"Land der Berge, Land der Seen": Zum Oesterreichbild in amerikanischen Deutsch-Lehrbuechern ("Land of Mountains, Land of Lakes": On the Picture of Austria Presented by German Textbooks in the USA).

Koppensteiner, Juergen

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Publication Date: 1978

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"Land der Berge, Land der Seen": Zum Oesterreichbild in amerikanischen Deutsch-Lehrbuechern ("Land of Mountains, Land of Lakes": On the Picture of Austria Presented by German Textbooks in the USA).

Koppensteiner, Juergen

Unterrichtspraxis, v11 n2 p20-25 Fall 1978

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)

Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Cultural Education, Cultural Images, Ethnic Stereotypes, German, Language Instruction, Stereotypes, Textbook Bias, Textbook Content

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: German

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Identifiers - Location: Austria

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