„Es ist schwer, ein ganzes Land auf ein paar Eigenschaften und Besonderheiten zu reduzieren“ – Zu nationalen Stereotypen polnischer und deutscher Studierender

Agnieszka Pawłowska-Balcerska

doi:10.19195/0435-5865.147.9

Vol. 147 (2022)

“It is difficult to reduce a country to several characteristics and peculiarities”: On national stereotypes regarding Polish and German students

Agnieszka Pawłowska-Balcerska

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5347-2269

https://doi.org/10.19195/0435-5865.147.9

Pages: 129-140

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Abstract

This article attempts to look at national stereotypes from theoretical and empirical perspectives. First, selected interpretations of the term stereotype are subjected to critical analysis, and then the terms auto- and heterostereotype are discussed. Afterwards, the paper presents the results of a Polish-German tandem project focused on a discussion about how Poles and Germans see themselves and how it compares to the way their neighbours from beyond the Oder River perceive them.

Keywords:

autostereotype, German as a foreign language, intercultural training, heterostereotype, stereotype, tandem, writing skills

Published

03-10-2022

Citation rules

Pawłowska-Balcerska, A. (2022). “It is difficult to reduce a country to several characteristics and peculiarities”: On national stereotypes regarding Polish and German students. Germanica Wratislaviensia, 147, 129–140. https://doi.org/10.19195/0435-5865.147.9