Cinema for German Conversation

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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.

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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.

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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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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 Schueller, Ph.D, is an applied linguist who joined the Department of German at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in August 2010. Prior to that she taught at the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in German language and applied linguistics. Current research projects focus on the use of authentic materials, especially film, in language learning.