Mitlesen Mitteilen: Literarische Texte zum Lesen, Sprechen, Schreiben und Hören (with Audio CD) / Edition 4

by Larry D. Wells, Rosmarie T Morewedge

Overview

The Fourth Edition of the popular intermediate text MITLESEN-MITTEILEN offers explicit strategies to help students approach authentic texts through an intriguing collection of short stories that reflect current themes in German culture.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781413029437
Publisher:	Cengage Learning
Publication date:	05/23/2007
Series:	World Languages
Edition description:	Book & CD
Pages:	384
Product dimensions:	6.40(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Professor Larry D. Wells (late) was respected by all who knew him as an outstanding teacher of German who loved the German language and wanted to make it accessible to students. He championed student-centered, communicative learning that made students active partners in the classroom. Professor Wells received his Ph.D. from Ohio State with a specialization in 19th century German literature. His publications, "Literary Texts in Language Instruction," Mitlesen-Mitteilen: Literary Texts for Reading, Speaking & Writing (with Rosmarie T. Morewedge) and Handbuch zur deutschen Grammatik, Wiederholen und Anwenden, are considered by most educators in German as benchmarks in the field of German language instruction.


Professor Rosmarie T. Morewedge joined SUNY Binghamton in 1970. She has been Chair of the Department of German, Russian, and East Asian Languages since 1988. Professor Morewedge received her Ph.D. in German with a minor in folklore and Indo-European Mythology from UCLA in 1974. Her teaching and research focus on the German language and literature, the development of narrative-including the fairy tale— from the Middle Ages to the 20th Century and medieval feminist studies. Strongly interested in international education, she is faculty director of Binghamton University's study abroad programs in Graz, Austria and in Leipzig, Germany. She is actively involved in various professional societies and is currently working on several different research projects. Throughout her career, Professor Morewedge has received numerous awards for her excellence in teaching and service.

Table of Contents

*indicates new reading. Inhalt. Preface. 1. *MITTAGSPAUSE" WOLF WONDRATSCHEK. Lesetext: *Mittagspause" Wolf Wondratschek. Kontexte: Das Cafe, M dchen/Frau. Focus on Form: The present tense, verbs. Zum H ren: *Willst du mit mir gehn?" Die Wise Guys. 2. *IMITATION" GABRIELE WOHMANN. Lesetext: *Imitation" Gabriele Wohmann. Kontexte: Sozialer Umgang: Komplimente machen. Focus on Form: Tenses of verbs, writing informal letters. *Zum H ren: *Eve" Annett Louisan. 3. *FAMILIE IN K RZE" ELISABETH ALEXANDER. Lesetext: *Familie in K rze" Elisabeth Alexander. Kontexte: Die Rolle der Frau in der traditionellen Familee. Focus on Form: Subordinating conjunctions and linking adverbs. Zum H ren: *Ein Posten ist frei" Ekkehard M ller. 4. *ROTK PPCHEN 65" ANNELIESE MEINERT. Lesetext: *Rotk ppchen 65" Anneliese Meinert. Kontexte: Das M rchen. Focus on Form: Writing direct speech, punctuation, using the past tense. Zum H ren: *Rotk ppchen" nach den Gebr dern Grimm. 5. *SAN SALVADOR" PETER BICHSEL. Lesetext: *San Salvador" Peter Bichsel. Kontexte: Der F llfederhalter, Reisen. Focus on Form: Using modal verbs in the indicative and subjunctive. *Zum H ren: *Vater sagt" Zehra irak. 6. *ICH WAR EIN KIND" JOS F.A. OLIVER. Lesetext: *Ich war ein Kind" Jose F.A. Oliver. Kontexte: Gastarbeiter. Focus on Form: Nominal and verbal expressions. Zum H ren: *Ich war ein Kind" Jose F.A. Oliver. 7. *DIE K CHENUHR" WOLFGANG BORCHERT. Lesetext: *Die K chenuhr" Wolfgang Borchert. Kontexte: Tr mmerliteratur. Focus on Form: Adjectives. Zum H ren: *Inventur" G nter Eich. 8. *ZEITS TZE" RUDOLF OTTO WIEMER. Lesetext: *Zeits tze" Rudolf Otto Wiemer. Kontexte: Die Mentalit t der Deutschen. Focus on Form: Using connectors to give coherence to essay. Zum H ren: *Zeits tze" Rudolf Otto Wiemer. 9. *DAS M RCHEN VOM KLEINEN HERRN MORITZ, DER EINE GLATZE KRIEGTE" WOLF BIERMANN. Lesetext: *Das M rchen vom kleinen Herrn Moritz, der eine Glatze kriegte" Wolf Biermann. Kontexte: Der Kalte Krieg und die Berliner Mauer. Focus on Form: Using conjunctions as connectors. * Zum H ren: *Mein kleiner gr ner Kaktus" The Comedian Harmonists. 10. *DIE GESCHICHTE VOM FLIEGENDEN ROBERT" HEINRICH HOFFMANN; *DIE GESCHICHTE VOM FLIEGENDEN ROBERT" FRIEDRICH KARL W CHTER. *Lesetext: *Die Geschichte vom fliegenden Robert" Heinrich Hoffmann; *Die Geschichte vom fliegenden Robert" Friedrich Karl W chter. Kontexte: Das B rgertum und die Lehre vom richtigen Leben. Focus on Form: The imperative, modal verbs. *Zum H ren: *Die Geschichte vom fliegenden Robert" Heinrich Hoffmann. 11. *FRITZ" HANS JOACHIM SCH DLICH. Lesetext: *Fritz" Hans Joachim Sch dlich. Kontexte: "Nazideutsch" die Rolle des Vaters in der traditionellen Familie. Focus on Form: Generalizing, impersonal expressions. Zum H ren: *Kinder" Bettina Wegner. 12. *GESCHICHTE OHNE MORAL" ALFRED POLGAR. Lesetext: *Geschichte ohne Moral" Alfred Polgar. Zum H ren: *Der Mann, der nie zu sp t kam" Paul Maar. Kontexte: Die gesellschaftlichen Schichten. Focus on Form: Organizing the essay, subjunctive I, subjunctive II. 13. F NFZIG SPRICHW RTER. Lesetext: F nfzig Sprichw rter. Kontexte (mixed into several sections): Kollektives Sprechen. Focus on Form: Indefinite relative pronouns. Zum H ren: *Alles Banane" Die Wise Guys. 14. *DAS IDEAL" KURT TUCHOLSKY. *Lesetext: *Das Ideal" Kurt Tucholsky. Kontexte: Die Ideologie des Fortschritts. Focus on Form: Differentiating between the indicative and the subjunctive. *Zum H ren: *K nig von Deutschland" Rio Reiser. 15. *DER WELTUNTERGANG" FRANZ HOHLER. Lesetext: *Der Weltuntergang" Franz Hohler. Kontexte: Die Gr nen. Focus on Form: Using the active and the passive voice; forms of argumentation. Zum H ren: *Der Verk ufer und der Elch" Franz Hohler. 16. *NEAPEL SEHEN" KURT MARTI. Lesetext: *Neapel sehen" Kurt Marti. Kontexte: Das Wirtschaftswunder. Focus on Form: Use of past tense, generalizing. Zum H ren: *Supermarkt" Ji i Kr l. 17. *BLEIBE" DIETER WELLERSHOFF. Lesetext: *Bleibe" Dieter Wellershoff. Kontexte: Die Rolle der Frau, der Sonntag. Focus on Form: Finding thematic units, categorizing/organizing vocabulary. Zum H ren: *Sonntagvormittag" Clemens Hausmann. 18. *EINE KAISERLICHE BOTSCHAFT" FRANZ KAFKA. Lesetext: *Eine kaiserliche Botschaft" Franz Kafka. Kontexte: "Kafkaesk." Focus on Form: Collocations- verbal complements. *Zum H ren: *Die Moritat von Mackie Messer" Bert Brecht. 19. *HELDEN WIE WIR" THOMAS BRUSSIG. Lesetext: *Helden wie wir" Thomas Brussig. Kontexte: Sozialistische Erziehung: die jungen Pioniere. Focus on Form: Writing a report. Zum H ren: *Der kleine Trompeter" (Lied aus DDR Zeiten). 20. *ROTE KORALLEN" JUDITH HERMANN. Lesetext: *Rote Korallen" Judith Hermann. Kontexte: Die Kurzgeschichte. Focus on Form: Using flavoring particles. Zum H ren: *F r mich soll s rote Rosen regnen" Hildegard Knef. 21. *MISSVERST NDNIS" ERICH FRIED. *Lesetext: *Mi verst ndnis" Erich Fried. Kontexte: Wien l938, Vergangenheitsbew ltigung und Vergangenheitsverdr ngung. Focus on Form: Connectors. Zum H ren: *Der Panther" Rainer Maria Rilke. 22. *VON DER MUTTERSPRACHE ZUR SPRACHMUTTER" YOKO TAWADA. Lesetext: *Von der Muttersprache zur Sprachmutter" Yoko Tawada. Kontexte: Gender of articles. Focus on Form: Prefixes and prepositions. Zum H ren: *Ein Gast" Alev Tekinay.