Cineplex: Intermediate German Language and Culture Through Film is a communicative textbook for second-year German-language courses that uses engaging, authentic cultural materials: feature films from Germany. Each of the ten chapters in
Cineplex focuses on a contemporary, critically-acclaimed filmâ on highly motivationally topics ranging from the West-German student movement to the German Democratic Republic to Turkish-German migrants to the Holocaustâ that appeals...
More Description Cineplex: Intermediate German Language and Culture Through Film is a communicative textbook for second-year German-language courses that uses engaging, authentic cultural materials: feature films from Germany. Each of the ten chapters in Cineplex focuses on a contemporary, critically-acclaimed filmâ on highly motivationally topics ranging from the West-German student movement to the German Democratic Republic to Turkish-German migrants to the Holocaustâ that appeals to the needs of intermediate learners and their understanding of German-speaking culture. Designed for todayâ s student, Cineplex is more than just a textbookâ it is a space in which students can â meetâ the people of Germany through the big screen and experience German language and culture as it is performed in context.
Features:
â ¢ Vorbereitung und Hintergrund sections provide pre-viewing exercises that prepare students for a positive and effective viewing experience
â ¢ Scene studies allow students to deal closely with the film through didacticized clips with pre- and post-viewing activities
â ¢ Film-derived grammar exercises provides students with a thorough and traditional intermediate grammar trajectory while learning key grammar in context
â ¢ Readings relate thematically to the film, ranging from poems and excerpts from literary prose to speeches and magazine articles
â ¢ Ten appealing films are easily available (for links to purchase, visit www.hackettpublishing.com)
â ¢ A companion website with an auto-correcting workbook, links to film resources, and more is available on Focus Online Courseware (courses.hackettpublishing.com)