PART I: ERSTER TEIL. LEKT�RE.
1. Freizeit. Kulturlesest�cke. Tabelle: Was machen Sie
�blicherweise in Ihrer Freizeit?. Online-Interview: Wie verbringst
du deine Freizeit?. Reisef�hrer: M�nchen. Literarische Werke.
Gedicht: Vergn�gungen, Bertolt Brecht. Kurzgeschichte: �Kr�ftig
essen, Helga M. Novak.
2. Kommunikation. Kulturlesest�cke. Online-Zeitungsartikel:
Unicum-Online: �Sind wir alle abh�ngig?". Reisef�hrer: Hamburg.
Kurzfilm: Das Puzzle. Literarische Werke. Gedicht: Sachliche
Romanze, Erich K�stner. Kurzgeschichte: Eine Postkarte f�r Herrn
Altenkirch, Barbara Honigmann.
3. Deutschland im 21. Jahrhundert. Kulturlesest�cke. Interview: Was
das Wort ,,DDR" fur mich bedeutet. Zeitschriftenartikel: Kontinent
im Kleinformat: Die Europ�ische Schule in M�nchen. Reisef�hrer:
Dresden. Literarische Werke. Gedicht: Nach dem Umsturz, Heinz
Czechowski. Drehbuch: Good-Bye Lenin! Bernd Lichtenberg; CoAutor
Wolfgang Becker.
4. Familie. Kulturlesest�cke. Interview: Einstellungen zur Familie.
Kolumne: Michael Kneissler: Ich mu� f�r meinen Sohn nachsitzen.
Reisef�hrer: Bremen. Kurzfilm: Familienrevier. Literarische Werke.
Gedicht: Dich, Erich Fried. M�rchen: Die sieben Raben Jakob und
Wilhelm Grimm.
5. Musik. Kulturlesest�cke. �bersicht: Die Stars livehaftig
erleben. Biografie: Clara Schumann. Artikel: Clueso, Casper und
Cro: Neue T�ne bei den Deutschrappern. Anzeigen: Veranstaltungen.
Reisef�hrer: Wien. Literarische Werke. Gedicht/Lied: Der Erlk�nig,
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (Musik von Franz Schubert).
6. Die Welt der Arbeit. Kulturlesest�cke. Tabelle: Produkt gut �
alles gut. Artikel: �Einmal im Ausland arbeiten". �bersicht: Das
Schulsystem in Deutschland. Reisef�hrer: Frankfurt am Main.
Kurzfilm: Dufte. Literarische Werke. Gedicht; Arbeits-Los, Johann
Sziklai. Tagebuchaufzeichnung: �Anekdote zur Senkung der
Arbeitsmoral", Heinrich B�ll.
7. Multikulturelle Gesellschaft. Kulturlesest�cke. Interviews: Max
Scharnigg, Friederike Kn�pling: Pinar Erincin, Schauspielerin.
Ursula Kiausch: ,,Integration statt Assimilation". Reisef�hrer:
Berlin.
Literarische Werke. Gedicht: Ich habe zwei Heimatl�nder Sabri
Cakir. Erz�hlung: Gesch�ftstarnungen, Wladimir Kaminer.
8. Junge Erwachsene. Kulturlesest�cke. Schaubilder: Werte und
Bef�rchtungen der Jugendlichen. Artikel: Schule & Job ,,was
werden". Artikel: Eine Frage der Existenz. Reisef�hrer: Z�rich.
Kurzfilm: tbd. Literarische Werke. Gedicht: Ein J�ngling liebt ein
M�dchen, Heinrich Heine. Kurzgeschichte: Brief aus Amerika,
Johannes Bobrowski.
9. Andere L�nder, andere Sitten. Kulturlesest�cke. Umfrage: Die
Deutschen �ber sich selbst. Feature: Randy Kaufman: �Unser
Ausland!". Berichte: T�binger Austauschstudenten berichten
Reisef�hrer: K�ln. Literarische Werke. Gedicht: Anders II, Rose
Ausl�nder. Kurzgeschichte: Die gr�ne Krawatte, Arthur
Schnitzler.
10. Umwelt. Kulturlesest�cke. Zeitschriftenartikel: Die Kunst der
M�lltrennung. Zeitschriftenartikel: Ganz neue T�ne. Umfrage:
�Umweltschutz geht jeden an". Reisef�hrer: Freiburg
Kurzfilm: tbd. Literarische Werke. Gedicht: Ru� Sarah Kirsch.
Kurzgeschichte: Der Bergarbeiter, Heinrich B�ll.
PART II: ZWEITER TEIL. GRAMMATIK.
1. Infinitive stems and endings. Basic present-tense endings.
Present tense of stem-changing verbs. Haben, sein, werden, and
wissen in the present tense. Uses of the present tense. Imperative
forms. Separable-prefix verbs. Present tense of modal auxiliaries.
Use of modal auxiliaries. Meaning of the modal auxiliaries. The
m�chte �forms. Negative of m�ssen and d�rfen. Wollen, dass and
m�chten, dass. Meanings of lassen. Future time: present tense.
Future time: future tense. Future tense of modals. Other uses of
the future tense.
2. Simple past tense. Weak verbs in the simple past. Modals in the
simple past. Irregular weak verbs. Strong verbs in the simple past.
Sein and werden in the simple past tense. The present perfect
tense. Past participles of regular weak verbs. Past participles of
irregular weak verbs + haben. Past participles of strong verbs.
Past participles of separable-prefix verbs. Past participle without
ge- prefix. Use of the auxiliary haben. Use of the auxiliary sein.
The present perfect versus simple past. The past perfect tense.
infinitives without zu. Double infinitive construction with modals,
h�ren, sehen, lassen.
3. Position of the finite verb in statements. Position of the
finite verb in questions. Word order: time, manner, place. Position
of nicht. Independent clauses and coordinating conjunctions.
Two-part conjunctions.
The conjunctions aber and sondern. Dependent clauses and
subordinating conjunctions. Uses of als, wenn, and wann. Dependent
clauses: indirect statements and questions. Infinitives with zu.
Expressions um � zu, (an)statt � zu, ohne � zu.
4. Uses of the nominative case. Uses of the accusative case. Direct
object. Definite article, nominative and accusative. Der-words,
nominative and accusative. Meanings and uses of der-words. The
indefinite article ein and kein, nominative and accusative.
Possessive adjectives. Nouns indicating nationalities and
professions. Masculine N-nouns in the accusative case. Personal
pronouns, nominative and accusative. Demonstrative pronouns,
nominative and accusative. The indefinite pronoun man. The
interrogative pronouns wer and was. Prepositions. Prepositions with
the accusative case. Time expressions with the accusative case.
Accusative of measure. Units of measurement and quantity. The
expression es gibt.
5. Forms of the dative case. Nouns in the dative plural. Masculine
N-nouns in the dative case. Personal pronouns in the dative case.
Demonstrative pronouns in the dative case. The interrogative
pronoun wer in the dative. Uses of the dative case. Indirect
object. Word order of direct and indirect objects. Dative verbs.
Prepositions with the dative case. Contractions of dative
prepositions. Adjectives with the dative case.
6. Hin and her. Two-way prepositions. Contractions of tw-way
prepositions. The verbs legen/liegen, setzen/sitzen,
stellen/stehen, h�ngen, stecken. Verb and preposition combinations.
Time expressions with the dative case. Da-compounds. Wo-compounds.
Forms of the genitive case. Nouns in the genitive. Masculine
N-nouns in the genitive. Proper names in the genitive. The
interrogative pronoun- wessen. Uses of the genitive case.
Possession and other close relationships. Prepositions with the
genitive case. Expressions of indefinite time. Special expressions.
Dative as substitute for the genitive.
7. Predicate adjectives. Attributive adjectives. Adjectives
preceded by the definite article or der-words.
Adjectives preceded by the indefinite article or ein-words.
Ommision of the noun. Summary of preceded adjectives. Unpreceded
adjectives. Adjectives following indefinite adjectives. Adjectives
used as nouns. The adjective hoch and adjectives ending in �el or
�er. Ordinal numbers. Present participles as adjectives.
Past participles as adjectives. Comparison of adjectives and
adverbs. Expressing comparisons.
8. Indicative and subjunctive. Subjunctive II. Verb endings in
present-time subjunctive II. The wurde-construction. Present �time
subjunctive II of sein and haben. Modals in present-time
subjunctive II. present-time subjunctive II of strong verbs.
Present-time subjunctive II of regular weak verbs. Past-time
subjunctive II. Modals in past-time subjunctive II. Conditional
sentences. Omission of wenn in conditional sentences. Uses of the
wurde-construction and subjunctive II. Clauses introduced by als ob
and als wenn. The w�rde-construction versus the subjunctive II of
the main verb.
9. Reflexive pronouns. Accusative reflexive pronouns. Dative
reflexive pronouns. Verbs with either accusative or dative
reflexive pronouns. Reflexive verbs and verbs used reflexively.
Reflexive with parts of body and clothing. Intensifiers selbst and
selber. Reciprocal use of reflexives and einander. Relative
clauses. Forms of relative pronouns. The relative pronouns was. The
relative pronouns wer and was with no antecedent. Extended
modifiers. Objective and subjective use of modals. Subjective
statements in present time. Subjective statements in past time.
objective and subjective meanings of modals.
10. The passive voice. Tenses in the passive voice. Expressing
agent and means. Modals and the passive infinitive. Impersonal
passive construction. Dative verbs in the passive voice. Past
participle in passive vs. past participle as predicate adjective.
Summary of uses of werden. Alternatives to the passive voice.
Indirect discourse: Statements. Subjunctive II. Subjunctive I.
Present-time subjunctive I. Subjunctive I of sein. Past-time
subjunctive I. Future-time subjunctive I. Subjunctive I in wishes,
commands, and requests.
Indirect discourse: Tenses. Indirect yes-no questions. Indirect
informational questions. Indirect commands.
Summary: Indirect discourse.
Reference Section.
Appendix A: German Grammatical Terms.
Appendix B: Grammatical Tables.
Appendix C: Kurzfilme.
German-English Vocabulary.
English-German Vocabulary.
Index."
Jack Moeller is retired from Oakland University after many distinguished years of excellence in teaching. He continues to be involved in the revision process of DEUTSCH HEUTE and KALEIDOSKOP to ensure the quality and integrity of the program. Simone Berger, formerly an instructor at Tufts University, has returned to Germany. She provides invaluable input for authentic readings, realia, and contemporary German language.
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