Schulz, Renate A. ; Haerle, Birgit M. (1996)
Beer, Fast Cars, and ...: Stereotypes Held by U.S. College-Level Students of German.
In: Zeitschrift für Interkulturellen Fremdsprachenunterricht : ZIF, 1 (2)
Artikel, Bibliographie
Dies ist die neueste Version dieses Eintrags.
Kurzbeschreibung (Abstract)
Foreign language educators generally agree that an important objective of foreign language instruction is the lessening of preconceived stereotypical images regarding the target culture, and a broadening of perspectives regarding humankind and its cultural diversity in general. One would hope that with increasing fluency in a language, and increased exposure to German speakers, authentic texts, and culture-specific contexts and information, students would also develop an increasingly sophisticated and critical perspective of a country and its people - a perspective which is based more on knowledge, observation, and critical of present-day phenomena than on preconceived, simplistic stereotypical notions. Stereotypes, however, are part of the human information processing system and as such are hard to avoid. In the following, we will outline various theoretical explications of stereotype formation, and then present the results of a study which investigates stereotypes held by U.S. students vis-à-vis Germany and Germans. We will conclude with a brief discussion of the pedagogical implications of stereotype formation based on insights from social psychology.
| Typ des Eintrags: | Artikel |
|---|---|
| Erschienen: | 1996 |
| Autor(en): | Schulz, Renate A. ; Haerle, Birgit M. |
| Art des Eintrags: | Bibliographie |
| Titel: | Beer, Fast Cars, and ...: Stereotypes Held by U.S. College-Level Students of German |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Publikationsjahr: | 1996 |
| Ort: | Darmstadt |
| Verlag: | Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Darmstadt |
| Titel der Zeitschrift, Zeitung oder Schriftenreihe: | Zeitschrift für Interkulturellen Fremdsprachenunterricht : ZIF |
| Jahrgang/Volume einer Zeitschrift: | 1 |
| (Heft-)Nummer: | 2 |
| Zugehörige Links: | |
| Kurzbeschreibung (Abstract): | Foreign language educators generally agree that an important objective of foreign language instruction is the lessening of preconceived stereotypical images regarding the target culture, and a broadening of perspectives regarding humankind and its cultural diversity in general. One would hope that with increasing fluency in a language, and increased exposure to German speakers, authentic texts, and culture-specific contexts and information, students would also develop an increasingly sophisticated and critical perspective of a country and its people - a perspective which is based more on knowledge, observation, and critical of present-day phenomena than on preconceived, simplistic stereotypical notions. Stereotypes, however, are part of the human information processing system and as such are hard to avoid. In the following, we will outline various theoretical explications of stereotype formation, and then present the results of a study which investigates stereotypes held by U.S. students vis-à-vis Germany and Germans. We will conclude with a brief discussion of the pedagogical implications of stereotype formation based on insights from social psychology. |
| Sachgruppe der Dewey Dezimalklassifikatin (DDC): | 400 Sprache > 400 Sprache, Linguistik |
| Fachbereich(e)/-gebiet(e): | 02 Fachbereich Gesellschafts- und Geschichtswissenschaften 02 Fachbereich Gesellschafts- und Geschichtswissenschaften > Institut für Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft 02 Fachbereich Gesellschafts- und Geschichtswissenschaften > Institut für Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft > Sprachwissenschaft - Mehrsprachigkeit |
| Hinterlegungsdatum: | 02 Aug 2024 12:55 |
| Letzte Änderung: | 02 Aug 2024 12:55 |
| PPN: | |
| Export: | |
| Suche nach Titel in: | TUfind oder in Google |
Verfügbare Versionen dieses Eintrags
-
Beer, Fast Cars, and ...: Stereotypes Held by U.S. College-Level Students of German. (deposited 28 Sep 2023 10:46)
- Beer, Fast Cars, and ...: Stereotypes Held by U.S. College-Level Students of German. (deposited 02 Aug 2024 12:55) [Gegenwärtig angezeigt]
 |
Frage zum Eintrag |
Optionen (nur für Redakteure)
 |
Redaktionelle Details anzeigen |
Drucken
Impressum