SOWIESO CASS 1A KURSBUCH

Sowieso 1 is an "all German" program that consists of a student textbook, a student workbook, a glossary, a teacher''s manual, a reader activity book, a CD-ROM, two audiocassettes (one to be used with the student textbook, the other with the workbook), two CDs (same content as the audiocassettes), testing materials, and a set of transparencies. This series is designed for students of German as a foreign language. It provides learning strategies that enable students to continue developing language proficiency with greater confidence. It is a lively series that uses humour to capture students'' interest. The student textbook contains a variety of texts including stories, poems, dialogues, newspaper articles, games, puzzles, maps, tables, and comic strips. The illustrations are varied and include photos, excerpts from magazines, posters, and advertisements. The central illustrations are the humorous and timeless hand-drawn caricature illustrations of Theo Scherling. Each chapter includes communication activities, suggestions for working with the texts, and grammar learning activities. There is an index at the end of the textbook that indicates where new vocabulary is introduced. The topics are relevant to adolescent learners—there are traditional topics such as leisure activities and friendship, and new topics such as the invention of household products, popular dance, and computer technology.