Advanced German Listening - Foreign Media Analysis

Author: Yao Xiaozhou Ed.
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Publish Date: 2000-08-01
Features: This book is an extended listening course. Due to its special selection, through practice, students can not only achieve the goal of improving listening skills, expanding vocabulary, and enhancing (dictation skills) as basic foreign language training, but also follow German media to track current political and economic dynamics in Germany and internationally, and understand the background knowledge of hot news. It helps familiarize students with basic concepts of German and international politics and economics, thereby broadening their knowledge and laying a solid foundation for professional studies and future careers in related fields. This book is not only suitable for undergraduate students of German but also for graduate students, a wide range of German professionals, and advanced German intensive training classes to train and improve listening skills and deepen their understanding of German conditions and international knowledge. Check the accompanying audio cassettes. This book is a listening course for senior undergraduate students of German. It consists of 38 lessons, designed for two semesters. Each lesson is composed of the following parts: vocabulary explanation, difficult point analysis (or background analysis), exercises, exercise answers, and listening texts. All content in the book is original audio recordings with clear pronunciation, natural language, rich material, and precious resources. The book is divided into five major themes: politics, economy, culture, science and technology, and others. Each lesson is accompanied by a vocabulary list, and major news is supplemented with corresponding textual background information and difficult point explanations to help students better understand the texts.