Newly compiled University German Student book 2

Author: Zhu Jianhua
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Publish Date: 2003-04-01
Features: Newly Compiled College German is developed based on the Teaching Syllabus for College German (Second Edition). This textbook is designed for undergraduate students in science, engineering, liberal arts, management, and other disciplines who are beginners in learning German. It can also serve as a foundational textbook for German language training. With the higher requirements for university foreign language teaching in the new century, this textbook, based on the provisions and quantitative indicators of the new syllabus, places greater emphasis on cultivating students' practical language application skills, particularly communicative competence. Newly Compiled College German consists of four volumes, each with a student book and a teacher book. Main texts, listening comprehension, and unit vocabulary are accompanied by audio cassettes. Each volume contains ten units, with each unit focusing on a specific theme to provide training in listening, speaking, reading, writing, and translation, aiming to develop students' comprehensive language skills. Since the development of language skills is inseparable and mutually complementary, the integrated application of language skills is also required in real language environments. In comparison, the first and second volumes focus more on listening and speaking training and oral communicative activities, while also covering basic grammar. The third and fourth volumes continue to strengthen listening and speaking training while gradually increasing reading volume to further enhance reading, writing, and written communicative skills. Except for the phonetics section in the first volume, each unit in this textbook is composed of eight parts: introduction, main text, exercises, communicative intent, listening, reading, grammar overview, and unit vocabulary list. The units in the first volume are dedicated to phonetics, requiring approximately 12 hours to complete. The nine units in the Basic Course each require about 6 hours. The remaining time is allocated for review and exams. Adjustments can be made based on specific teaching situations. For the convenience of teaching, the following are the specific features of the first volume of this textbook: 1. Under the principle of each unit focusing on a theme, the best language samples related to students' campus and social lives are selected. The texts are fresh in material, diverse in genre, practical in content, and rich in contemporary. 2. Dialogue form is a feature of the texts and exercises. To help students break free from rote memorization and improve their language application skills in a relaxed and enjoyable manner, various communicative exercises that are context-bound, easy to practice, and short in length are designed. These exercises allow students to naturally acquire and apply the learned language knowledge through repeated practice in a given context. Learning through communication and communicating through learning, thereby enhancing learning efficiency. 3. Each unit focuses on training a specific communicative intent, aiming to help students master common expressions in certain communicative contexts. 4. Grammar is naturally integrated into each theme and serves the theme. Grammar exercises emphasize,, and. Grammar introductions are tabular, concise, and easy to find, providing guidance for students' self-study. 5. The illustrations and photographs in each unit are designed with teaching purposes in mind, facilitating the conduct of exercises. 6. Emphasis on cross-cultural communication and national studies injects vitality and dynamism into the learning of each unit. By studying German, students gain a deeper understanding of foreign cultures, which helps to cultivate their cross-cultural communicative competence. 7. To meet the needs of the information age, each unit provides relevant website addresses related to the theme, allowing students to access more information, broaden their perspectives, and integrate traditional language teaching with modern multimedia methods.