: These extra pages include a reading magazine with additional texts, "film stations" with video-related tasks, and Landeskunde (regional studies) projects. Supplementary Materials for Success

The course consists of 4 modules ( Module ), each containing 6 lessons (3 lessons per unit of two modules). Each lesson is designed for approximately 2–3 teaching hours.

The Menschen series is one of the most widely used German-as-a-Foreign-Language (DaF - Deutsch als Fremdsprache) textbooks globally. It is designed to be a modular, multimedia course that focuses on getting learners to communicate quickly and effectively. The A1 level is split into two volumes: (units 1–6) and A1.2 (units 7–12).