German Course Part 1 Horan & Slinn: Textbook

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Lektion 1. Jürgens Familie

Asking questions. Das ist … Das ist nicht … Use of doch. Third person singular pronouns. Song:0 du lieber Augustin. Poem: Du bist wie eine Blume. München, Hauptstadt Bayerns

Lektion 2. Guten Morgen!

Was ist das? Nominative case of definite article. Translation of it.Adjectives of colour. Welche Farbe hat … ? Bergers Haus.

Lektion 3. Wie alt bist du?

Numbers 1-30. Wie spät ist es? Time by the clock. Wir zählen weiter. Song: Muss i denn. Poem: Rheinsage.Deutschland – BRD and DDR.

Lektion 4. Am Abend

Present tense of regular verbs. The forms of you.Poem: Barbarossa. Asking questions by intonation. Use of nicht wahr?Der Körper. Was die Bergers essen.

Lektion 5. Helmut Bergers Reise

Days of the week. Adverb position – time before place. The indefinite article. Song:Als ich einmal reiste. München und seine Umgebung.

Lektion 6. In Westberlin

Present tense of irregular verbs. Languages. Methods of travel. Adverbs of time. Adverbs – manner before place. Die Länder der BRD.

Lektion 7. Wohin? Was? Wen?

Accusative case of the definite article. The verb haben. Welches Datum haben wir heute? Months of the year. Position of nicht.Wo? Wohin? Poem: Es waren zwei Königskinder. Song: Es, es, es und es. Der Rhein-seine Sagen und seine Geschichte.

Lektion 8. Mach schnell! ‘raus! ‘rein!

The imperative. Negative command. The verb sein. Adverb of time before noun object. The adverb. Order of adverbs – time, manner, place. Wie ist es in den deutschen Schulen?

Lektion 9. Jürgen steht auf

Inverted word order. Direct speech. Connectives. Wie ist das Wetter? Seasons. Deutsche Feste.

Lektion 10. Tante Hildegard und Onkel Karl kommen zu Besuch

Plural of nouns. Compound nouns. Der Marktplatz.

Lektion 11. Inge hat Geburtstag

Accusative case of the indefinite article. The word kein. Prepositions governing the accusative case. Song: Mein Vater war ein Wandersmann. Beruhmte Deutsche

Lektion 12. Hildegard und Karl verlassen München

Modal verbs – können, wollen, müssen. Expressions of quantity. Deutsche Sagen.

Lektion 13. Missverständnisse –Nicht alles ist klar!

Accusative case of personal pronouns. The word it. Dieser. Das (Dies) sind … Song : Du, du liegst mir im Herzen. Das Klassenzimmer.

Lektion 14. Das Leben ist ohne Zweifel ein Rätsel

Separable verbs. Position of nicht. Use of zu with the infinitive. Deutsche lndustrie.

Lektion 15. In der Pause

Dative case of personal pronouns. Order of pronoun objects. Dative case of the definite article. Order of noun objects. Proper nouns. The indefinite article. Prepositions governing the dative case. Song: Alie Vogel sind schon da. Die Deutschen sind auch ein bisschen merkwürdig.

Lektion 16. Die Strapazen des Tages

The perfect tense of verbs conjugated with haben. Irregular verbs. The position of nicht. Inseparable verbs. Poem: Die Lorelei. Separable verbs. Die Romantische Strasse.

Lektion 17. Aufregung auf dem Schulhof

The genitive case of the definite article. Proper nouns. Declension of dieserand words declined like dieser.Song: Rosamunde. Sport in Deutschland

Lektion 18. Um Mitternacht nach Paris!

Perfect tense of verbs conjugated with sein. Prepositions governing both the accusative and dative case. Modal verb dürfen. Song: 0 Tannenbaum. Ferienziele der Deutschen.

Lektion 19. Gelb vor Neid

The possessive adjectives. Table of ein. ich mochte, ich sollte. Song: Doktor Eisenbart. Die Natur.

Lektion 20. Man muss die Feste feiern, wie sie fallen

Subordinating conjunctions. Poem: Siegfrieds Schwert. Wo spricht man Deutsch?

Appendix

Word Order 225; Determinatives 225; Prepositions 226; Pronouns 226; The German Alphabet 227; Punctuation 227; Pronunciation 227; German Christian Names 227; Irregular Verbs 228; Present Tense of Verbs 229; Modal Verbs 229; Perfect Tense of Verbs 229; Verbs Conjugated with sein 230.

Exercise Instructions

Abbreviations used in the Vocabularies

Cultural Segments and Vocabulary Topics

List of Songs

German – English Vocabulary

English – German Vocabulary

GENERAL INDEX

Category: German Course

Description

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This is the first part of a German course based upon an oral-aural approach. From the very beginning dialogues make possible the active use of the language. This approach is carried through into Parts 2 and 3.

The situations presented are basically those of a Munich family, with whom the learner can easily identify. The material of each lesson is developed step by step. A variety of exercises afford practice in speaking, writing, reading, and understanding the spoken word. The approach is workable with pupils of all abilities. The modern text and the rich illustrations present a lively picture of the country and the people.

The course is readily adaptable for the language laboratory and each lesson provides for both individual and class use. Some traditional songs are included, and we wish to thank Mr E. Wilson for his preparation of them. The appendix contains summaries of the grammatical material, which will be found useful for reference purposes.

We are indebted to Miss I. Gugger, Mrs I. Leake and Miss M. Springorum of the German staff of Fort Street High School for their many valuable comments and practical suggestions and to Mr E. Garan, Language Master, for his help in checking the manuscript. We are most grateful for the generous co-operation of officers of the German government in Sydney. The classroom contributions of students at Colyton and Fort Street High Schools and the enthusiasm of teachers piloting the course in other schools have been of great encouragement. We hope that, as in the pilot schools, the book will provide pleasure for many in the learning of German.

R. S. Horan

J. S. Slinn

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