Stereotype aus linguistischer und didaktischer Sicht. Stereotypisierungen in ausgewählten Lehrwerken für DaF
Stereotype aus linguistischer und didaktischer Sicht. Stereotypisierungen in ausgewählten Lehrwerken für DaF

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the article is to discuss the concept of a stereotype and to present the problem of stereotyping in the context of foreign language teaching. The theoretical part deals with the problem of how to define a stereotype and with its function in linguistics as well as in the light of the intercultural character of teaching. Stereotypes – perceived as „pictures in our head“ – are individual cognitive structures resistant to any changes, which, on the one hand, makes it possible to organize the reality mentally but, on the other hand, does not allow for its fully accurate reconstruction. Later in the article, the author presents and compares examples of stereotypes in selected German textbooks.

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