Originally distributed as a handout in connection with a paper on teaching German literature in translation, delivered at the American Association of Teachers of German meeting in Atlanta, Georgia, November 1972. (DD)

Describes a course, taught in English, entitled "Introduction to German Culture," which was designed to meet the needs of students who have visited or plan to visit Germany and want to take a course in its contemporary culture, politics, and social problems. (SED)

Various ways of incorporating area studies into the curriculum are examined. The three approaches mentioned in the title are found impractical. The best approach for the foreign language teacher is to put the language first, and bring in area study items where appropriate. (WGA)

Strategies and considerations for teaching culture to students at the intermediate level of college language study are discussed, and a study of the affective outcomes of cultural models designed specifically for this level is reported. (MSE)

Describes a college course on German culture in which the criterion for the inclusion of any topic in the syllabus is its mention--preferably recurrent--in the German press. Additional emphasis is placed upon the historical background of the current events. Classes are a combination of films, lectures, discussions, and student reports. (SED)

Describes techniques to teach culture in a beginning foreign language class which facilitate understanding of behavioral patterns, attitudes, and value structures, rather than merely providing factual information. These include audiomotor units, minidramas, culture capsules, and role-playing activities. Also discusses how cultural as well as…

Describes the characteristics and types of the modern German dialect poetry "movement." Suggests that there is a place for modern dialect poetry in all three divisions of the contemporary university-level German curriculum, since it lends itself to discussion from the point of view of language, literature, and culture. (SED)

Describes a course--"German Culture and Civilization after 1945"--which is part of a study abroad program in Munich. In addition to classroom lectures, readings, music, art, television, tapes, and video, two hours a week are devoted to materials and information which students gather through interviewing residents of Munich. (SED)

Describes Independent German Language School of Connecticut including founding of school, curriculum, staffing, help from German Language School Conference, and fundraising. Concludes increasing enrollment indicates Saturday school movement is filling gap in teaching German in U.S. and is necessary to promote an alternative method to further…

Discusses the necessity of teaching German culture in English translation and the difficulty of selecting relevant subject matter and appropriate materials. Some guidelines for the structure and content of such courses are suggested. (Text is in German.) (TL)

Nearly all German textbooks currently used in the USA either entirely fail to mention Austria, or else portray it by means of myths, cliches (Apfelstrudel, Sachertorte, Gemuetlichkeit), and often with outright untruths. The American student gets a picture of Austria as an "underdeveloped Disneyland of Europe". (WGA)