Examination of teacher and student opinions regarding the applicability of the 2018 German Curriculum in the context of four basic language skills at A1.1 level

This research was conducted to determine the opinions of teachers and students regarding the applicability of the program,which was created by taking into account the four language skills of the 2018 German curriculum.18 high schools, including Science High Schools, Qualified Anatolian High Schools, Anatolian High Schools and Regular High Schools located in the city center of Elazığ affiliated to the Ministry of National Education,participated in the study.The survey questions were applied to German teachers working in these schools and to the 9th,10th and 11th grade students receiving education.The survey items consist of achievements covering the four language skills of 9th grades at A1.1leved in the 2018 German Curriculum.The survey was applied to 33 teachers and 1700 students. SPSS 25.0, one of the package programs,was used for statistical analyses. A 5- point Likert scale was used in the response section of the survey.The book named "Wie Bitte" was selected as the textbook and workbook used by the schools participating in the research, mostly in the 9th grade . In the study,statistically significant differencec were observed between teachers and students in all four language skills. Almost all of the students stated that they were at an average level when evaluating the for language skills. However, teachers made a more positive assessment on this issue and stated that the achievements that included the four language skills were learned at a good level.The results obtained in the German language level exams held in universities support the evaluations of the students, not the teachers. Considering the survey findings, the 2018 German curriculum was inadequate in terms of the four language skills and its applicability. The program should be updated in a short time and a new German curriculum should be created in the long term.