WHAT CRITERIA DOES A MODERN TEXTBOOK L2 MUST FULFILL FROM AN INTERCULTURAL POINT OF VIEW? THEORETICAL IMPLICATIONS AND PRACTICAL EXPERIENCES

Abstract

The paper looks at the tendencies in the production of textbooks for German as a foreign language (L2) since the establishment of the so called communicative approach. Special attention is paid to the communicative-intercultural model and its implications for the construction of a modern textbook. The aim of the paper is primarily to provide a concrete tool for a more detailed analysis of textbooks from an intercultural aspect with a set of criteria. In order to ensure the applicability of the presented repertoire of criteria, an analysis of one current textbook from the environment was performed.