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The National Socialist Party took control over Germany in the year 1933, which resulted in an emigration wave among those whom had been persecuted by the party. The author Erich Maria Remarque includes this thematic aspect in a series of three novels and Arc of Triumph is one of them. He combines two different perspectives on exile, on the one hand discussing the societies perception on the emigrant and on the other hand analysing the psychological status of the illegal emigrant. In the following article I intend to depict the imagine of an emigrants destiny, as illustrated by the writer and exemplified by his main character Ravic, who is living illegally in Paris in 1938.
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.
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.