DER DAF-STUDIENGANG IN ALGERIEN: HERAUSFORDERUNGEN UND NEUE BERUFSPERSPEKTIVEN
GERMAN STUDIES (DAF) IN ALGERIA: CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS FOR FUTURE CAREERS

Summary/Abstract: The present article outlines the current challenges facing the German as a foreign language program in Algeria, given the severely limited career opportunities available to its graduates. The declining demand for German teachers in secondary schools, the dominance of French, and new strategic measures for promoting English as first foreign language have more or less marginalized the field of German studies in the Algerian higher education landscape. In addition, many Algerian high school graduates today choose to study German as a foreign language not because of their intrinsic motivation, but rather due to the lack of study alternatives. Against this background, this article analyzes firstly the tension between university-based German programs and employment opportunities and demonstrates how the existing current curricula are negatively impacting the attractiveness of the field program of German. Based on empirical analysis of existing curricula, particularly at the master's level, the current curricula are reconstructed and subjected to critical analysis. Building on this, concrete reform proposals for curricular renewal are then discussed. This contribution focuses on strengthening the integration of the German as a foreign Language program with more practice-oriented job profiles such as interpreting, translating and language services providing, but also with other sectors such as business and tourism, where development of the sector is forecast for Algeria and offers interesting career opportunities. The focus of the considerations is on specifying possible fields of work, from expanding and renewing new master's profiles to non-university collaborations, which can also make a decisive contribution to increasing the employability of German as a Foreign Language graduates in the Algerian labor and lending new long-term relevance to German as a Foreign Language in the higher Educational landscape.

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