Netzwerk
Textbook Series for College/Adult Learners
A1
A2
B1
B2
C1
C2
Netzwerk is a successful beginning German textbook series that promotes sustained learning and features clear and engaging topics that appeal to college and adult learners. Netzwerk allows students to relate to the digital world while addressing the three modes of communication: interpersonal, interpretive, and presentational. Chapter overviews and self-assessments encourage awareness of the language acquisition process, guiding students in their progress.
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- Follows Bea, a German student, and her interactions with family, friends, and in the work environment
- Formal German and structures for interactions with friends actively practiced in context
- Each chapter begins with photos and pictures that increase interest and activate prior knowledge
- A balanced progression from receptive to productive language ensures sustained success in learning
- Communicative exercises are introduced from the very beginning
- Comparisons with native language and other languages facilitate the learning of structures and vocabulary
- Students can communicate directly with Bea through social media
- Video sequences convey real life experiences
- Online exercises
- Interactive Online LMS Versions
- Depicts authentic communicative situations at home and at work
- Trains students in the audio-visual interpretive mode of communication
- Everyday life and work situations of the protagonist Bea are situational and connected to the topics in the textbook (A1 & A2)
- Short cultural videos and additional activities are found in Level B1
Content
Structure
Distinct Use of Media
Motivating Video Program
Content
- Follows Bea, a German student, and her interactions with family, friends, and in the work environment
- Formal German and structures for interactions with friends actively practiced in context
Structure
- Each chapter begins with photos and pictures that increase interest and activate prior knowledge
- A balanced progression from receptive to productive language ensures sustained success in learning
- Communicative exercises are introduced from the very beginning
- Comparisons with native language and other languages facilitate the learning of structures and vocabulary
Distinct Use of Media
- Students can communicate directly with Bea through social media
- Video sequences convey real life experiences
- Online exercises
- Interactive Online LMS Versions
Motivating Video Program
- Depicts authentic communicative situations at home and at work
- Trains students in the audio-visual interpretive mode of communication
- Everyday life and work situations of the protagonist Bea are situational and connected to the topics in the textbook (A1 & A2)
- Short cultural videos and additional activities are found in Level B1