Target group: Participants in literacy courses in Germany and abroad: primary and functional illiterates as well as second language learners. Training book for Schritte plus Alpha Neu 1 with exercises, self-evaluation tests, reading texts, and visualized vocabulary. Supplementary to the course book and for self-study at home. Schritte plus Alpha Neu specifically provides learners without any prior knowledge with basic literacy and elementary German skills in the oral domain (language instruction without writing). The three-volume teaching material meets the curricular requirements of the BAMF for the Basic Alpha Course.