Author’s name:
Tatyana Malysheva
Abstract:
The article examines the possibility of using German TV programs in order to raise cultural awareness and background knowledge of students majoring in foreign languages and linguistics. With this objective, it explores several genres of documentary TV and news programs available on German television and discusses their potential for expanding students’ cross-cultural and sociolinguistic competence.
| Section | CROSS-CULTURAL COMMUNICATION AND FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING. TOPICAL ISSUES IN EDUCATION |
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| Key words | background knowledge, sociocultural competence, documentary TV, news program, sociocultural portrait. |