German: F–10 Sequence / Levels 9 and 10 / Understanding / Role of language and culture
Content description
Understand that language and culture are interrelated and that they shape and are shaped by each other
Elaborations
reflecting on the experience of moving between cultures in and out of school, in local and virtual environments, and through the experience of learning and using German
reflecting on how learning German has impacted on own assumptions about German language, culture or identity and on awareness of own communicative and cultural behaviours and of how these may be interpreted by others, for example, Früher dachte ich, dass die Schweizer …Jetzt verstehe ich, dass…
analysing how language use and culture reflect and shape relationships, practices and attitudes, such as expressions and concepts in German related to education, social equality, national identity and commitment to world peace, for example, Ausbildung/Erziehung; Nationalismus/Heimat; those related to Ausländer in German-speaking countries and those within Germany, such as Nord–Süd/Ost–West (Ossi/Wessi)
