Abstract:

The close relationship between language and culture has influenced the foreign language teaching. Nowadays, the culture of the target country is considered important in foreign language teaching. Especially, the intercultural approach which has been effective since the middle of the eighties, places the teaching of culture and information about the target country at the center of foreign language teaching. However, the course books that are used as basic teaching material in foreign language teaching in schools are sometimes not sufficient for culture teaching. In addition to course books, movies are among the most important materials that can be used in culture teaching. As the movies are both visual and auditory materials, they have many advantages in foreign language and culture teaching. In this study which was used descriptive method, it was analyzed the German movie named “Kückückskind” in the context of the “Intercultural Approach” with the aim of determining how the movies would contribute to culture teaching in German lessons. Due to the fact that the movie focuses on Turkish and German family life, it includes many cultural elements in it. Primarily, it was explained how movies should be used in foreign language lessons, and then cultural contents in selected scenes were evaluated. It is also explained with examples, which exercises should be used in culture teaching with movies. As a result of the analyses, it was observed that the movie named “Kückückskind” reflected the preconceptions about the Turkish and German culture and provided a comparison between the two cultures. Additionally, this movie provides also the opportunity to compare the Turkish people who live in Turkey and Germany. Consequently, the movie will contribute to culture teaching in German lessons with these cultural contents.

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