This intermediate, modular approach to German grammar serves as both a reference handbook and a practice manual. There are a total of 30 chapters. The 24 regular chapters provide a presentation of new information, followed by material for oral and written practice: Grammatik (grammar), Wortschatz (vocabulary), ?bungen (exercises, self-, and small-group practice), Anwendung (application, in-class group activities), Schriftliche Themen (writing topics), and Zusammenfassung (summary). The six remaining reference chapters consist of grammar presentations through explanations, models, and charts; and ?bersicht (summary).
1. WORD ORDER.
zum Beispiel: Märchen. Grammatik: Word order in main clauses. Positions of
the conjugated verb in questions. Positions of the conjugated verb in
dependent clauses.
Wortschatz: Vokabeln zum Studium. Übungen. Anwendung. Schriftliche Themen.
Tipps zum Schreiben: Beginning the sentence. Zusammenfassung.
2. PRESENT TENSE.
zum Beispiel: Fastfood. Grammatik: Present-tense conjugations. Uses of the
present tense. Wortschatz: kennen ¦ wissen. Übungen. Anwendung. Schriftliche
Themen. Tipps zum Schreiben: Using familiar verbs and structures.
Zusammenfassung.
3. PRESENT PERFECT TENSE.
zum Beispiel: Wetten, dass ? Grammatik: Principal parts of verbs. Present
perfect tense. Wortschatz: weil ¦ da ¦ denn. Übungen. Anwendung. Schriftliche
Themen. Tipps zum Schreiben: Using the present perfect tense.
Zusammenfassung.
4. DEFINITE ARTICLES AND DER-WORDS. INDEFINITE ARTICLES AND EIN-WORDS.
zum Beispiel: WG. Grammatik: Definite articles. Indefinite articles.
Der-words. Ein-words: Possessive adjectives. Der- and ein-words used as
pronouns. Wortschatz: der Raum ¦ der Platz ¦ der Ort ¦ die Stelle. Übungen.
Anwendung. Schriftliche Themen. Tipps zum Schreiben: Editing your writing.
Zusammenfassung.
5. CASES AND DECLENSIONS.
zum Beispiel: Das Leben der anderen.Grammatik: Cases. Regular noun
declensions. Nominative case. Accusative case. Dative case. Genitive case.
Wortschatz: machen. Übungen. Anwendung. Schriftliche Themen. Tipps zum
Schreiben: Checking for correct cases. Zusammenfassung.
6. PREPOSITIONS.
zum Beispiel: Eurovision Song Contest. Grammatik: Prepositions and
contractions. Accusative prepositions. Dative prepositions.Variable
prepositions. Genitive prepositions. Wortschatz: Wie sagt man to go to...?
Übungen. Anwendung. Schriftliche Themen. Tipps zum Schreiben: Adding
information through prepositions. Zusammenfassung.
7. NEGATION.
zum Beispiel: Rad fahren. Grammatik: Kein. Nicht. Kein-... mehr / nicht
mehr.
Wortschatz: Negationselemente. Übungen. Anwendung. Schriftliche Themen. Tipps
zum Schreiben: Writing first drafts and checking for common errors.
Zusammenfassung.
8. SIMPLE PAST TENSE. PAST PERFECT TENSE.
zum Beispiel: Bus. Grammatik: Simple past tense. Past perfect tense.
Wortschatz: bekommen | erhalten | kriegen | holen. Übungen. Anwendung. Tipps
zum mündlichen Erzählen: Telling stories. Schriftliche Themen.Tipps zum
Schreiben: Choosing precise verbs. Zusammenfassung.
9. MODAL VERBS.
zum Beispiel: Universität. Grammatik: Present and past tenses of modal verbs.
Meanings of modal verbs. Perfect tenses of modal verbs. Future tense of modal
verbs.
Wortschatz: Wie sagt man to like...? Übungen. Anwendung. Schriftliche
Themen.Tipps zum Schreiben: Providing explanations. Zusammenfassung.
10. REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS. REFLEXIVE VERBS. SELBST AND SELBER. EINANDER.
zum Beispiel: Albrecht Dürer. Grammatik: Reflexive pronouns. Reflexive verbs.
Selbst and selber. The reciprocal pronoun einander. Wortschatz: Wie sagt man
to decide?
Übungen. Anwendung. Schriftliche Themen. Tipps zum Schreiben: Using process
writing in German. Zusammenfassung.
11. INFINITIVES.
zum Beispiel: Fußball.
Grammatik: Infinitives with zu. Adverbial phrases with um ... zu, ohne ...
zu, and (an)statt ... zu. Infinitives without zu. Lassen + infinitive.
Infinitives as nouns. Double infinitives. Wortschatz: lassen | verlassen |
weggehen. Übungen. Anwendung.
Schriftliche Themen. Tipps zum Schreiben: Expressing your own views.
Zusammenfassung.
12. PASSIVE VOICE.
zum Beispiel: Stuttgart
21.
Grammatik: Passive voice. True passive vs. statal passive. Substitutes for
the passive voice. Wortschatz: schaffen. Übungen. Anwendung. Schriftliche
Themen. Tipps zum Schreiben: Practicing the passive. Zusammenfassung.
13. ADJECTIVES.
zum Beispiel: Harry auf Deutsch. Grammatik: Adjectives without endings.
Adjectives with endings. Limiting adjectives. Adjectives governing cases.
Adjectives with prepositional complements. Suffixes that form adjectives.
Wortschatz: gut ¦ schlecht.
Übungen. Anw
Jamie Rankin is director of the Princeton University Center for Language Study, and coordinator of language teaching and pedagogy in the Department of German. He has been a senior lecturer at Princeton since 1991. After completing a Ph.D. in German literature at Harvard University, he went on to specialize in second-language acquisition and pedagogy in the Department of Second Language Studies at the University of Hawaii. His work focuses on language teaching methodologies and curriculum development; the dynamics of foreign language classroom interactions; and how to train instructors to integrate second-language acquisition research in their classroom preparation and interaction. His research has frequently taken the form of collaborative classroom research with graduate student assistants and instructors in the department, and several of these studies have been published-including two awarded the Unterrichtpraxis' prize for Best Articles of the Year in 1999 and again in 2006. Deceased. Professor Wells received his Ph.D. from Ohio State with a specialization in 19th century German literature. He championed student-centered, communicative learning that made students active partners in the classroom. His numerous publications, including HANDBUCH ZUR DEUTSCHEN GRAMMATIK, are considered by most educators in German as benchmarks in the field of German language instruction.
