German Beginner Listening

Author: Jiang Nansheng
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Publish Date: 2000-07-01
Features: This book has the following characteristics:
1. Broader scope of application. The content of this book has undergone significant revisions and additions. It is not only selected based on the vocabulary range of listening and speaking knowledge for first-year undergraduates in German major but also focuses on the practical needs of self-learners in society. This provides users with a wider choice of materials, allowing them to conduct targeted training according to their own needs.
2. Each unit in the book includes short passages and long passages. Short passages train listeners' quick response abilities, while long passages train their comprehensive listening skills and practical abilities. At the end of each unit, comprehensive exercises are provided to reinforce key sentence patterns introduced in the unit and assess students' language application skills.
3. The book includes "Preparatory Passages." This is done for several reasons: first, to enable beginners to start simple listening exercises at the introductory stage; second, to highlight and reinforce difficult points in listening training that Chinese students often encounter, such as numbers, dates, names, and measurements, to reduce listening difficulties; third, to expand on some essential knowledge at this stage to lay a foundation for formal passage training.
4. The textbook has undergone significant updates. While retaining some original passages, it has primarily selected newer materials from both domestic and international sources.
5. At this stage, some necessary knowledge is appropriately expanded to lay a foundation for formal passage training.
Dr. Peter Krumme, a foreign expert from the German Department of Beijing Foreign Studies University, has provided great help in ensuring the accuracy of the exercises. Professor Ye Bendu has also offered valuable suggestions for this book.
This book consists of three parts: listening exercises, listening passages, and answer keys. Each unit in the book includes short passages and long passages. Short passages train listeners' quick response abilities, while long passages train their comprehensive listening and practical abilities. At the end of each unit, comprehensive exercises are provided to reinforce key sentence patterns introduced in the unit and assess students' language application skills.
"German Elementary Listening" consists of three parts: listening exercises, listening passages, and answer keys. This book is suitable for first-year undergraduate students of German majors in universities and self-learners with equivalent language proficiency in society.