Cineplex : Intermediate German Language and Culture Through Film
Barcode: 58997415
Call Number: IL-GER Sch
Material Type: Print-Text/Workbook
Date: 2014
Language: German, English
Creator: Jeanne Schueller, Reinhard Zachau, Carrie Collenberg-Gonzalez
Description: Cineplex: Intermediate German Language and Culture Through Film is a communicative textbook for second-year German-language courses that uses engaging, authentic cultural materials: feature films from Germany. Each of the ten chapters in Cineplex focuses on a contemporary, critically-acclaimed film—on highly motivational topics ranging from the West-German student movement to the German Democratic Republic to Turkish-German migrants to the Holocaust—that appeals to the needs of intermediate learners and their understanding of German-speaking culture. Designed for today's student, Cineplex is more than just a textbook—it is a space in which students can 'meet' the people of Germany through the big screen and experience German language and culture as it is performed in context.
Films:
Chapter 1: Die drei Räuber (The Three Robbers)
Chapter 2: Jenseits der Stille (Beyond Silence)
Chapter 3: Das Wunder von Bern (The Miracle of Bern)
Chapter 4: Die Welle (The Wave)
Chapter 5: Lola rennt (Run, Lola, Run)
Chapter 6: Almanya - Willkommen in Deutschland (Almanya - Welcome to Germany)
Chapter 7: Im Juli (In July)
Chapter 8: Sophie Scholl – Die letzten Tage (Sophie Scholl - The Final Days)
Chapter 9: Good Bye, Lenin!
Chapter 10: Die fetten Jahre sind vorbei (The Edukators)
Features:
Vorbereitung und Hintergrund sections provide pre-viewing exercises that prepare students for a positive and effective viewing experience
Scene studies allow students to deal closely with the film through didacticized clips with pre and post viewing activities
Film-derived grammar exercises provides students with a thorough and traditional intermediate grammar trajectory while learning key grammar in context
Readings relate thematically to the film, ranging from poems and excerpts from literary prose to speeches and magazine articles
Ten appealing films are easily available (links to purchase the films)
A companion website with with online courseware available at: courses.hackettpublishing.com
Collection: Language Resource Center