The following study examines what kind of texts learners encounter in different textbooks, if these texts are constructed or authentic (already published), and if this has, or can have, any meaning for the learningprocess of the students. The chosen textbooks, Das Dach 4 (2007), Genau! 4 (2008), Der Sprung! 4 (2011) and Alles Deutsch: oder was? 9 (2016), are analysed with a comparative method and with a literaturedidactic theoretic framework. The study determined that most textbooks only have a small amount of authentic texts and that an even smaller amount are both authentic and literary. One of the textbooks diverse from the others, as about half of the total amount of texts are authentic. In all of the textbooks most of the authentic texts are stories, poems, songs and recipies, and the most common texts overall are stories and dialogs. In contrast to the curriculum for german as a second language in Sweden, none of the textbooks had a play in it. To most of the authentic texts there are no tasks at all. The teacher can therefore choose how the students are supposed to work with the texts and what kind of competences are supposed to be fostered and developed. The study also shows that the texts and their tasks mainly are supposed to foster the learners' verbal skill and their textual understandig. The discussion indicates that reading can foster the language skills of the students, and shows that it is possible that reading not only developes the skill of textual understanding, but also understanding for the structure of the language itself.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:su-179829 |
| Date | January 2019 |
| Creators | Tombrock, Anna |
| Publisher | Stockholms universitet, Institutionen för slaviska och baltiska språk, finska, nederländska och tyska |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | German |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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