Feature film as an educational tool in developing multicultural communication skills: The issue of the Turkish minority in Germany

Abstract

Feature film as an educational tool in developing multicultural communication skills: The issue of the Turkish minority in Germany The goal of this paper is to stress the increasing importance of multicultural aspects in language education. Acquisition and development of multicultural competence must be a natural component of language teaching. This paper focuses on multiculturalism in German‑speaking countries, especially on the Turkish minority in Germany. It aims at finding an answer to the question how the plot of a feature movie may be used not only as language training material, but also as a source of culture specific information about a multicultural community.

Keywords

• multiculturalism
• multicultural competence
• globalization of culture
• feature film
• foreign languages teaching