Foreword |
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Acknowledgements |
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Five steps towards understanding a text |
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1 Deductive reasoning; German alphabet and pronunciation; cognates |
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1.1 Using deductive reasoning to understand written texts |
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3 | (1) |
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4 | (2) |
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2 Fundamental German and English grammar concepts; German sentence structure |
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2.1 Fundamental German and English grammar concepts |
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10 | (1) |
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2.2 Introductory text: Sprachen in der Europdischen Union |
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2.3 German sentence structure (subjects, objects, verbs, sentences and clauses explained) |
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12 | (3) |
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15 | (1) |
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2.5 Capitalisation of nouns |
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16 | (1) |
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17 | (1) |
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18 | (4) |
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22 | (2) |
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3 German genders; plurals in German; separable verbs; how to identify verbs |
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24 | (18) |
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3.1 Introductory text: Kartoffelsalat |
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24 | (1) |
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25 | (3) |
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28 | (2) |
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3.4 A brief introduction to the German case system |
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30 | (1) |
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31 | (1) |
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3.6 Feminine forms for people |
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3.7 Prepositional phrases |
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33 | (1) |
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3.8 Finite and non-finite verb forms |
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34 | (2) |
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36 | (3) |
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39 | (1) |
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Practice text: Redewendungen und Aphorismen von Friedrich Schiller |
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40 | (2) |
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4 Modal verbs; imperative forms; idiomatic expressions with es |
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42 | (9) |
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42 | (2) |
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4.4 Idiomatic expressions with es |
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48 | (1) |
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Practice text: Da steh' ich nun, ich armer Tor |
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5 The German case system; negation |
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5.1 Understanding the logic behind the case system |
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52 | (2) |
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5.6 Overview of the four German cases |
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58 | (1) |
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59 | (2) |
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Practice text: Oropos und die Graer |
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61 | (2) |
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63 | (20) |
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6.1 Introductory text: Jesus und die Ehebrecherin |
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63 | (1) |
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6.2 Extended infinitive constructions with um |
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64 | (1) |
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6.3 Past tense forms in German |
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64 | (2) |
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66 | (5) |
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6.7 Strong verb vowel changes (ablauts) |
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76 | (3) |
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79 | (1) |
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80 | (2) |
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6.10 Chart: modal verbs in the present and the past tense |
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7 Adjectives and adverbs; comparative and superlative; als and wie |
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83 | (13) |
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7.2 Possessive adjectives |
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86 | (2) |
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88 | (1) |
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Practice text: Rumpelstilzchen |
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92 | (4) |
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8 Subordinate and relative clauses; commas; present participles |
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8.1 Subordinate clauses introduced by conjunctions |
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8.3 Use of wo, was, wer to introduce subordinate or relative clauses |
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101 | (1) |
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102 | (3) |
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105 | (1) |
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106 | (1) |
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Practice text: Hintergrunde zum Weltbevolkerungswachstum |
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106 | (3) |
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9 Werden and its different uses; passive voice; future and future perfect |
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109 | (10) |
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111 | (2) |
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9.2 The passive voice in different tenses and with modal verbs |
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113 | (2) |
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9.3 The future and future perfect with werden |
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115 | (2) |
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Practice text: Die Zasur des Mauerbaus 1961 |
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117 | (2) |
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10 Personal pronouns; reflexive pronouns; appositions and phrases |
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119 | (1) |
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10.2 Reflexive pronouns and reflexive verbs |
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120 | (3) |
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10.3 Appositions and phrases |
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123 | (1) |
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Practice text: Gluck im Ungluck (1) |
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11 Prepositions; pronominal phrases; other uses of pronouns; word formation of nouns |
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126 | (13) |
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126 | (3) |
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129 | (2) |
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11.3 Other uses of determiners and pronouns |
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131 | (1) |
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11.4 Word formation of nouns |
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132 | (3) |
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135 | (1) |
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Practice text: Ablasshandel |
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136 | (3) |
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12 Subjunctive I; reported speech |
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12.1 Uses of the subjunctive I |
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12.2 Subjunctive I forms in the present tense |
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141 | (1) |
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12.3 Subjunctive I in the past tense |
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142 | (3) |
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12.4 Subjunctive I in the passive voice |
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Practice text: Gluck im Ungluck (2) |
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13 Subjunctive II; conditional sentences |
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13.1 Subjunctive II forms |
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148 | (5) |
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13.2 Subjunctive II in the past tense |
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153 | (1) |
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13.3 Subjunctive II used for reported speech |
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153 | (1) |
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13.4 Subjunctive II in the passive voice |
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154 | (1) |
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13.5 Unreal comparative clauses |
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155 | (1) |
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13.6 Conditional sentences |
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156 | (3) |
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Practice text: Wenn die Haifische Menschen waren |
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159 | (4) |
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14 Extended participial phrases |
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14.1 Extended participial phrases |
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163 | (2) |
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14.2 Identifying an extended participial phrase |
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165 | (1) |
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14.3 Translating an extended participial phrase |
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166 | (3) |
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Practice text: Erstes Flugblatt der Weiβen Rose |
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169 | (3) |
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15 Ersatzpassiv constructions and other fake passive constructions |
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172 | (8) |
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172 | (1) |
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15.2 Sein + zu + infinitive |
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172 | (1) |
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173 | (1) |
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15.4 Lassen and other verbs and constructions that can carry a passive meaning |
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174 | (2) |
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15.5 Advanced/difficult extended participial phrases |
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176 | (1) |
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Practice text: Lion Feuchtwanger "An den Bewohner meines Hauses" |
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177 | (3) |
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16 Strategies for dealing with longer and older texts |
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180 | (9) |
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16.1 Reading to the level of understanding required |
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180 | (3) |
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16.2 Dealing with archaic language use in older texts |
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183 | (4) |
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Practice text: Gesprache mit Goethe |
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187 | (15) |
Additional practice texts |
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189 | (13) |
Appendix |
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202 | (17) |
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Grammar terminology explained |
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202 | (2) |
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Difficult or tricky words and constructions |
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204 | (3) |
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207 | (1) |
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Numbers, cardinal numbers, dates and time |
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208 | (3) |
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211 | (2) |
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Additional grammar charts |
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213 | (6) |
Answer key |
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Key vocabulary from chapters 1--16 |
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Index |
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