Cinema for German Conversation

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Description

Cinema for German Conversation is an innovative contribution to the modern language pedagogy pioneered by Focus, presenting the study of language and culture through the medium of outstanding films.

Features

Twelve films are covered in this text, each in a separate chapter covering the background of the film, pre-viewing exercises, post-viewing activities for discussion, analysis, writing, and additional readings in German.

FREE EXTRA EXERCISES FOR EACH CHAPTER

Market

This text is suited for courses in German that seek to use German language feature films as a springboard for conversation and culture, along with other communicative activities.    

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taken from the Table of Contents

Merry Christmas (Christian Carion, 2005) NF
Rosenstraße (Margarethe von Trotta, 2003) NF
Das Wunder von Bern (Sönke Wortmann, 2003)
Solino* (Fatih Akin, 2002)
Das Leben der Anderen (Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, 2006) NF
Berlin is in Germany* (Hannes Stöhr, 2001)
Alles auf Zucker (Dani Levy, 2005) NF
Am Ende kommen Touristen* (Robert Thalheim, 2007)
Im Juli (Fatih Akin, 2000) NF
Kebab Connection (Anno Saul, 2005) NF
Die Blindgänger* (Bernd Sahling, 2004)
Die fetten Jahre sind vorbei (Hans Weingartner, 2004) NF

About the Author

Jeanne M. Schueller is on the faculty at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She earned her Ph.D. in German with a specialization in second language acquisition from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her areas of research include gender and strategy use in language learning, technology in L2 classes, and film as authentic input. She teaches German language, linguistics, and pedagogy courses, coordinates the first- and second-year German language program, and supervises teaching assistants.

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