German - audio course by Foreign Service Institute

This Basic Course in German has been des·igned to assist United States Government representatives who require a command of spoken German. The general concept of this text has grown out of the plan of Spoken Language courses prepared under the auspices of the American Council of Learned Societies during World War II. But pattern drills and other exercises have been developed extensively at the Foreign Service Insti- tute to provide a much fuller manipulation of forms and patterns. and
a conscious attempt has been-made to adapt situations and vocabulary to specific needs of the Foreign Service. And the course is intended to
lay asolid foundation for comprehensive language skills. providing systematically for the development of reading proficiency based on oral- aural skills.
This text is the end-product of several years of work and has bene- fited from the labors of many members and former members of the FSI staff. In its present form it was prepared under the supervision of Dr. Samuel A. Brown. who has had overall responsibility for the arrangement of situation- al material and for the organization and presentation of structural fea- tures. Particular credit for the dialogs and much of the drill material goes to Mrs. Ilse Christoph. Mrs. Christoph has been assisted by Mrs. Maria-Luise Bissonnette. Mr Friedrich Lehmann. Mr. Gerhard Matzel.
Mrs. Margarete Plischke and Mrs. Erika Ouaid. A most valuable contri- bution was also made by Mrs. Quaid in preparing the major part of the typescript. assisted by Miss Gene...i~ve Ducastel. The project has been
a cooperative venture. however. and all members of the German staff
have contributed freely the fruit of their classroom experience and the gifts of their imagination and insight.