VIDEOTHEK
Michael now lives in Hamburg and has an apprenticeship with a firm on the harbor. On his first day at work he meets his new boss and coworkers.
VOKABELN
Die Arbeitswelt
Berufe
Sind sie wortschau? feminine forms for professions
STRUKTUREN
Review: nominative, accusative, and dative case: marking subjects and objects
Review: imperatives: making suggestions and giving instructions

Kurz notiert: softening imperatives with bitte, doch,and mal

KAPITEL 14--DER TRICK

VIDEOTHEK
The first officer shows Michael the company’s ship. Suddenly Michael notices the ship is departing, but he doesn't want to go along.
VOKABELN
Lebenslauf
Stellenangebote
STRUKTUREN
Review: the present perfect tense: talking about the past Kurz notiert: verbs that require sein in the present perfect tense Kurz notiert: present perfect tense

KAPITEL 15--ZU VIEL SALZ

VIDEOTHEK
Michael’s boss invites him over for dinner. Herr Schäfer cooks the meal, but both his wife and daughter think they have to help out with seasoning the food.
VOKABELN
Essen und trinken
Wo essen wir?
STRUKTUREN
Review of pronouns: word order: referring to people and things

Kurz notiert: using wer, wenand wem
Genitive case: showing relationships and possession Sprachspiegel: nouns of possession
Kurz notiert: ein-words

WIEDERHOLUNG 5

KAPITEL 16--AM WOCHENENDE

VIDEOTHEK
The Schäfer family and their friends, the Cornelius family, go
about their typical weekend routines.
VOKABELN
In der Freizeit
Einkaufen Kulturspiegel: breakfast in German-speaking countries
STRUKTUREN
Der-words and the expression was für (ein): pointing out specific persons, places, and things
Review: two-way prepositions; verbs of direction and location: expressing direction and location

KAPITEL 17--NACH THÜRINGEN

VIDEOTHEK
The Cornelius family members go about their morning routine, eating breakfast and getting to work, as they ponder Mr. Cornelius' job transfer and a possible move to Thuringia.
VOKABELN
Die Bundesrepublik Deutschland Kulturspiegel: citystates
Sagen, Feste, Bräuche Kulturspiegel: harvest festivals Sind Sie wortschlau?: words for autumn
STRUKTUREN
Future tense with werden: talking about the future Kurz notiert: word order in dependent clauses Sprachspiegel
Adjectives: describing people, objects, and places Kurz notiert: predicate adjectives

KAPITEL 18--DIE LÖSUNG

VIDEOTHEK
The Cornelius family decides that Herr Cornelius will commute to work in Thuringia during the week, but come back home to Hamburg on the weekends.
VOKABELN
Die Wende Kulturspiegel: reunification
Geographie Kulturspiegel: states, provinces, and cantons
Kurz notiert: der/die Deutsche
STRUKTUREN
Genitive prepositions: expressing cause, opposition, alternatives, and simultaneity Kurz notiert: dative case in conversation
Negation with nicht, kein, noch nicht, noch kein, nicht mehr,and kein…mehr: negating words, expressions, and statements

Kurz notiert: negating questions and statements

WIEDERHOLUNG 6

KAPITEL 19--DER SPAGHETTI-PROFESSOR

VIDEOTHEK
Klara Cornelius is a student at the University of Munich. She wants to register for a practicum but discovers there is no room in the course.
VOKABELN
Das Leben an der Uni Fokus Internet: university
Lebensmittel Kulturspiegel: the euro Kurz notiert: stating quantity
STRUKTUREN
Reflexive verbs and pronouns: doing something for oneself
Comparatives and superlatives: comparing things and people

Kurz notiert: so…wie
Sprachspiegel: vowel change in the comparative and
superlative

KAPITEL 20--DER UMWELTSÜNDER

VIDEOTHEK
Markus is showing Klara his favorite childhood spot in the woods, when they suddenly spy someone throwing trash down the hill.
VOKABELN
Umwelt
Probleme der modernen Gesellschaft Kulturspiegel: unemployment after reunification Kulturspiegel: citizenship laws in Germany
STRUKTUREN
The subjunctive: making polite requests and giving advice

Kurz notiert: können, müssen, sollen, and wollen
Relative clauses: describing people or things Kurz notiert: forms of relative pronouns Kurz notiert: relative clauses with prepositions

KAPITEL 21--DIE FALSCHEN KLAMOTTEN

VIDEOTHEK
Thomas’ cousin Laura Stumpf visits and wants to go to the disco, but Thomas can't get in because the clothes he is wearing are "out."
VOKABELN
Kleidung und Mode
Medien, Werbung, Fernsehen
STRUKTUREN
Passive voice I: focusing on the effect of the action Kurz notiert: subject and agent in a passive sentence
Passive voice II: alternatives to the passive: expressing general activities and states

WIEDERHOLUNG 7

KAPITEL 22--EIN NEUES GEMÄLDE

VIDEOTHEK
At a flea market, the Stumpfs buy a painting for their living room. The Stumpfs get excited when an art restorer says it is valuable.
VOKABELN
In der Innenstadt
Nach dem Weg fragen
STRUKTUREN
The simple past tense: narrating events in the past

Kurz notiert: simple past of bringen, denken, and kennen
Kurz notiert: verbs commonly used in the simple past
The subordinating conjunctions als, wenn, wann: combining sentences

Sprachspiegel: als and as
Kurz notiert: als in the comparison of adjectives

KAPITEL 23--DER HAUSMANN

VIDEOTHEK
Heiner Sander is on parental leave to take care of his son Kai. When he wants to play soccer with friends and his wife Roswita hasn’t come home from work yet, he takes the baby along.
VOKABELN
Gleichberechtigung in der Familie
Sport
STRUKTUREN
The subjunctive: expressing unreal situations and wishes

Kurz notiert: the expression an (deiner) Stelle
Past subjunctive: expressing what might have been Kurz notiert: the past subjunctive

KAPITEL 24--DAS AU PAIR

VIDEOTHEK
The Sanders go to the airport to pick up their new au pair, Inéz, when she arrives from Mexico. She faces the challenge of adjusting to life in Germany.
VOKABELN
Reisen
In Deutschland ist es anders
STRUKTUREN
The past perfect: talking about a sequence of events in the past
Infinitive clauses with zu: describing actions, states, or conditions

WIEDERHOLUNG 8

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FOKUS DEUTSCH: BEGINNING GERMAN 2
Delia, Dosch Fritz, Finger, Newton, Daves-Schneider, Schneider
Table of Contents

EINFÜHRUNG

VOKABELN

STRUKTUREN

KAPITEL 13--DER AZUBI

VIDEOTHEK

Michael now lives in Hamburg and has an apprenticeship with a firm on the harbor. On his first day at work he meets his new boss and coworkers.

VOKABELN

Die Arbeitswelt

Berufe

Sind sie wortschau? feminine forms for professions

STRUKTUREN

Review: nominative, accusative, and dative case: marking subjects and objects

Review: imperatives: making suggestions and giving instructions

KAPITEL 14--DER TRICK

VIDEOTHEK

The first officer shows Michael the company’s ship. Suddenly Michael notices the ship is departing, but he doesn't want to go along.

VOKABELN

Lebenslauf

Stellenangebote

STRUKTUREN

Review: the present perfect tense: talking about the past

KAPITEL 15--ZU VIEL SALZ

VIDEOTHEK

Michael’s boss invites him over for dinner. Herr Schäfer cooks the meal, but both his wife and daughter think they have to help out with seasoning the food.

VOKABELN

Essen und trinken

Wo essen wir?

STRUKTUREN

Review of pronouns: word order: referring to people and things

Genitive case: showing relationships and possession

Kurz notiert: ein-words

WIEDERHOLUNG 5

KAPITEL 16--AM WOCHENENDE

VIDEOTHEK

The Schäfer family and their friends, the Cornelius family, go

about their typical weekend routines.

VOKABELN

In der Freizeit

Einkaufen

STRUKTUREN

Der-words and the expression was für (ein): pointing out specific persons, places, and things

Review: two-way prepositions; verbs of direction and location:

KAPITEL 17--NACH THÜRINGEN

VIDEOTHEK

The Cornelius family members go about their morning routine, eating breakfast and getting to work, as they ponder Mr. Cornelius' job transfer and a possible move to Thuringia.

VOKABELN

Die Bundesrepublik Deutschland

Sagen, Feste, Bräuche

STRUKTUREN

Future tense with werden: talking about the future Kurz notiert: word order in dependent clauses Sprachspiegel

Adjectives: describing people, objects, and places Kurz notiert: predicate adjectives

KAPITEL 18--DIE LÖSUNG

VIDEOTHEK

The Cornelius family decides that Herr Cornelius will commute to work in Thuringia during the week, but come back home to Hamburg on the weekends.

VOKABELN

Die Wende

Geographie

Kurz notiert: der/die Deutsche

STRUKTUREN

Genitive prepositions: expressing cause, opposition,

Negation with nicht, kein, noch nicht, noch kein, nicht mehr,and kein…mehr: negating words, expressions, and statements

WIEDERHOLUNG 6

KAPITEL 19--DER SPAGHETTI-PROFESSOR

VIDEOTHEK

Klara Cornelius is a student at the University of Munich. She wants to register for a practicum but discovers there is no room in the course.

VOKABELN

Das Leben an der Uni

Lebensmittel

STRUKTUREN

Reflexive verbs and pronouns: doing something for oneself

Comparatives and superlatives: comparing things and people

KAPITEL 20--DER UMWELTSÜNDER

VIDEOTHEK

Markus is showing Klara his favorite childhood spot in the woods, when they suddenly spy someone throwing trash down the hill.

VOKABELN

Umwelt

Probleme der modernen Gesellschaft

STRUKTUREN

The subjunctive: making polite requests and giving advice

Relative clauses: describing people or things