To help students master material in the text, the Study Guide provides these study and review features:

Grammar in a Nutshell sections, cross-referenced to analyses in the text, briefly summarize essential grammatical points. Frequently, diagrams are used to clarify important concepts.

Programmed Exercises, with answers provided, enable students to instantaneously check their mastery of the grammatical "nutshells."

Laboratory Exercises, keyed to each unit, can be used for individual work in conjunction with the audio program or for further oral drill in the classroom.

Additional Exercises, printed on perforated pages, provide ample source for homework and review assignments.

Additional Readings, new to the Fourth Edition, can be used to supplement readings in the text. In addition to several cultural reading, prose and poetry selections by Bichsel. Brecht, Rilke, Goeths, and Schmidt-Ingelheim, among other authors, are included.