„Viel Lärm um nichts?“ Fachsprachenlehrwerke im Spannungsfeld zwischen Theorie und Praxis. Eine vergleichende Analyse berufs- und fachbezogener DaF-Lehrwerke aus dem Bereich Wirtschaft

Abstract

Through a comparative analysis of DaF-textbooks (DaF= Deutsch als Fremdsprache: German as a Foreign language) of “business German” and “professional German” I explore in this article as to what extent general language and special language textbooks differ from one another. This study not only highlights similarities and differences in the explored textbooks but also opens up a new perspective on the problems, which arise through the very particular requirements of special language textbooks. The outcome of my study implies that, although special language textbooks differ from general textbooks in their conceptualization, in fact their differences to general language textbooks tend to be marginal.