“Great technology, football and...”: Malaysian language learners’ stereotypes about Germany
Abstract: This study focuses on stereotypes about Germany, its culture and people, held by learners of German in a big public university in Malaysia. It examines not only the stereotypical representations of the target language country but also assesses its favourability and salience, which has not...
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| description | Abstract: This study focuses on stereotypes about Germany, its culture and people, held by learners of German in a big public university in Malaysia. It examines not only the stereotypical representations of the target language country but also assesses its favourability and salience, which has not been done previously. The findings revealed that the students’ stereotypes about Germany were varied and diverse. Also, they were overwhelmingly positive. The top three salient categories of images about Germany were related to technology, famous personalities – for the most part football players and scientists – and cars. The findings also indicated that very few references had been made to German culture and to its great cultural figures. The results of the present study suggest that students could benefit from a wider and deeper exposure to German culture in the language classroom.
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| spelling | um.eprints-119632015-01-13T06:51:36Z http://eprints.um.edu.my/11963/ “Great technology, football and...”: Malaysian language learners’ stereotypes about Germany Nikitina, L. Mohd Don, Z. Loh , S.C. L Education (General) LB2300 Higher Education P Philology. Linguistics PB Modern European Languages PD Germanic languages Abstract: This study focuses on stereotypes about Germany, its culture and people, held by learners of German in a big public university in Malaysia. It examines not only the stereotypical representations of the target language country but also assesses its favourability and salience, which has not been done previously. The findings revealed that the students’ stereotypes about Germany were varied and diverse. Also, they were overwhelmingly positive. The top three salient categories of images about Germany were related to technology, famous personalities – for the most part football players and scientists – and cars. The findings also indicated that very few references had been made to German culture and to its great cultural figures. The results of the present study suggest that students could benefit from a wider and deeper exposure to German culture in the language classroom. University of São Paulo 2014-12 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.um.edu.my/11963/1/2014_Pandaemonium_Germanicum-pg-17-24-00154.pdf Nikitina, L. and Mohd Don, Z. and Loh , S.C. (2014) “Great technology, football and...”: Malaysian language learners’ stereotypes about Germany. Pandaemonium Germanicum, 17 (24). pp. 154-174. ISSN 1982-8837, DOI doi.org/10.1590/1982-8837154174 . http://www.scielo.br/pdf/pg/v17n24/1982-8837-pg-17-24-00154.pdf doi.org/10.1590/1982-8837154174 |
| spellingShingle | L Education (General) LB2300 Higher Education P Philology. Linguistics PB Modern European Languages PD Germanic languages Nikitina, L. Mohd Don, Z. Loh , S.C. “Great technology, football and...”: Malaysian language learners’ stereotypes about Germany |
| title | “Great technology, football and...”: Malaysian language learners’ stereotypes about Germany |
| title_full | “Great technology, football and...”: Malaysian language learners’ stereotypes about Germany |
| title_fullStr | “Great technology, football and...”: Malaysian language learners’ stereotypes about Germany |
| title_full_unstemmed | “Great technology, football and...”: Malaysian language learners’ stereotypes about Germany |
| title_short | “Great technology, football and...”: Malaysian language learners’ stereotypes about Germany |
| title_sort | great technology football and malaysian language learners stereotypes about germany |
| topic | L Education (General) LB2300 Higher Education P Philology. Linguistics PB Modern European Languages PD Germanic languages |
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