Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: I. Elementary Materials (Middle School): Wir: Grundkurs Deutsch für junge Lerner. Lehrbuch 1. II. Elementary Te tbook (College): Sevin, Dieter, and Ingrid Sevin. Wie geht's An Introductory German Course. 8 th ed. III. Elementary Grammar (Adult Self‐Study): Kahlen, Lisa. Interactive German Grammar Made Easy. IV. Elementary/Intermediate Readers (HS/College): Felix & Theo. Elvis in Köln. Leichte Lektüren. Stufe 1. Klara & Theo. Der Superstar. Leichte Krimis für Jugendliche. Stufe 1 Klara & Theo. Kommissar Zufall. Stufe 2 Klara & Theo. Einstein und das tote Kaninchen. Stufe 2 Klara & Theo. Das letzte Hindernis. Stufe 2 V. Intermediate Materials (High School/College): Zygowski, Peter, and Marcus Sporkmann. Deutschlernen mit Kick. VI. Intermediate Grammar (Adult Self‐Study): Swick, Ed. Essential German Verb Skills. VII. Vocabulary Building (Advanced): Fagan, Sarah M. B. Using German Vocabulary. VIII. Writing (Intermediate/Advanced): Biesemann, Jutta, Kees van Euen, Jochen Michels. 88 Schreibideen. IX. Landeskunde: Gorra, Michael. The Bells in Their Silence: Travels through Germany. X. Pedagogy: Curriculum Reform: Swaffar, Janet, and Katherine Arens. Remapping the Foreign Language Curriculum: An Approach through Multiple Literacies. XI. Foreign Language Policy Reform: Watzke, John L. Lasting Change in Foreign Language Education: A Historical Case for Change in National Policy. XII. Pedagogy: Theory: Seedhouse, Paul. The Interactional Architecture of the Language Classroom: A Conversation Analysis Perspective. XIII. Pedagogy: Teacher Development: McAlpine, Dave, and Stephanie Dhonau, eds. Responding to a New Vision of Teacher Development: Selected Papers from the 2006 Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages. XIV. Pedagogy: Assessment: Cherry, C. Maurice, and Lee Bradley, eds. Assessment Practices in Foreign Language Education: Dimension 2004. Selected Proceedings of the 2004 Joint Conference of the Southern Conference on Language Teaching and the Alabama Association of Foreign Language Teachers. XV. Pedagogy: Computer‐Assisted Language Learning: Fotos, Sandra and Charles M. Browne, eds. New Perspectives on CALL for Second Language Clasrooms. XVI. Middle High German: Shay, Scott. Middle High German Verbs. An In‐depth Look at Middle High German Verbs, with Tables of the Most Common Verbs, Fully Conjugated. XVII. Film Studies: Schroeter, Katrin. Border Crossings: National Identity and Nation Formation in German Films 1980–2000. XVIII. Pedagogy: Literary Interpretation: Mummert, Ingrid. Begegnungen mit “Gertrud” und “Elsa.” XIX. Advanced Cultural Reader: German and Austrian Jewish Writings: Hart, Sonat, and Barbara Jurasek. Literary Heimat. German and Austrian Jewish Writings after the Shoah. XX. Culture: Russian Germans: Wierling, Dorothee, Lothar Dittmer, Susanne Kutz, and Eva Weikert, eds. Heimat finden: Lebenswege von Deutschen, die aus Russland kommen. XXI. Dictionary: Elementary/Middle School: Billes, Susanne, ed. Hans‐Jürgen Feldhaus, illustrator. Langenscheidt Grundschulwörterbuch Deutsch. XXII. Dictionary: Standard Bilingual: Hueber Wörterbuch Deutsch als Fremdsprache/Learner's Dictionary: German‐English/English‐German. Deutsch‐Englisch/Englisch‐Deutsch. XXIII. Dictionary of Slang: Blasco, Joaquín. Harrap's Pardon my German! Pocket German Slang Dictionary. XXIV. Dictionary of Variability in German‐Speaking Countries: Ammon, Ulrich, Hans Bickel, Jakob Ebner, Heinrich Löffler, Hans Moser, et al. Varientenwörterbuch des Deutschen. Die Standardsprache in Österreich, der Schweiz und Deutschland sowie in Liechtenstein, Luxemburg, Ostbelgien und Südtirol. XXV. Frequency Dictionary: Jones, Randall L, and Erwin Tschirner. A Frequency Dictionary of German: Core Vocabulary for Learners.