Abstract:
Since the 1980s the increasing demand for the acquisition of the German language has
grown in the Sri Lankan educational system with the growth of Tourism sector in Sri
Lanka. The National Institute of Education (NIE) in cooperation with the Ministry of
Education has implemented a new curriculum for all subjects of the G.C.E. Advanced Level
in Sri Lanka to be implemented within seven years. For this reason, since 2010 the
curriculum was implemented with the course book `Wir I-III` for the G.C.E. A/L German
subject.
This study inquires the question how the present curriculum for A/L German is
didactically related to media concept of the textbook. Two questionnaires, one for the
German A/L students and another one for the German A/L teachers are focused to gather
primary data and the three government schools such as Royal College Colombo,
Maliyadeva Balika Vidyalaya Kurunegala, and Karunarathna Buddhist College, Ragama are
selected to collect the required data. In order to more objectively assess the subjective
appraisal of teaching materials and the selection of a criterion is to be submitted for the
textbook analysis. Therefore, in this study, the prescribed textbook ``Wir`` is analyzed
using the criteria of Funk 2004, which contains 12 quality areas, since this compact
assessment catalog is very relevant to the problem presentation of this study. The
question "Is it necessary to implement a new teaching program and new textbook for
Advanced Level German in Sri Lanka?" is answered in the conclusion. The proposals and
criticisms of the study will be especially adjuvant for the preparation of new curriculum
implementation and also for the German teachers and learners in Sri Lanka.
