The AI Prompt – A (New) Text
Type for German as a Foreign
Language (GFL) Teaching?
An Analysis from a Text
Linguistics Perspective Cover Image

Der KI-Prompt – Eine (neue) Textorte für den DAFUnterricht? Eine Analyse aus textlinguisticher Sicht
The AI Prompt – A (New) Text Type for German as a Foreign Language (GFL) Teaching? An Analysis from a Text Linguistics Perspective

Author(s): Maria Parasca
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Foreign languages learning, Language acquisition
Published by: Universitatea »Babes Bolyai« Cluj - Facultatea de St. Economice si Gestiunea Afacerilor
Keywords: Prompt Engineering; German as foreign language; AI prompts; text type;

Summary/Abstract: This paper aims to analyze AI prompts from a linguistic perspective in the context of teaching German as a foreign language, drawing conclusions for university-level teaching practice. Instructions written in the context of communication with artificial intelligence exhibit text-like characteristics and can be classified as a text type. This paper argues for the expansion of the range of text types covered in German as a foreign language teaching to include AI prompts.

  • Issue Year: XXIV/2025
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 48-58
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: German
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