Newly Compiled German for University (1) (Zhu Jianhua)

Author: Zhu Jianhua
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Publish Date: 2002-09-01
Features: Newly Compiled College German is developed based on the Teaching Syllabus for College German. 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, emphasizes more on cultivating students' practical language application skills, especially 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, each centered around a 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 comprehensive 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 covering basic grammar. The third and fourth volumes continue to strengthen listening and speaking training while gradually increasing reading volume to further improve reading, writing, and written communicative skills. Except for the phonetics section in the first volume, each unit of this textbook is composed of eight parts: introduction, main text, exercises, communicative intent, listening, reading, grammar summary, 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 conditions. For the convenience of teaching, the following specific features of the first volume are described: 1. Under the principle of selecting themes relevant to students' campus and social lives, the first volume of this textbook chooses the best language samples. The texts are fresh, diverse in, varied in style, practical, 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 language application skills in a relaxed and enjoyable manner, various communicative exercises are designed, which are context-based, easy to practice, and short in length, allowing students to naturally absorb and apply the learned language knowledge through repeated practice in specific contexts. Learn through communication, and communicate through learning, thereby improving learning efficiency. 3. Each unit focuses on training a specific communicative intent, aiming to help students master common conversational materials in certain communicative contexts. 4. Grammar is naturally integrated into each theme and serves each theme. Grammar exercises emphasize,, and. Grammar introductions are tabularized, 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. Cross-cultural communication and national studies inject vitality and dynamism into the learning of each unit. Through German language learning, students gain a deeper understanding of foreign cultures, which helps to cultivate their cross-cultural communication skills. 7. To meet the needs of the information age, each unit provides the possibility of online learning. Practice opportunities such as web pages and clicking URLs allow students to expand the scope of language application, broaden their learning perspectives, and closely integrate traditional language teaching with modern multimedia teaching methods.