German Reader 1.1

German Reader 1.1

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Description

German Reader 1.1 contains 34 original short stories. There is no central theme, nor are there central characters. The stories are mostly in present tense. Three of the present tense stories are repeated in conversational past. In addition to those three stories in two tenses, four stories are in conversational past only.

At the beginning of each story is a list of the target vocabulary for that story. In each story there are also words/phrases in bold type which are provided to challenge students. At the end of each story the students can find the English meanings of the words/phrases in bold type. The stories come with graduated grammatical structures.

The target vocabulary used in the stories builds upon itself. For example the tenth story uses not only the target vocabulary for that story, but also uses vocabulary already learned in the previous nine stories. At the end of each story is a list of questions about the story. There are attractive sketches that help “tell” the stories.

The target vocabulary closely mirrors the vocabulary of Michael Miller’s SABINE UND MICHAEL, Level 1, chapters 3 and 4.

The reader is 5.5 x 8.5 inches and 121 pages. Stories average 320 words each.

ISBN: 978-0-9816079-3-1

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Audio CD version

An audio download of all German Reader 1.1 stories being read slowly is available for purchase in the Book Store. Students can read the stories in class while listening to the audio CD and teachers can save their voice by when class is doing group reading. The reading of each story includes the questions at the end.

Three of the 34 stories are written in two tenses so the total number of stories that a student can listen to is 37. The length of the recording of the 37 stories with questions is about 2 hours and 50 minutes.

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Classroom use

Here are three ways to use this reader:

Supplemental reading

For TPRS or non-TPRS teachers, the reader can be used for supplemental reading.

Support for SABINE UND MICHAEL, Level 1

The target vocabulary closely mirrors the vocabulary of Michael Miller’s SABINE UND MICHAEL, Level 1 chapters 3 and 4. Teachers can have their students read the stories in support of their SABINE UND MICHAEL-based lessons.

TPRS lessons.

In my classroom, I use the TPRS method of language teaching. I teach the target vocabulary sequentially from story 1 to story 34. After the students have learned each new set of target vocabulary words/phrases in TPRS-based lessons, the students read the corresponding story.

Excerpts

Here are two excerpts from the German Reader 1.1:

Excerpt 1

Below is the end of the short story “Herbstregen.”heißen

Um drei Uhr kommen sie bei ihrem Haus an. Ihre Mutter ist wach und alle Lichter sind an. Die Mutter ist glücklich, dass ihre Tochter und ihr Freund OK sind. Die Mutter macht heißen Kakao für sie. Der Junge sagt: „Danke für den Kakao. Wenn ich das nächste Mal (next time) im Regen zu Fuß gehen muss, wird es Sommer sein, nicht Herbst.“

Note: The bold words are defined at the end of the story.

Below are the questions for the students at the end of the story.

Beantworte die folgenden Fragen.
1.War es Herbst?
2.Hat der Junge seine Mutter besucht?
3.Wen hat der Junge besucht?
4.Hat das Mädchen ihren Freund besucht?
5.Hat es viel geregnet?
6.War der Herbstregen kalt?

Excerpt 2

Below is a portion of the story “Die intelligente und schöne Ursula.“Ursula

Ihr Lehrer sagt zu ihr: „Du bist meine beste Schülerin. Wenn du willst, kannst du an der Universität studieren und du kannst Professorin werden.“
Im nächsten Jahr geht sie auf die OSU (Ohio Schweine Universität). Sie mag alle ihre Fächer. Sie mag Geschichtsunterricht sehr. Sie lernt viel. Es gibt aber ein Problem. Alle männlichen Schweine zwinkern ihr immer zu. Sie weiß nicht, warum sie ihr immer zuzwinkern. Sie denkt, sie haben alle ein krankes Auge. Sie glaubt immer noch, dass sie hässlich ist.
Sie fragt eine Studentin: „Warum zwinkern mir alle männlichen Schweine immer zu? Haben sie ein krankes Auge?“
Die Studentin ist eine gute Freundin. Ihre Freundin lacht und antwortet: „Nein, die männlichen Schweine haben kein krankes Auge. Sie denken nur, dass du sehr schön bist.“ Ursula glaubt jetzt, dass sie intelligent ist und sie glaubt, dass sie auch schön ist.

Note: The bold words are defined at the end of the story.

Below are the questions for the students at the end of the story.

Beantworte die folgenden Fragen
1.In welcher Klasse ist Ursula am Anfang (at the beginning) der Geschichte?
2.Wer zwinkert Ursula immer zu?
3.Hat Ursula gute Noten bekommen?
4.Wo studiert Ursula? studieren = to attend college
5.Was ist Ursulas Lieblingsfach in der vierten Klasse?