2 German alphabet; 1.3 German pronunciation; 1.4 Cognates; Exercise; Note; Chapter 2 Fundamental German and English grammar concepts; German sentence structure; 2.1 Fundamental German and English grammar concepts; 2.2 Introductory text: Sprachen in der Europäischen Union
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2.3 German sentence structure (subjects, objects, verbs, sentences and clauses explained)2.4 Man, zu and es gibt; Exercise; 2.5 Capitalisation of nouns; Exercise; 2.6 Compound nouns; Exercise; 2.7 The present tense; Exercise; 2.8 Summary of chapter; Exercise; Chapter 3 German genders; plurals in German; separable verbs; how to identify verbs; 3.1 Introductory text: Kartoffelsalat; 3.2 Genders in German; Exercise; 3.3 Gender by endings; Exercise; 3.4 A brief introduction to the German case system; 3.5 Plurals in German; Exercise; 3.6 Feminine forms for people; Exercise
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3.7 Prepositional phrasesExercise; 3.8 Finite and non-finite verb forms; Exercise; 3.9 Separable verbs; Exercise; 3.10 Summary of chapter; Practice text: Redewendungen und Aphorismen von Friedrich Schiller; Chapter 4 Modal verbs; imperative forms; idiomatic expressions with es; 4.1 German modal verbs; Exercise; 4.2 Mögen and möchten; Exercise; Exercise; 4.3 The imperative; Exercise; 4.4 Idiomatic expressions with es; 4.5 Summary of chapter; Practice text: Da steh' ich nun, ich armer Tor; Note; Chapter 5 The German case system; negation; 5.1 Understanding the logic behind the case system
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5.2 NominativeExercise; 5.3 Accusative; Exercise; 5.4 Dative; Exercise; 5.5 Genitive; Exercise; 5.6 Overview of the four German cases; 5.7 Negation; Exercise; Practice text: Oropos und die Graer; Comprehension questions -- Which statements are correct?; Chapter 6 The past tense forms; 6.1 Introductory text: Jesus und die Ehebrecherin; 6.2 Extended infinitive constructions with um; Exercise; 6.3 Past tense forms in German; 6.4 The preterite; II. Mixed pattern verbs; III. Irregular/strong verbs; Exercise; 6.5 The present perfect; Exercise; 6.6 Past participles
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6.7 Strong verb vowel changes (ablauts)Exercise; 6.8 The verbal bracket; Exercise; 6.9 The pluperfect; Exercise; 6.10 Chart: modal verbs in the present and the past tense; Note; Chapter 7 Adjectives and adverbs; comparative and superlative; als and wie; 7.1 Adjectives; 7.2 Possessive adjectives; Exercise; 7.3 Zu and adjectives; Exercise; 7.4 Comparative; 7.5 Als, wie; Exercise; 7.6 Superlative; Exercise; Practice text: Rumpelstilzchen; Chapter 8 Subordinate and relative clauses; commas; present participles; 8.1 Subordinate clauses introduced by conjunctions; Exercise; Exercise
Additional Edition:
Print version: Burdumy, Alexander Bruce, author. German reading skills for academic purposes New York, NY : Routledge, [2019] ISBN 9780367186623
Language:
English
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DOI:
10.4324/9780429197482.
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9780429197482
