BOOK
Stimmt! Edexcel GCSE German Higher Student Book
Harriette Lanzer | Michael Spencer | Carolyn Batstone | Lisa Probert
(2017)
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Book Details
Abstract
Expertly structured Student Book for Edexcel GCSE (9-1) German (higher tier). Designed to help learners use language independently and to the best of their ability, with fresh and engaging content from the target language culture.
- Suitable for the new Edexcel GCSE (9-1) German qualification (higher tier).
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A carefully designed programme of learning teaches the ‘building blocks’ of German grammar and vocabulary.
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Includes popular topics, authentic material and real life-contexts; all with links to the German culture.
- Each unit and module is structured to allow gradual progression.
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Exam preparation units are included for Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening.
- Revision forms the final module.
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cover | Cover | ||
| Inhalt | 3 | ||
| Kapitel 1: Auf in die Schule! Theme: School | 6 | ||
| Startpunkt 1: So ist das Schulleben! | 6 | ||
| Talking about school subjects and clothes | 6 | ||
| Using verbs in the present tense | 6 | ||
| Startpunkt 2: Es beginnt mit der Grundschule | 8 | ||
| Talking about what’s in your pencil case | 8 | ||
| Using the past tense (imperfect and perfect) | 8 | ||
| Einheit 1: Mit Freude in die Schule? | 10 | ||
| Talking about what you are and are not looking forward to at school this year | 10 | ||
| Giving opinions with reasons, using denn and weil | 10 | ||
| Einheit 2: Der Schultag | 12 | ||
| Describing a school day | 12 | ||
| Asking and answering questions | 12 | ||
| Einheit 3: Ordnung muss sein! | 14 | ||
| Discussing school rules | 14 | ||
| Using modal verbs: müssen, können, dürfen | 14 | ||
| Einheit 4: Wissenswertes: Das Schulsystem | 16 | ||
| Learning about different types of German schools | 16 | ||
| Understanding a literary text | 16 | ||
| Einheit 5: Wir fahren mit der Klasse weg! | 18 | ||
| Talking about school exchanges and class trips | 18 | ||
| Using the future tense | 18 | ||
| Einheit 6: Erfolge feiern | 20 | ||
| Talking about success and achievement at school | 20 | ||
| Perfect tense of separable verbs | 20 | ||
| Lese- und Hörtest | 22 | ||
| Mündlicher Test | 24 | ||
| Schreibtest | 26 | ||
| Wörter | 28 | ||
| Kapitel 2: Zeit für Freizeit Theme: Identity and culture | 30 | ||
| Startpunkt: Verschiedene Freizeitaktivitäten | 30 | ||
| Discussing leisure activities | 30 | ||
| Using nouns and articles | 30 | ||
| Einheit 1: Wer liest heute noch Bücher? | 32 | ||
| Discussing reading habits | 32 | ||
| Using some adverbs of frequency and place | 32 | ||
| Einheit 2: Musik ist mein Leben | 34 | ||
| Discussing music | 34 | ||
| Expressing preferences using gern, lieber, am liebsten | 34 | ||
| Einheit 3: Film und Fernsehen | 36 | ||
| Discussing film and television | 36 | ||
| Using plural nouns | 36 | ||
| Einheit 4: Sport für alle | 38 | ||
| Discussing sport in Switzerland | 38 | ||
| Using the conditional | 38 | ||
| Einheit 5: Wir feiern! | 40 | ||
| Learning about celebrations and festivals | 40 | ||
| Using several tenses together | 40 | ||
| Lese- und Hörtest | 42 | ||
| Mündlicher Test | 44 | ||
| Schreibtest | 46 | ||
| Wörter | 48 | ||
| Kapitel 3: Menschliche Beziehungen Theme: Identity and culture | 50 | ||
| Startpunkt: Wir machen Fotos | 50 | ||
| Describing photos | 50 | ||
| Reviewing adjectives | 50 | ||
| Einheit 1: Auf gute Freundschaft! | 52 | ||
| Talking about what makes a good friend | 52 | ||
| Using possessive adjectives | 52 | ||
| Einheit 2: Wir verstehen uns gut … manchmal! | 54 | ||
| Describing relationships | 54 | ||
| Using the dative with mit | 54 | ||
| Einheit 3: Mein Wochenende | 56 | ||
| Discussing weekend activities | 56 | ||
| Using the prepositions in and an | 56 | ||
| Einheit 4: Wer ist dein Vorbild? | 58 | ||
| Discussing role models | 58 | ||
| Using pronouns to talk about different people | 58 | ||
| Einheit 5: Damals und heute | 60 | ||
| Comparing your life as a child with your life now | 60 | ||
| Using modal verbs in the imperfect tense | 60 | ||
| Lese- und Hörtest | 62 | ||
| Mündlicher Test | 64 | ||
| Schreibtest | 66 | ||
| Wörter | 68 | ||
| Kapitel 4: Willkommen bei mir! Theme: Identity and culture | 70 | ||
| Startpunkt 1: So ist es bei mir | 70 | ||
| Describing your house and home | 70 | ||
| Using irregular verbs in the present tense | 70 | ||
| Startpunkt 2: Leckerbissen?! | 72 | ||
| Describing food and drink items | 72 | ||
| Using separable verbs | 72 | ||
| Einheit 1: Herzlich willkommen! | 74 | ||
| Meeting and greeting an exchange partner | 74 | ||
| Applying the correct register: du or Sie | 74 | ||
| Einheit 2: Rund um mein Zuhause | 76 | ||
| Describing your home | 76 | ||
| Prepositions with accusative and dative | 76 | ||
| Einheit 3: Ein Tag in meinem Leben | 78 | ||
| Talking about what you do on a typical day | 78 | ||
| Using reflexive and separable verbs | 78 | ||
| Einheit 4: Zu Tisch! | 80 | ||
| Discussing traditional German meals | 80 | ||
| Giving opinions in the past tense | 80 | ||
| Einheit 5: Total vernetzt | 82 | ||
| Discussing how and when you use social media and technology | 82 | ||
| Using wenn clauses | 82 | ||
| Einheit 6: Technologiefeind oder -freund? | 84 | ||
| Discussing advantages and disadvantages of social media and technology | 84 | ||
| Expressing complex opinions with dass | 84 | ||
| Lese- und Hörtest | 86 | ||
| Mündlicher Test | 88 | ||
| Schreibtest | 90 | ||
| Wörter | 92 | ||
| Kapitel 5: Ich ♥ Wien Theme: Local area, holiday and travel | 94 | ||
| Startpunkt: Reiseplanung richtig machen! | 94 | ||
| Describing forms of transport and making a hotel booking | 94 | ||
| Using clauses and subordinate clauses with two verbs | 94 | ||
| Einheit 1: Wie fahren wir nach Wien? | 96 | ||
| Discussing ways of travelling and buying train tickets | 96 | ||
| Comparative and superlative adjectives | 96 | ||
| Einheit 2: Wo übernachten wir? | 98 | ||
| Describing accommodation and associated problems | 98 | ||
| Using the demonstrative article dieser | 98 | ||
| Einheit 3: Wie komme ich zur Oper? | 100 | ||
| Asking for and understanding directions to sights in Vienna | 100 | ||
| Using imperatives | 100 | ||
| Einheit 4: Ein Wiener Schnitzel, bitte! | 102 | ||
| Ordering at a restaurant | 102 | ||
| Using wenn clauses with the subjunctive | 102 | ||
| Einheit 5: Einkaufen in der Kärntner Straße | 104 | ||
| Shopping for souvenirs | 104 | ||
| Nominative and accusative adjective endings (definite and demonstrative articles) | 104 | ||
| Einheit 6: Probleme im Prater | 106 | ||
| Describing problems | 106 | ||
| Using seit + present tense | 106 | ||
| Lese- und Hörtest | 108 | ||
| Mündlicher Test | 110 | ||
| Schreibtest | 112 | ||
| Wörter | 114 | ||
| Kapitel 6: Im Urlaub und zu Hause Theme: Local area, holiday and travel | 116 | ||
| Startpunkt 1: Beliebte Reiseziele | 116 | ||
| Talking about popular holiday destinations | 116 | ||
| Using nach, in and an to say where you are going to | 116 | ||
| Startpunkt 2: Das Wetter | 118 | ||
| Talking about the weather | 118 | ||
| Using werden in the present tense | 118 | ||
| Einheit 1: Dein Urlaubsstil | 120 | ||
| Discussing different types of holidays | 120 | ||
| Using prepositions with the genitive | 120 | ||
| Einheit 2: Wie war der Urlaub? | 122 | ||
| Discussing holiday experiences | 122 | ||
| Using the pluperfect tense | 122 | ||
| Einheit 3: Urlaubspläne | 124 | ||
| Discussing holiday plans | 124 | ||
| Using infinitive constructions with zu | 124 | ||
| Einheit 4: Willkommen auf Sylt | 126 | ||
| Describing places where people live | 126 | ||
| Using es gibt with ein and kein | 126 | ||
| Einheit 5: Meine Stadt: Vor- und Nachteile | 128 | ||
| Assessing the advantages and disadvantages of where you live | 128 | ||
| Saying what you could, should or would do | 128 | ||
| Lese- und Hörtest | 130 | ||
| Mündlicher Test | 132 | ||
| Schreibtest | 134 | ||
| Wörter | 136 | ||
| Kapitel 7: Rund um die Arbeit Theme: Future aspirations, study and work | 138 | ||
| Startpunkt 1: Arbeiterinnen und Arbeiter | 138 | ||
| Describing jobs and places of work | 138 | ||
| Using masculine and feminine nouns | 138 | ||
| Startpunkt 2: Was macht man bei der Arbeit? | 140 | ||
| Asking and answering questions about a job | 140 | ||
| Using conjunctions and intensifiers | 140 | ||
| Einheit 1: Berufsbilder | 142 | ||
| Understanding job descriptions | 142 | ||
| Recognising sequencers | 142 | ||
| Einheit 2: Mein Berufsprofil | 144 | ||
| Preparing a personal profile for job applications | 144 | ||
| Developing an understanding of word order with weil | 144 | ||
| Einheit 3: Traum und Wirklichkeit | 146 | ||
| Talking about your dream job | 146 | ||
| Using a variety of tenses | 146 | ||
| Einheit 4: Sprachen öffnen Türen | 148 | ||
| Discussing reasons for learning German and other languages | 148 | ||
| Using um … zu | 148 | ||
| Einheit 5: Sprachen verbessern Chancen | 150 | ||
| Talking about using German beyond school | 150 | ||
| Using etwas plus an adjective | 150 | ||
| Lese- und Hörtest | 152 | ||
| Mündlicher Test | 154 | ||
| Schreibtest | 156 | ||
| Wörter | 158 | ||
| Kapitel 8: Eine wunderbare Welt Theme: International and global dimension | 160 | ||
| Startpunkt 1: Festivals und Events | 160 | ||
| Describing international festivals and events | 160 | ||
| Forming questions | 160 | ||
| Startpunkt 2: Der Berlin-Marathon | 162 | ||
| Discussing ways of being involved in a sporting event | 162 | ||
| Using prepositions with the accusative | 162 | ||
| Einheit 1: Die Olympischen Winterspiele | 164 | ||
| Debating the advantages and disadvantages of a global sporting event | 164 | ||
| Coping with numbers and dates | 164 | ||
| Einheit 2: Der Eurovision Song Contest | 166 | ||
| Discussing the positive and negative aspects of a global music event | 166 | ||
| Developing an awareness of adjectival nouns | 166 | ||
| Einheit 3: Umwelt macht Schule | 168 | ||
| Explaining what a school does to be environmentally friendly | 168 | ||
| Using comparative and superlative adjectives and adverbs | 168 | ||
| Einheit 4: Wie werden wir „grüner“? | 170 | ||
| Explaining what a country can do to be environmentally friendly | 170 | ||
| Using subordinate clauses | 170 | ||
| Einheit 5: Kampagnen und gute Zwecke | 172 | ||
| Understanding texts about international and local campaigns | 172 | ||
| Developing an awareness of the passive | 172 | ||
| Lese- und Hörtest | 174 | ||
| Mündlicher Test | 176 | ||
| Schreibtest | 178 | ||
| Wörter | 180 | ||
| Wiederholung | 182 | ||
| Kapitel 1: Auf in die Schule! | 182 | ||
| Kapitel 2: Zeit für Freizeit | 184 | ||
| Kapitel 3: Menschliche Beziehungen | 186 | ||
| Kapitel 4: Willkommen bei mir! | 188 | ||
| Kapitel 5: Ich ♥ Wien | 190 | ||
| Kapitel 6: Im Urlaub und zu Hause | 192 | ||
| Kapitel 7: Rund um die Arbeit | 194 | ||
| Kapitel 8: Eine wunderbare Welt | 196 | ||
| General conversation questions | 198 | ||
| Extra: Kapitel 1-8 | 200 | ||
| Grammatik | 208 | ||
| Verbtabellen | 238 |