POSSIBLE VARIABILITY IN TEACHING GRAMMAR IN REGIONAL TEACHING BOOKS OF GERMAN AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE

Abstract

The paper is devoted to the content analysis of regional (Russian) textbooks of German as a foreign language conducted in the framework of studying for the Degree of Bachelor of German Philology at theUniversityofVienna. The paper examines the presentation of examples illustrating the use of subordinate clauses with the conjunction dass in three school-level textbooks of German as a Foreign Language („Academic school textbook” by I. Bim, “Wunderkinder” by O. Radchenko, “Mosaik” by N. Gal’skova), concluding that the authors use different linguodidactic concepts. The aim is to draw this to the teachers’ attention and to encourage the modification and optimisation of lessons in this subject. Research has shown that not all the textbooks adhere to a strict polarization within the concept (explicitnessimplicitness; deductive-inductive etc.), which indicates their potential of conceptual openness, of which the teacher could derive maximum benefit in a particular context and for a specific audience.

Keywords

• textbook content analysis, critique and/or evaluation
• local vs. global textbooks
• german as a foreign language