Schreiben im DaF-Unterricht Ein Ziel- oder eine Mittlerfertigkeit

Abstract

Writing in Deutschlessons: A target or an intermediate skill

Although writing, according to the bulk of literature, has multiple meanings, it can be seen as the production of texts, expressing one’s ideas and thoughts in written form. Writing is challenging to learners confronted with a complex set of competences to be implemented. This paper aims to study the status of writing at the tertiary level and to see whether it is dealt with as a product or rather as a means. The major findings tell us that writing skills can serve a variety of educational purposes. In most tasks, writing is an intermediate skill that helps to realize other goals. It can be assumed that writing skills play an important role in German lessons, although writing is communicative writing and goal-oriented only in some situations.