Vorsprung: An Introduction to the German Language and Culture for Communication, Updated Edition

by Thomas A. Lovik

This introductory German program stresses authentic language material and the practice of communicative skills. Students are stimulated to learn through pair work, realia-based activities, and a continuous story line.Throughout the text, students follow the same tale of an American traveling through Germany. The story is supported by communicative activities, grammar recycling, corresponding chapter objectives and themes, and four-color images. In addition, Deutsch im Beruf business segments present German in a work environment.

Genres: Textbooks, Language, Reference, German Literature

640 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1997

Reviews

[Jon · Rating 1 out of 5]

Vorsprung does indeed teach German, at a comically slow, pandering pace. The authors and/or editors and/or publishers have provided a shoddily built website jam packed with tedious exercises which vacillate between cruelly repetitive and flippantly irrelevant, and they are happy to charge $250 for the whole experience.

[Emily · Rating 3 out of 5]

the illustrations provided much entertainment in college, when i obviously had much better things to do with my time than consider paying an iota of attention to learning german...Wo ist dem Fort Wayne? See what I mean?

[Beth · Rating 1 out of 5]

Weird set-up and Anna Adler is really annoying... even for the students.