Reading aid
Reading aids (also reading keys ) are books that provide a more comprehensive understanding and better interpretation of literary works . They basically contain a summary of the content and information on the essential aspects of the respective work.
Many reading aids are aimed at students and teachers and appear under frequently read titles in literature classes.
Well-known ranks
- Klett reading assistance in Ernst Klett Verlag , Velcro Lerntraining
- King's Explanations or King's Explanations and Materials in C. Bange Verlag , Hollfeld; older editions with possibly different subtitles
- Lektüreschlüssel in Reclam-Verlag in the series Reclam's Universal Library
- Reading overview at Mentor Verlag
- Oldenbourg interpretations by R. Oldenbourg Verlag
- Interpretation aids in German from Stark Verlag
- Lektürehilfe.de in Schulhilfe Verlag
- Focus. Text in class. and analyzes and reflections with Joachim Beyer, Hollfeld
- School library of the modern and / or texts and interpretations in the publishing house CC Buchner, Bamberg; more recently also with subtitles text and commentary
- Pons reading aid in Pons-Verlag , since 2005, also called "Hörstoff", a media combination: MP3-CD with booklet (60 pages), which contains a graphic interpretation and learning material on the title and author. CD of approx. 90 minutes in a book cover pocket, each containing a dialogical technical discussion. Subjects English and German, Abitur level
Other aids
More comprehensive, as they are not only related to literary works, are learning aids and teaching models that are also produced by many other publishers in a subject-specific manner.
Foreign language series
In the French-speaking world , reading aids are widespread in upper school classes. The rows differ significantly from one another, so that usually only a look helps. Text excerpts are often provided with references to similar motifs or constructions by other authors; or historical data or word explanations are added. Quotes or references from younger authors to the major work discussed are also popular. Ready-made questions make it easier for teachers to work and for students to learn. Examples: the Balises series published by Fernand Nathan; or the Profil series from Verlag Hatier; Both series with numerous subgroups, depending on whether an author as a whole or a famous work is presented, or whether the sub-series is defined in relation to the degree (e.g. Profil- Bac , to prepare for the Abitur).
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Notes and individual references
- ^ A Raisin in the Sun ; A Streetcar Named Desire ; Brave New World ; Danton's death ; Young Werther's sufferings ; The process ; The reader ; The robbers ; Don Karlos (Schiller) ; Effi Briest ; Fahrenheit 451 ; Faust I ; Hamlet ; Macbeth (Shakespeare) ; Moon Palace ; Romeo and Juliet
- ↑ Partly identical to earlier editions of the Klett reading aids, which are supplemented by a German foreword and monolingual or bilingual explanations of words (vocabulary).