Thesis (MA) -- Stellenbosch University, 1998. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: During my work as a lecturer in "German as a foreign language" at the
University of Zululand I have experienced that African students often
understand German texts in a different way than I, coming from a European
background, would have expected. According to the research on text reception,
differences in understanding texts are the result of different reader
characteristics of which the socio-cultural background forms an important
component.
This thesis examines the socio-cultural background of Zulu students and aims
to show how it influences their understanding of German texts.
The necessary data is obtained by way of a comparative empirical investigation
which is enhanced by personal observations made while teaching German to
African learners. The investigation is based on a German advertisement. The
control groups consist of South African students at the Universities of
Natal/Durban and Stellenbosch as well as students in Germany at the
University of Kassel.
The investigation is concluded by a discussion of the implications that the
socio-cultural background of Zulu students can have on the teaching of
"German as a foreign language" and on intercultural communication. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Gedurende my werks,aamheidas dosent in die vak "Duits as vreemde taal" aan
die Universiteit van Zululand het ek ondervind dat Swart studente dikwels
Duitse tekste heeltemal anders verstaan as wat ek, as iemand met Europese
agtergrond, sou verwag het. Navorsing oar teks-resepsie skryf resepsieverskille
toe aan verskillende lesereienskappe waarvan die sosio-kulturele
agtergrond 'n belangrike komponent vorm.
Hierdie tesis ondersoek die sosio-kulturele agtergrond van Zoeloe-studente en
probeer aantoon hoe dit die resepsie van Duitse tekste be'invloed.
Die nodige inligting hiervoor word verkry deur middel van 'n vergelykende
empiriese ondersoek. Dit word aangevul deur persoonlike waarnemings wat ek
gedurende die onderrig van Duits aan Swart studente gemaak het. Die
ondersoek is gebaseer op 'n Duitse advertensie. Die kontrolegroepe bestaan
uit studente aan die universiteite in Natal/Durban en Stellenbosch in Suid-
Afrika en in Duitsland aan die Universiteit van Kassel.
In die slotgedeelte word die implikasies uitgewys wat die sosio-kulturele
agtergrond van Zoeloe-studente op die onderrig van "Duits as vreemde taal" as
oak op interkulturele kommunikasie kan he.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:sun/oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/50985 |
| Date | 12 1900 |
| Creators | Bodenstein, Eckhard W. |
| Contributors | Kussler, R, Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences. Dept. of Modern Foreign Languages. |
| Publisher | Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | de_ZA |
| Detected Language | Unknown |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | 111 p. : ill. |
| Rights | Stellenbosch University |
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