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Put your students at the center of Germanic language and cultureMittendrin is an intermediate-level German program with a unique regional focus designed to promote communicative and cultural competence.Carefully chosen reading and listening texts in each chapter introduce students to the multifaceted culture of German-speaking Europe and provide the basis for comprehension activities, vocabulary acquisition, speaking and discussion opportunities, and research and writing assignments. Mittendrin develops skills for immediate practical usage while at the same time providing students with a solid foundation for further study.Skill-Based Approach –Four-skills approach is supported by a dominant cultural component and a controlled treatment of grammar.Connect with Culture – Ten region-oriented chapters afford students a rich and dynamic view of the varied German cultural landscape.Explore Grammar – Review of introductory level topics helps students attain mastery of basic German grammar while at the same time intermediate-level grammar topics are introduced and actively practiced.Build Vocabulary – Students are introduced to words in context and practice them actively.Develop Skills – Each chapter contains a series of 4 written texts and 2 listening texts that touch upon a broad range of subject areas strongly connected to the regional focus of that chapter.Personalize Learning – MyLanguageLabs proven results are now available for intermediate German courses! MyGermanLab will be available for fall 2012 courses.Note: MyLanguageLabs does not come automatically packaged with this text. To purchase MyLanguageLabs access, please visit: www.mylanguagelabs.com or you can purchase a valuepack of the text + MyLanguageLabs 24-month access.

The Student Activities Manual provides complete coordination with the structure and approach of the Mittendrin textbook, and offers an ample variety of written and listening activities that are contextualized to coordinate with the chapter themes. It contains additional reading and listening comprehension activities for the texts in Mittendrin, vocabulary practice and expansion exercises, grammar practice, writing and speaking assignments, activities to assess cultural understanding, and activities to accompany an original audio text, found on the Audio Program. It also contains the unique Sprachanalyse feature that furthers students’ comprehension of authentic language.

This component is available for optional inclusion in course packages; it includes answers for all discrete and short answer exercises in the SAM.