Synopses & Reviews
Fokus Deutsch offers a powerful new resource for teaching beginning and intermediate German. This dynamic new three-level program carefully integrates videos, texts, audio and other supplements to bring German language, history and culture into focus for students. Fokus Deutsch was created through a collaboration of the Annenberg/CPB project, WGBH/Boston, and the McGraw-Hill Companies - the trio who also created Destinos, Nuevos Destinos, and Connect with English - along with Inter Nationes and the Goethe-Institut. The result is an original and engaging program that immerses students in the reality of German life, history, and culture. The comprehensive package for Fokus Deutsch also includes such multimedia supplements as a CD-ROM resource for instructors and a text specific website! In short, Fokus Deutsch is a comprehensive, well-organized program that integrates video, audio print and technology as effectively as it integrates language, drama, culture, and history.
Table of Contents
EINFÜHRUNG VOKABELN Im Klassenzimmer Beschreibungen Körperteile Kleidung STRUKTUREN present tense dative pronouns present perfect tense imperatives prepositions of location and direction KAPITEL 13 - DER AZUBI VIDEOTHEK Michael now lives in Hamburg and has an apprenticeship with a firm on the harbor. On his first day at work he meets his new boss and coworkers.
VOKABELN Die Arbeitswelt Berufe Sind sie wortschau? feminine forms for professions STRUKTUREN Review: nominative, accusative, and dative case: marking subjects and objects
Review: imperatives: making suggestions and giving instructions
Kurz notiert: softening imperatives with bitte, doch, and mal
KAPITEL 14 - DER TRICK VIDEOTHEK The first officer shows Michael the companys ship. Suddenly Michael notices the ship is departing, but he doesn't want to go along.
VOKABELN Lebenslauf Stellenangebote STRUKTUREN Review: the present perfect tense: talking about the past Kurz notiert: verbs that require sein in the present perfect tense
Kurz notiert: present perfect tense KAPITEL 15 - ZU VIEL SALZ VIDEOTHEK Michaels boss invites him over for dinner. Herr Schäfer cooks the meal, but both his wife and daughter think they have to help out with seasoning the food.
VOKABELN Essen und trinken Wo essen wir? STRUKTUREN Review of pronouns: word order: referring to people and things
Kurz notiert: using wer, wen and wem
Genitive case: showing relationships and possession Sprachspiegel: nouns of possession Kurz notiert: ein-words WIEDERHOLUNG 5 KAPITEL 16 - AM WOCHENENDE VIDEOTHEK The Schäfer family and their friends, the Cornelius family, go about their typical weekend routines. VOKABELN In der Freizeit Einkaufen Kulturspiegel: breakfast in German-speaking countries
STRUKTUREN Der-words and the expression was für (ein) : pointing out specific persons, places, and things
Review: two-way prepositions; verbs of direction and location:
expressing direction and location KAPITEL 17 - NACH THÜRINGEN VIDEOTHEK The Cornelius family members go about their morning routine, eating breakfast and getting to work, as they ponder Mr. Cornelius' job transfer and a possible move to Thuringia.
VOKABELN Die Bundesrepublik Deutschland Kulturspiegel: citystates Sagen, Feste, Bräuche Kulturspiegel: harvest festivals Sind Sie wortschlau?: words for autumn STRUKTUREN Future tense with werden: talking about the future Kurz notiert: word order in dependent clauses Sprachspiegel
Adjectives: describing people, objects, and places Kurz notiert: predicate adjectives
KAPITEL 18 - DIE LÖSUNG VIDEOTHEK The Cornelius family decides that Herr Cornelius will commute to work in Thuringia during the week, but come back home to Hamburg on the weekends.
VOKABELN Die Wende Kulturspiegel: reunification Geographie Kulturspiegel: states, provinces, and cantons Kurz notiert: der/die Deutsche STRUKTUREN Genitive prepositions: expressing cause, opposition, alternatives, and simultaneity Kurz notiert: dative case in conversation Negation with nicht, kein, noch nicht, noch kein, nicht mehr, and kein…mehr: negating words, expressions, and statements
Kurz notiert: negating questions and statements WIEDERHOLUNG 6 KAPITEL 19 - DER SPAGHETTI-PROFESSOR VIDEOTHEK Klara Cornelius is a student at the University of Munich. She wants to register for a practicum but discovers there is no room in the course.
VOKABELN Das Leben an der Uni Fokus Internet: university Lebensmittel Kulturspiegel: the euro Kurz notiert: stating quantity STRUKTUREN Reflexive verbs and pronouns: doing something for oneself Comparatives and superlatives: comparing things and people Kurz notiert: so…wie Sprachspiegel: vowel change in the comparative and superlative KAPITEL 20 - DER UMWELTSÜNDER VIDEOTHEK Markus is showing Klara his favorite childhood spot in the woods, when they suddenly spy someone throwing trash down the hill.
VOKABELN Umwelt Probleme der modernen Gesellschaft Kulturspiegel: unemployment after reunification Kulturspiegel: citizenship laws in Germany STRUKTUREN The subjunctive: making polite requests and giving advice Kurz notiert: können, müssen, sollen, and wollen
Relative clauses: describing people or things Kurz notiert: forms of relative pronouns Kurz notiert: relative clauses with prepositions KAPITEL 21 - DIE FALSCHEN KLAMOTTEN VIDEOTHEK Thomas cousin Laura Stumpf visits and wants to go to the disco, but Thomas can't get in because the clothes he is wearing are "out."
VOKABELN Kleidung und Mode Medien, Werbung, Fernsehen STRUKTUREN Passive voice I: focusing on the effect of the action Kurz notiert: subject and agent in a passive sentence Passive voice II: alternatives to the passive: expressing general activities and states
WIEDERHOLUNG 7 KAPITEL 22 - EIN NEUES GEMÄLDE VIDEOTHEK At a flea market, the Stumpfs buy a painting for their living room. The Stumpfs get excited when an art restorer says it is valuable.
VOKABELN In der Innenstadt Nach dem Weg fragen STRUKTUREN The simple past tense: narrating events in the past Kurz notiert: simple past of bringen, denken, and kennen
Kurz notiert: verbs commonly used in the simple past The subordinating conjunctions als, wenn, wann: combining sentences
Sprachspiegel: als and as Kurz notiert: als in the comparison of adjectives
KAPITEL 23 - DER HAUSMANN VIDEOTHEK Heiner Sander is on parental leave to take care of his son Kai. When he wants to play soccer with friends and his wife Roswita hasnt come home from work yet, he takes the baby along.
VOKABELN Gleichberechtigung in der Familie Sport STRUKTUREN The subjunctive: expressing unreal situations and wishes Kurz notiert: the expression an (deiner) Stelle
Past subjunctive: expressing what might have been Kurz notiert: the past subjunctive KAPITEL 24 - DAS AU PAIR VIDEOTHEK The Sanders go to the airport to pick up their new au pair, Inéz, when she arrives from Mexico. She faces the challenge of adjusting to life in Germany.
VOKABELN Reisen In Deutschland ist es anders STRUKTUREN The past perfect: talking about a sequence of events in the past
Infinitive clauses with zu: describing actions, states, or conditions
WIEDERHOLUNG 8