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III. Intermediate Textbook (Middle/High School - Level Bl) Büttner, Siegfried, and Gabriele Kopp. Planet: Deutsch für Jugendliche 3. Lehrerhandbuch (Bl). Ismaning: Hueber, 2007. Paper, 189 pp., euro13.95. «www.hueber.de/planet»
The Lehrerhandbuch completes the set of Planet: Deutsch für Jugendliche 3 that consists of a course book, a workbook, 2 audio-CDs/cassettes with listening texts, listening comprehension exercises and songs, as well as an audio-CD/cassette with pronunciation guide. The third level in the series, Planet 3's target group is teenagers between 12 and 15 at level A2. A quick review of the methodology of the textbook will be helpful in putting the handbook's discussion into an appropriate context.
On Hueber's website, Planet 3 is described as "being based thematically on the real world as experienced by German teenagers today," and so the book prides itself on using "their language" throughout its 18 comprehensive chapters. Chapter topics cover a wide range of contemporary themes, varying from fashion, music, and hobbies to student life, job search, media, and animal protection. The 4-6 page chapters have been structured to reinforce the linguistic competence through a contextual learning experience that is based on the acquisition and practice of the four basic linguistic skills.
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