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German
Language Course

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German
Language Course
From 
Wikibooks
,
the open-content textbooks collection
Contents
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[004] Introduction
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[009] Lessons 
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[010] Level one lessons (Introductory lessons) 
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[103] Level two lessons (Grundlegende lektionen) 
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[147] Level three lessons (Zwischenlektionen) 
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[170] Level four lessons (Erweitertelektionen) 
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[172] Level five lessons (Review lessons) 
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[174] Grammar 
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[178] Appendices (Anhänge) 
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[204] About
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[205] Authors
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[206] GNU Free Documentation License 

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First Edition
Published:
May 01, 2006
PDF created by
Hagindaz

Österreich
Deutschland
The current version of this book can be found at
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/German

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Vorwort
Introduction
How to Study German Using This Textbook
A Textbook on Five Levels
The question arose early in the development of this textbook as to precisely who 
would be the target audience. Although intended to be a "beginning" textbook on 
German, many felt that the early lessons were too difficult for younger students 
with very limited or no experience with German and, perhaps more importantly, 
limited skills in English grammar. For this reason a textbook on three levels was 
conceived. 
Beginning German
 (
Level I
) puts more emphasis on building 
vocabulary around subject matter interesting and useful to young students. 
Basic 
German
(
Level II
) emphasises grammar, and assumes a greater knowledge of 
English grammar more typical of an older high school or a college student. If you 
are just beginning to learn German or attempting to teach yourself, you may wish to 
try both approaches and see which works better for you, since some people require 
a strong structural approach to learning a new language while others find this 
"structure" only impedes progress by adding another layer of complexity. 
Intermediate German
 (
Level III
), which requires even more knowledge of English, 
is for college students, preferably for sophomores or juniors. With even more 
complex lessons, grammar and vocabulary comes 
Advanced German
(
Level IV
), 
which with the most complex and difficult parts of the German language, is for late 
college students (Seniors) and college graduates. The last level, which is a review 
level, but also has cultural facts and the history of the German language, is 
Reviewed German
. (
Level V
). An existing, separate text, 
German Grammar
, may 
eventually be merged into the lesson modules or developed into useful appendices 
as a grammar reference. At present, however, German Grammar is an expanding, 
significant contribution to the textbook; it provides an important reference on 
German language grammar rules useful to the student working through any of the 
three levels.
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