Expertly structured Pearson Edexcel GCSE 9-1 German Student Book designed to help learners use language independently and to the best of their ability, with fresh and engaging cultural content.
A carefully designed programme of learning teaches the building blocks of German grammar and vocabulary that give students the tools to manipulate language. Key concepts are taught in appropriate topics, revisited and recycled throughout the course to embed understanding and allow practice within different contexts. Content boosts motivation by encouraging students to learn something new. The book includes topics that are popular with students and teachers, transactional language and real life-contexts; all with links to the German culture.
Some overlap in level of demand with the Higher tier book ensures Foundation students are not limited in their progress and can access Higher tier study, and helps you to gauge which tier is most suitable for each of your learners.
Startpunkt' units provide a smooth transition from KS3 learning
Each unit and module is structured to allow gradual progression, ensuring all students can access some content from every section.
A range of authentic materials and literary texts help students become familiar with them and build confidence in coping with unknown vocabulary.
An equal focus on all four skills and the interplay between them helps reinforce grammar and vocabulary learning. Students encounter grammar in reading and listening activities, and put it into practice in speaking and writing, reinforced with translation activities.
Exam preparation units are included for Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening.
Revision forms the final module, supporting class-based revision for the new assessments.
Audio files to accompany our Student Books are sold separately.
Inhalt Kapitel 1: Auf in die Schule! Theme: School Startpunkt 1:
So ist das Schulleben! Talking about school subjects and clothes Using
verbs in the present tense Startpunkt 2: Es beginnt mit der Grundschule
Talking about what's in your pencil case Using the past tense (imperfect
and perfect) Einheit 1: Mit Freude in die Schule? Talking about what
you are and are not looking forward to at school this year Giving opinions
with reasons, using denn and weil Einheit 2: Der Schultag Describing a
school day Asking and answering questions Einheit 3: Ordnung muss sein!
Discussing school rules Using modal verbs: mussen, können, durfen
Einheit 4: Wissenswertes: Das Schulsystem Learning about different types
of German schools Understanding a literary text Einheit 5: Wir fahren
mit der Klasse weg! Talking about school exchanges and class trips
Using the future tense Einheit 6: Erfolge feiern Talking about success
and achievement at school Perfect tense of separable verbs Lese- und
Hörtest Mundlicher Test Schreibtest Wörter Kapitel 2: Zeit fur
Freizeit Theme: Identity and culture Startpunkt: Verschiedene
Freizeitaktivitäten Discussing leisure activities Using nouns and
articles Einheit 1: Wer liest heute noch Bucher? Discussing reading
habits Using some adverbs of frequency and place Einheit 2: Musik ist
mein Leben Discussing music Expressing preferences using gern, lieber,
am liebsten Einheit 3: Film und Fernsehen Discussing film and
television Using plural nouns Einheit 4: Sport fur alle Discussing
sport in Switzerland Using the conditional Einheit 5: Wir feiern!
Learning about celebrations and festivals Using several tenses together
Lese- und Hörtest Mundlicher Test Schreibtest Wörter Kapitel 3:
Menschliche Beziehungen Theme: Identity and culture Startpunkt: Wir machen
Fotos Describing photos Reviewing adjectives Einheit 1: Auf gute
Freundschaft! Talking about what makes a good friend Using possessive
adjectives Einheit 2: Wir verstehen uns gut manchmal! Describing
relationships Using the dative with mit Einheit 3: Mein Wochenende
Discussing weekend activities Using the prepositions in and an Einheit
4: Wer ist dein Vorbild? Discussing role models Using pronouns to talk
about different people Einheit 5: Damals und heute Comparing your life
as a child with your life now Using modal verbs in the imperfect tense
Lese- und Hörtest Mundlicher Test Schreibtest Wörter Kapitel 4:
Willkommen bei mir! Theme: Identity and culture Startpunkt 1: So ist es
bei mir Describing your house and home Using irregular verbs in the
present tense Startpunkt 2: Leckerbissen?! Describing food and drink
items Using separable verbs Einheit 1: Herzlich willkommen! Meeting
and greeting an exchange partner Applying the correct register: du or Sie
Einheit 2: Rund um mein Zuhause Describing your home Prepositions
with accusative and dative Einheit 3: Ein Tag in meinem Leben Talking
about what you do on a typical day Using reflexive and separable verbs
Einheit 4: Zu Tisch! Discussing traditional German meals Giving
opinions in the past tense Einheit 5: Total vernetzt Discussing how and
when you use social media and technology Using wenn clauses Einheit 6:
Technologiefeind oder -freund? Discussing advantages and disadvantages of
social media and technology Expressing complex opinions with dass Lese-
und Hörtest Mundlicher Test Schreibtest Wörter Kapitel 5: Ich
Wien Theme: Local area, holiday and travel Startpunkt: Reiseplanung
richtig machen! Describing forms of transport and making a hotel booking
Using clauses and subordinate clauses with two verbs Einheit 1: Wie
fahren wir nach Wien? Discussing ways of travelling and buying train
tickets Comparative and superlative adjectives Einheit 2: Wo
ubernachten wir? Describing accommodation and associated problems
Using the demonstrative article dieser Einheit 3: Wie komme ich zur Oper?
Asking for and understanding directions to sights in Vienna Using
imperatives Einheit 4: Ein Wiener Schnitzel, bitte! Ordering at a
restaurant Using wenn clauses with the subjunctive Einheit 5: Einkaufen
in der Kärntner Straße Shopping for souvenirs Nominative and accusative
adjective endings (definite and demonstrative articles) Einheit 6:
Probleme im Prater Describing problems Using seit + present tense
Lese- und Hörtest Mundlicher Test Schreibtest Wörter Kapitel 6:
Im Urlaub und zu Hause Theme: Local area, holiday and travel Startpunkt 1:
Beliebte Reiseziele Talking about popular holiday destinations Using
nach, in and an to say where you are going to Startpunkt 2: Das Wetter
Talking about the weather Using werden in the present tense Einheit 1:
Dein Urlaubsstil Discussing different types of holidays Using
prepositions with the genitive Einheit 2: Wie war der Urlaub?
Discussing holiday experiences Using the pluperfect tense Einheit 3:
Urlaubspläne Discussing holiday plans Using infinitive constructions
with zu Einheit 4: Willkommen auf Sylt Describing places where people
live Using es gibt with ein and kein Einheit 5: Meine Stadt: Vor- und
Nachteile Assessing the advantages and disadvantages of where you live
Saying what you could, should or would do Lese- und Hörtest Mundlicher
Test Schreibtest Wörter Kapitel 7: Rund um die Arbeit Theme: Future
aspirations, study and work Startpunkt 1: Arbeiterinnen und Arbeiter
Describing jobs and places of work Using masculine and feminine nouns
Startpunkt 2: Was macht man bei der Arbeit? Asking and answering questions
about a job Using conjunctions and intensifiers Einheit 1: Berufsbilder
Understanding job descriptions Recognising sequencers Einheit 2:
Mein Berufsprofil Preparing a personal profile for job applications
Developing an understanding of word order with weil Einheit 3: Traum und
Wirklichkeit Talking about your dream job Using a variety of tenses
Einheit 4: Sprachen öffnen Turen Discussing reasons for learning German
and other languages Using um zu Einheit 5: Sprachen verbessern
Chancen Talking about using German beyond school Using etwas plus an
adjective Lese- und Hörtest Mundlicher Test Schreibtest Wörter
Kapitel 8: Eine wunderbare Welt Theme: International and global dimension
Startpunkt 1: Festivals und Events Describing international festivals and
events Forming questions Startpunkt 2: Der Berlin-Marathon
Discussing ways of being involved in a sporting event Using prepositions
with the accusative Einheit 1: Die Olympischen Winterspiele Debating
the advantages and disadvantages of a global sporting event Coping with
numbers and dates Einheit 2: Der Eurovision Song Contest Discussing the
positive and negative aspects of a global music event Developing an
awareness of adjectival nouns Einheit 3: Umwelt macht Schule Explaining
what a school does to be environmentally friendly Using comparative and
superlative adjectives and adverbs Einheit 4: Wie werden wir gruner?
Explaining what a country can do to be environmentally friendly Using
subordinate clauses Einheit 5: Kampagnen und gute Zwecke Understanding
texts about international and local campaigns Developing an awareness of
the passive Lese- und Hörtest Mundlicher Test Schreibtest Wörter
Wiederholung Kapitel 1: Auf in die Schule! Kapitel 2: Zeit fur
Freizeit Kapitel 3: Menschliche Beziehungen Kapitel 4: Willkommen bei
mir! Kapitel 5: Ich Wien Kapitel 6: Im Urlaub und zu Hause Kapitel
7: Rund um die Arbeit Kapitel 8: Eine wunderbare Welt General
conversation questions Extra: Kapitel 1-8 Grammatik Verbtabellen
Written by Harriette Lanzer; Michael Spencer; Carolyn Batstone; Lisa Probert
