Reading German: Humanities

Matthias-Roche, Jörg

ISBN 10 : 1551301792 ISBN 13 : 9781551301792

Editeur : Canadian Scholars, 2000

Synopsis

The 'Reading German' texts and CD-ROM materials were developed to aid students in acquiring a reading knowledge of German. Through the use of these materials students are expected to obtain a level of proficiency sufficient for understanding scientific and scholarly material written in German. The course is divided into two levels. Reading German: Introduction is an introductory course that covers reading strategies, reading grammar, resources, and basic vocabulary. It leads to a second year reading knowledge of German in 12 weeks. The Humanities, Business/Economics, Chemistry, and Music books lead to a reading knowledge of German comparable to fourth year language courses and teach highly specialised language skills in the student's individual area of interest. The CD-ROM incorporates guided and independent study sections that deal with topics from Reading German: Introduction and fosters autonomous learning. The programs are designed to make efficient use of the students' subject matter knowledge, thus enabling them to deal with challenging and highly relevant topics from the beginning without the prerequisite 2-3 years of very basic language commonly taught in introductory courses. As well, the programs accommodate five different levels of text difficulty to suit the German language skills of individual students. The course materials encourage students to learn at their own pace and progress faster to higher levels of proficiency than is otherwise achieved through traditional reading courses.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Dr. Jörg Matthias-Roche is a professor of German as a Foreign Language at the Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich, Germany, where he also directs the Multimedia Research and Development Laboratory (“Werk-Stadt”). His work focuses on intercultural communication and the use of new media in language learning.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Canadian Scholars
• Date d'édition: 2000
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1551301792
• ISBN 13: 9781551301792
• Reliure: Feuillets mobiles
• Nombre de pages: 330
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible