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II. Intermediate Textbook (College/Other Adult - Level Bl) Aufderstraße, Hartmut, Jutta Müller, and Thomas Storz. Lagune Kursbuch 3: Deutsch als Fremdsprache Niveau B1. Ismaning: Hueber, 2008. Paper, 224 pp., euro12.95 + 1 CD-ROM (Windows): euro19.95. «www.hueber.de»
Lagune Kursbuch 3 is a combined textbook and workbook with CD-ROM based on the Common European Framework (Niveau Bl ). The book is tightly tailored towards adult learners in a Deutsch als Fremdsprache learning environment and more specifically towards those who intend to take the Zertifikat Deutsch test at the corresponding level - a sample test is even included in the appendix. Both the materials and the exercises used in the textbook were clearly chosen with this goal in mind. Nevertheless, the strengths of the textbook - namely the accessible structure and the inclusion of a number of functionally-driven, communicative exercises - means that Lagune Kursbuch 3 does have some potential for American students at the intermediate level.
The book is comprised of three chapters, or what the authors call Themenkreise, which are not only topically, but also functionally based. They include Wünsche und Wirklichkeit, Sport und Gesundheit, Wirtschaftswelt und Geschäftsideen, Humor und Alltag, Vergangenheit und Zukunft, Literatur und Kunst, and Sprachen und Begegnungen. Each chapter is divided tidily into five sections: Fokus Strukturen, Fokus Lesen, Fokus Hören, Fokus Sprechen, and Fokus Schreiben. The sections labeled Fokus Strukturen cover grammatical forms and communicative functions. The chapters of the book do not include a comprehensive review of German grammar (although they...