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Tschirner, Erwin; Nikolai, Brigitte; Terrell, Tracy

ISBN 10: 1259689379 ISBN 13: 9781259689376

Publisher: McGraw Hill, 2016

Synopsis

McGraw-Hill Connect® is the most powerful and flexible course management system available. Rooted in research on effective student learning practices, the platform integrates adaptive learning tools with dynamic, engaging language practice activities. The result: better student learning of the German language. Your 2 year subscription includes the following: 
· An interactive ebook, the complete Workbook/Lab Manual, grammar tutorials, and all the audio and video materials.· LearnSmart, the only super-adaptive learning tool on the market, is proven to significantly enhance students' learning and improve course outcomes.· A comprehensive gradebook to view your assignment results.· Voice Board and Blackboard IM, integrated into McGraw-Hill Connect®, promotes communication and collaboration outside the classroom.· The option to purchase (for a small fee) a print version of the book. This binder-ready, loose-leaf version includes free shipping.
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About this title

About the Author:

(Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley) is Gerhard Helbig Professor of German as a Foreign Language and Applied Linguistics at the University of Leipzig and President of the Institute for Test Research and Test Development in Leipzig, Germany. Before joining the University of Leipzig, he taught at the University of Iowa, Iowa City (1990-1998) and at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (1988–1990). His main research areas are: second language acquisition, corpus linguistics, language testing and assessment, and language policy. He is (co-) author of over 150 books, book chapters, and journal articles. He has extensive experience in test research and development for all language modalities (speaking, listening, writing, and reading). He has been a certified ACTFL OPI tester since 1989 and tester trainer since 1993. He has been a major contributor to the internationalization efforts of the University of Leipzig, establishing and directing joint BA, MA, and Ph.D. programs with universities in the Netherlands, Mexico, Brazil, and the U.S.

(First and Second Staatsexamen, Göttingen and Fulda) is Oberstudienrätin (German, English, Physical Education) at the Werner-von-Siemens Gymnasium in Bad Harzburg, Germany. She taught German at all levels of instruction at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and at the University of Iowa, Iowa City, and she was a Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin at the University of Bayreuth, Germany. She is co-author of Assoziationen: Deutsch für die Mittelstufe and the series Lextra – Englisch Grund- und Aufbauwortschatz nach Themen. Her main interests are: the role of vocabulary in language learning, reading strategies, and the role of art in language teaching. She has been a certified ACTFL OPI tester since 1989.

Tracy D. Terrell (late) received his Ph.D. in Spanish Linguistics from the University of Texas at Austin and published extensively in the area of Spanish dialectology. Professor Terrell’s publications on second-language acquisition are widely known in the United States and abroad.

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw Hill
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1259689379
• ISBN 13: 9781259689376
• Binding: Printed Access Code