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<p>Information about culture and civilization has always been an integrated part of the courses for German as a foreign language. In the past few decades were developed several theoretical approaches regarding that aspect, for example the cognitive, the communicative or the inter-cultural approach. In course books and learning materials the culture and civilization component is most of the times related with the linguistic component, but recently, influenced by the development of the field of cultural studies, the cultural discourse has also become a priority. In the following article my aim is to depict to what extent this paradigm shift on a theoretical level is being reflected in learning materials. While the first part of the article is dedicated to the theoretical aspect, in the second part I intend to analyze examples of exercises and worksheets with regard to the educational objective.</p>
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Information about culture and civilization has always been an integrated part of the courses for German as a foreign language. In the past few decades were developed several theoretical approaches regarding that aspect, for example the cognitive, the communicative or the inter-cultural approach. In course books and learning materials the culture and civilization component is most of the times related with the linguistic component, but recently, influenced by the development of the field of cultural studies, the cultural discourse has also become a priority. In the following article my aim is to depict to what extent this paradigm shift on a theoretical level is being reflected in learning materials. While the first part of the article is dedicated to the theoretical aspect, in the second part I intend to analyze examples of exercises and worksheets with regard to the educational objective.

Landeskunde im DaF-Unterricht: kognitiv, kommunikativ, interkulturell oder diskursiv?

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Information about culture and civilization has always been an integrated part of the courses for German as a foreign language. In the past few decades were...

Landeskunde im DaF-Unterricht: kognitiv, kommunikativ, interkulturell oder diskursiv?

Published Online: Dec 30, 2021

Page range: 245 - 259

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/gb-2021-0014

Keywords
teaching methods, German as a foreign language, culture and civilization, course books

© 2021 Alexandra Nicolaescu, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Landeskunde im DaF-Unterricht: kognitiv, kommunikativ, interkulturell oder diskursiv?

Published Online: Dec 30, 2021

Page range: 245 - 259

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/gb-2021-0014

Keywordsteaching methods, German as a foreign language, culture and civilization, course books

© 2021 Alexandra Nicolaescu, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Keywords
teaching methods, German as a foreign language, culture and civilization, course books