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The DACH concept is meant to offer both german teachers and german learners a theoretical approach for introducing information about german culture and civilization during language classes. It is based on the idea of pluricentricity, meaning that german language is definded on a cultural level by all places where it is spoken, considering Germany, Austria and Switzerland as it main centers. In the following article various course books and exam training materials are beign analysed with the intent to depict the way this concept is transfered from theory into practice.
Information about culture and civilization has always been an integrated part of the courses for German as a foreign language. In the past few decades were developed several theoretical approaches regarding that aspect, for example the cognitive, the communicative or the intercultural approach. In course books and learning materials the culture and civilization component is most of the times related with the linguistic component, but recently, influenced by the development of the field of cultural studies, the cultural discourse has also become a priority. In the following article my aim is to depict to what extent this paradigm shift on a theoretical level is being reflected in learning materials. While the first part of the article is dedicated to the theoretical aspect, in the second part I intend to analyze examples of exercises and worksheets with regard to the educational objective.