Aiming to help students to organize and present their work, this text provides activities for extension and support, and includes revision and pre-assessment activities. It also provides the student with a record of the year's work. It is part of the "Vorsprung 2" German language course. "Vorsprung 2" is the second level of a two-year course to motivate students at ages 14-16 in the foundation tier. Moving on to a second book should provide students with a sense of progression and enhance motivation. The 11 units in this level cover such areas as: planning an outing; staying at a hotel; meals; making plans; and opinions.

 

 

There are 80 pages in this book.

It is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed.

This book was published in 1997 by HarperCollins Publishers .

Kate Corney is a former Inspector/Adviser for Modern Languages, and author of Vorsprung and German Plus.