Wie Geht's? : An Introductory German Course

by Sevin,Dieter

• ISBN13: 9780030352539
• ISBN10: 0030352533
• Edition: 7th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-11-15
• Publisher: Heinle

Summary

WIE GEHT'S?, one of the most popular Introductory German programs in the country, shows students how the German language actually works, while encouraging cultural awareness and the acquisition of a functional vocabulary that effectively prepares students to continue with their study of German. In the Seventh Edition, students have even greater opportunities for communicative practice, with updated cultural material that discusses the exciting and dramatic changes in German-speaking countries during the past few years. The audio CD included with every new student copy of the book helps students improve their listening comprehension of structures and vocabulary as well as their pronunciation.

Table of Contents

To the Student	x
Schritte Wie Geht's?
The German language	1	(1)
Guten Tag!	2	(3)
Was und wie ist das?	5	(4)
Im Kaufhaus	9	(5)
Das Wetter im April	14	(5)
Wie spat ist es?	19	(6)
Ruckblick: Schritte 1--5	25
Coming and going	3	(8)
Trendsetters of the fashion world	11	(7)
The German climate	18	(5)
The benefits of learning German	23	(5)
Familie, Lander, Sprachen	28	(22)
Spotlight on Germany	29	(1)
Am Goethe-Institut	30	(1)
Wortschatz 1	31	(6)
Present tense of regular verbs	37	(1)
Nominative case	38	(3)
Sentence structure: Position of subject	41	(2)
Linking verbs and predicate adjectives	42	(1)
Compound nouns	43	(7)
Wortschatz 2	46	(1)
Deutschland und die Nachbarn	46
The Goethe Institute	30	(2)
Du or Sie?	32	(9)
Frankfurt am Main	41	(3)
German in Europe	44	(4)
German throughout the world	48	(2)
Lebensmittel Und Geschafte	50	(24)
Shopping and store hours	51	(1)
Im Geschaft	52	(1)
Wortschatz 1	53	(4)
Present tense of sein and haben	57	(1)
Accusative case and n-nouns	57	(6)
Sentence structure: Verb complements	63	(11)
Negation	63	(1)
Coordinating conjunctions	64	(4)
Wortschatz 2	68	(2)
Geschafte und Einkaufen	70
Weights and measures	53	(3)
Breads, sausages, and cheeses	56	(6)
Flower power	62	(4)
Pedestrian areas	66	(5)
Regensburg	71	(3)
IM Restaurant	74	(28)
Eating in and out	75	(1)
Im Restaurant	76	(1)
Wortschatz 1	76	(23)
Ruckblick: Kapitel 1--3	99
Verbs with vowel changes	81	(2)
Dative case	83	(19)
Wortschatz 2	91	(2)
Man ist, was man isst	93
Where to eat	78	(13)
Regional specialties	91	(2)
Friends and acquaintances	93	(2)
Cafes and coffee houses	95	(1)
Table manners	96	(2)
Wines from Germany, Austria, and Switzerland	98	(4)
Feste Und Daten	102	(26)
Holidays and vacations	103	(1)
Am Telefon	104	(1)
Wortschatz 1	105	(5)
Present perfect with haben	110	(3)
Present perfect with sein	113	(3)
Subordinating conjunctions	116	(12)
Wortschatz 2	121	(2)
Deutsche Feste	123
Congratulations	104	(12)
German holidays	116	(3)
Traditions	119	(6)
Wine festivals, harvest time, and traditional garb	125	(3)
In Der Stadt	128	(24)
Spotlight on Austria	129	(1)
Entschuldigen Sie! Wo ist...?	130	(1)
Wortschatz 1	131	(3)
Personal pronouns	134	(3)
Modal auxiliary verbs	137	(4)
Sondern vs. aber	141	(11)
Wortschatz 2	144	(1)
Gruße aus Wien	145
Viennese landmarks	141	(1)
Jugendstil	142	(1)
Vienna	143	(4)
Heurigen wine	147	(5)
Wohnen	152	(24)
Housing	153	(1)
Wohnung zu vermieten	154	(1)
Wortschatz I	155	(3)
Two-way prepositions	158	(5)
Imperatives	163	(2)
Wissen and kennen	165	(11)
Wortschatz 2	169	(1)
Schaffen, sparen, Hauschen bauen	170
Shared living arrangements	155	(1)
Homes and houses	156	(7)
Friedensreich Hundertwasser	163	(3)
Public transportation and city life	166	(6)
High German and dialects	172	(4)
Auf Der Bank Und Im Hotel	176	(28)
The story of the Deutsche Mark	177	(1)
Auf der Bank und im Hotel	178	(1)
Wortschatz 1	179	(20)
Ruckblick: Kapitel 4--7	199
Der- and ein-words	183	(3)
Separable-prefix verbs	186	(4)
Flavoring particles	190	(14)
Wortschatz 2	192	(1)
Ubernachtungsmoglichkeiten	193
Exchange offices and credit cards	179	(10)
Hotel names	189	(1)
Accommodations and tourist information	190	(5)
Youth hostels	195	(2)
Luxembourg	197	(7)
Post Und Reisen	204	(26)
Spotlight on Switzerland	205	(1)
Auf der Post und am Bahnhof	206	(1)
Wortschatz 1	207	(4)
Genitive case	211	(4)
Time expressions	215	(3)
Sentence structure: Types and sequence of adverbs	218	(12)
Position of nicht	219	(4)
Wortschatz 2	223	(1)
Touristen in der Schweiz	224	(4)
Hermann Hesse: Im Nebel	228
Phoning and postal services	207	(2)
Train travel	209	(1)
Car travel	210	(5)
William Tell	215	(4)
Switzerland's mountain world	219	(3)
Switzerland and its languages	222	(6)
Hermann Hesse	228	(2)
Hobbys	230	(24)
Sports and Clubs in the German-speaking countries	231	(1)
Am Telefon	232	(1)
Wortschatz 1	233	(4)
Endings of adjectives preceded by der- and ein-words	237	(4)
Reflexive verbs	241	(3)
Infinitive with zu	244	(10)
Wortschatz 2	248	(1)
Freizeit---Lust oder Frust?	249	(4)
Rose Auslander: Noch bist du da	253
Telephone courtesies	233	(2)
Animal and food talk (some idiomatic expressions)	235	(6)
Schrebergarten	241	(5)
Vacationing	246	(7)
Rose Auslander	253	(1)
Unterhaltung	254	(26)
The magic of the theater	255	(1)
Blick in die Zeitung	256	(2)
Wortschatz 1	258	(5)
Verbs with prepositional objects	263	(3)
Da- and wo-compounds	266	(2)
Endings of unpreceded adjectives	268	(12)
Wortschatz 2	272	(1)
Wer die Wahl hat, hat die Qual	273	(5)
Wolf Biermann: Ach, Freund, geht es nicht auch dir so?	278
German film	257	(5)
The world of music	262	(3)
The art scene	265	(5)
German television	270	(5)
German cabaret	275	(3)
Wolf Biermann	278	(2)
Beziehungen	280	(32)
Women and society	281	(1)
Jedem Tierchen sein Plasierchen	282	(2)
Wortschatz 1	284	(22)
Ruckblick: Kapitel 8--11	306
Simple past (imperfect, narrative past)	289	(5)
Conjunctions als, wann, and wenn	294	(1)
Past perfect	295	(17)
Wortschatz 2	298	(1)
Rumpelstilzchen	299	(4)
Gebruder Grimm: Der alte Großvater und sein Enkel	303
Love and marriage	283	(6)
Liechtenstein	289	(12)
Telling a story and encouraging a speaker	301	(3)
The Brothers Grimm and their fairy tales	304	(8)
Wege zum Beruf	312	(26)
German schools and vocational training	313	(1)
Weißt du, was du einmal werden willst?	314	(1)
Wortschatz 1	315	(4)
Comparison of adjectives and adverbs	319	(4)
Future tense	323	(3)
Nouns with special features: Predicate nouns	326	(12)
Adjectival nouns	326	(4)
Wortschatz 2	330	(1)
Die Berufswahl	331	(4)
Aysel Ozakin: Die dunkelhaarigen Kinder von Berlin	335
Women in business and industry	315	(2)
Gender bias and language	317	(8)
Foreign workers in Germany	325	(3)
Hard times and social policy	328	(7)
Aysel Ozakin	335	(3)
Das Studium	338	(24)
German universities	339	(1)
Bei der Immatrikulation	340	(1)
Wortschatz I	341	(2)
Subjunctive mood	343	(2)
Present-time general subjunctive	345	(6)
Past-time general subjunctive	351	(11)
Wortschatz 2	355	(1)
Ein Jahr druben ware super!	355	(5)
Christine Nostlinger: Ohne Vorurteile	360
German bureaucracy	340	(13)
Studying in Germany	353	(6)
Christine Nostlinger	359	(3)
Einst Und Jetzt	362	(26)
Chronicle of German history since World War II	363	(1)
Hier ist immer etwas los	364	(1)
Wortschatz 1	365	(4)
Relative clauses	369	(5)
Indirect speech	374	(14)
Wortschatz 2	380	(1)
Berlin, ein Tor zur Welt	380	(4)
Bertolt Brecht: Maßnahmen gegen die Gewalt	384	(1)
Erich Kastner: Fantasie von ubermorgen	385
Berliners	366	(2)
Berlin today	368	(5)
Berlin, a multicultural melting pot	373	(4)
Berlin's past	377	(7)
Bertolt Brecht and Erich Kastner	384	(4)
Deutschland, Europa Und Die Zukunft	388	(1)
The path to a united Europe	389	(1)
Besuch in Weimar	390	(1)
Wortschatz 1	391	(20)
Ruckblick: Kapitel 12--15	411
Passive voice	395	(5)
Review of the uses of werden	400	(1)
Special subjunctive	400	(4)
Wortschatz 2	404	(1)
Der Wind kennt keine Grenzen	405	(3)
Lessing: Zwei kurze Fabeln	408	(1)
Goethe: Erinnerung	408	(1)
Schiller: An die Freude	409
Cultural capital Weimar	391	(8)
The German spelling reform	399	(4)
In search of an identity	403	(5)
Lessing, Goethe, and Schiller	408
Appendix
1. Predicting the gender of certain nouns
2. Summary chart of the four cases	1	(1)
3. Adjective endings
a. Preceded adjectives	1	(1)
b. Unpreceded adjectives	2	(1)
4. Endings of nouns
a. N-nouns	3	(1)
b. Adjectival nouns	3	(1)
5. Pronouns
a. Personal pronouns	3	(1)
b. Reflexive pronouns	3	(1)
c. Relative pronouns	4
6. Comparison of irregular adjectives and adverbs	3	(1)
7. N-verbs (``strong'') and irregular t-verbs (``weak'')
a. Principal parts listed alphabetically	4	(1)
b. Principal parts listed by stem-changing groups	5	(1)
8. Sample forms of the subjunctive
a. General subjunctive (Subjunctive II)	6	(1)
b. Special subjunctive (Subjunctive I)	7	(1)
9. Tables of verb forms in different tenses
a. Indicative	7	(1)
b. Subjunctive	7	(1)
c. Passive voice	8	(1)
10. Translation of the Gesprache	8	(6)
11. Supplementary charts for Hoppla, hier fehlt was!	14	(5)
12. Answers for optional English-to-German practice in the margins	19
Vocabularies
German-English	1	(40)
English-German	41
Credits
Photos and illustrations	1	(1)
Literature	2
Index	1