Contemporary German for University Students (1) Student Book

Author: Liang Min, (Germany) Nie Lixi
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Publish Date: 2006-09-01
Features: A highly practical textbook with content that must "keep pace with the times." Since the publication of GrundstudiumDeutsch in 1991, many changes have occurred in various fields between China and Germany, making some of the book's content outdated. Meanwhile, the field of German language teaching has continuously explored and accumulated new, beneficial experiences. Therefore, it has become urgent to revise the book based on its original foundation. In 2002, the authors officially began the work of compiling the new textbook StudienwegDeutsch. This textbook was selected by the Ministry of Education and Beijing Municipal Education Commission in 2002 as part of the "National-Level 15th Five-Year Plan Textbooks for General Higher Education" and the "Beijing Municipal Excellent Textbooks," respectively. This further motivates us to diligently fulfill our work. StudienwegDeutsch is divided into four volumes, each accompanied by a workbook, teacher's manual, listening and speaking practice book, and audio cassettes.
Volume 1 consists of two parts: a pronunciation course and a basic course. The pronunciation course is divided into 6 lessons, designed to help students master German pronunciation and basic intonation through simple communicative contexts, while introducing the rules of German pronunciation. Each lesson includes a certain number of key phoneme and intonation exercises, which teachers can select based on specific situations. The basic course part consists of 12 lessons, divided into three units. The last lesson of each unit—lessons 4, 8, and 12—focuses on joint exploration of techniques and methods for learning German, serving as review lessons as well, covering the content of the previous three lessons.
The new textbook emphasizes stimulating students' learning initiative and cultivating their learning abilities, encouraging them to develop a diligent and hardworking attitude, master scientific learning methods, and form the habit of actively participating in language practice. Since this textbook is specifically designed for Chinese university students, it fully takes into account the difficulties, habits, characteristics, and living environments of Chinese learners. From pronunciation to grammar, and from the linguistic expression of communicative intentions to written argumentation, cultural differences are reflected. Approaching a completely new language, a different culture, and a distinct social reality is also a process of comparison and identification with one's own language, culture, and social reality.
This textbook offers learners not only a new language and new learning pathways but also helps them overcome sociocultural barriers and improve interpersonal communication.