Fokus Deutsch Episode Guide

Episode Guide

• Abenteuer und Liebe; Wiederholung

  Giving opinions; review.

• Am Wochenende; Nach Thuringen?

  Vocabulary about weekends; unification; vocabulary about persuasion.

• Arbeitslos; Kein Geld

  Introduction; vocabulary for families; greetings; apologizing; asking for information.

• Auf Kosten der Umwelt (At What Cost to the Environment?); Umweltschutz zu Hause (Environmental Protection at Home)

  Environmental problems and political efforts in Germany; environmentally-sound German household.

• Das Au Pair; Wiederholung

  Vocabulary about shopping; review.

• Der Auszubildende; Der Trick

  Review; vocabulary about working; cultural information.

• Der Spaghetti: Professor; Der Umweltsunder

  Vocabulary related to a university; pollution.

• Der Umzug nach Koln; Das Karnevalsfest

  Vocabulary for furniture; cultural information; housing; vocabulary for directions; festivals.

• Der Unfall; Wiederholung

  Vocabulary about illness; luck; review.

• Der Urlaub; Auf der Insel Rugen

  Vocabulary for clothing; wishing a good trip; holidays; vacations; art.

• Die falschen Klamotten; Wiederholung

  Vocabulary about recreation; review.

• Die Frauenbewegung (The Women's Movement); Im Auftrag der Frauen (Representing Women)

  The role of women in 21st-century Germany; vocabulary of women's issues and history.

• Die Frauenbewegung; Wiederholung

  Vocabulary related to women's issues; review.

• Die Losung; Wiederholung

  Hobbies; vocabulary for compromising; review.

• Die Wespe; Ein Liebesdrama

  Vocabulary about school.

• Ein Familiengeschichte (A Family History), Lebensstile (Life Styles)

  The professor and native speakers discuss their childhoods; Germany in the 20th century.

• Ein Familiengeschichte Lebensstile; Jugend in Bewegung

  Biographies; youth.

• Ein Grunes Hobby (A Green Hobby); Weiterbilden in der Freizeit (Leisure Learning)

  Urban gardening and adult education; hobbies; vocabulary about gardening and education.

• Ein grunes Hobby; Urlaub gestern und heute Abenteuerurlaub

  Gardening; adult education; vacations; vocabulary for travel arrangements.

• Ein Kurort (A Spa); Ein Arzbesuch (A Visit to the Doctor)

  History of spas; typical physical examination.

• Ein Kurort; Wiederholung

  Spas; physicals; vocabulary about health; review.

• Ein neues Germalde; Der Hausmann

  Vocabulary about art; housekeeping; leaving work to raise a child.

• Geschichte einer Universitat (History of a University); Ein Student aus Kamerun (A Student From Cameroon)

  The founding of Heidelberg University; an engineering student from Cameroon.

• Geschichte einer Universitat; Wirtschaft im Wandel

  Heidelberg University; engineering student; economy; unemployment; vocabulary about economics.

• Geschichte eines Gymnasiums (History of a Gymnasium); Der Schulalltag (A Typical School Day)

  Secondary education; a contemporary portrait of a rural high-school student.

• Geschichte eines Gymnasiums; Wiederholung

  Secondary education; review.

• Jugend in Bewegung (Young People on the Move); Drei Jugendportraits (Three Youths)

  German youth from the 1950s to the present; three contemporary portraits.

• Silke; Wiederholung

  Fairy tales; review.

• Theater fur Jugendliche (Theater for Young People); 100 Jahre Deutscher Film (100 Years of German Cinema)

  Berlin's Grips Theater; Germany's film history; vocabulary related to film and theater.

• Theater fur Jugendliche; Wiederholung

  Films; vocabulary related to theater; review.

• Typisch Deutsch? (Typically German?); Vom Sauerkraut zur Pizza (From Sauerkraut to Pizza)

  Modern German cuisine; multicultural German world; vocabulary about food.

• Urlaub: Gestern und Heute (Vacation: Yesterday and Today); Abenteuerurlaub (Adventure Vacation)

  How Germans spend their vacations; vacations and travel arrangements.

• Vom Sauerkraut zur Pizza; Auf Kosten der Umwelt

  Cuisine; vocabulary about food; environmental problems.

• Wie geht es Papa?; Wiederholung

  Vocabulary about housing; review.

• Wiederholung (Review) 10
• Wiederholung (Review) 11
• Wiederholung (Review) 12
• Wiederholung (Review) 9
• Wirtschaft im Wandel (A Changing Economy); Hilfe für Arbeitslose (Help for the Unemployed)

  Germany's changing economy; vocabulary of economics and industry.

• Zu viel Salz; Wiederholung

  Vocabulary about food/restaurants; review.