Die Einleitung – Introduction
Grammar to Accompany “Deutsch im Blick”
Authors: Rebecca Sibrian and Franziska Borders
Herzlich willkommen!
Welcome to Grammar to Accompany “Deutsch im Blick” – authored by Rebecca Sibrian and Franziska Borders, of the World Languages Department at Boise State University.
This book is a distinctive Grammar edition to “Deutsch im Blick“, an OER textbook housed at the Center for Open Educational Resources and Language Learning (COERLL) at UT Austin and authored by Dr. Zsuzsanna Abrams. This book was developed having in mind university students who speak English as their first language. Although this material was developed for university students, we believe that its content is also applicable to high school students, adolescents, and adults learning German. This Pressbook and “Deutsch im Blick” take the place of a traditional language textbook by providing varied activities that facilitate the students’ progress in linguistic skills and cultural understanding. Our approach to language instruction is interactive, conversational and fundamentally task-based. We see grammar as a means for enabling effective communication, which is why our explanations of grammar are concise and not overly technical.
This project would not be possible without the generous support of the Idaho State Board of Education and the Fellowship for Open Pedagogy and Advocacy and Leadership. The authors were selected to participate in this fellowship, which included a 12 week OER publishing training facilitated by Rebus Community – a collaborative open publishing foundation.
The title of the book Deutsch im Blick means ‘German in Focus’ in German.
Acknowledgments:
A special thank you to REBUS, for the training associated with textbook creation.
Finally, a big thank you to Jonathan Lashley, PhD, Associate Chief Academic Officer with the Idaho State Board of Education, for his collaborative support and patience in leading our project.
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This book will be a work in progress.
