Greetings Formulas in German as a Second Language Textbooks in Republic of North Macedonia

Abstract

Greetings Formulas (hereinafter: GF) along with the Formulae of Introduction are the first communicative phraseological units (hereinafter: CFU) that the foreign language learner encounters during the foreign language acquisition. GF reveal greatly about the manners of the sender, as well as about the relationship between the interlocutors, as well as about the occasion when those greetings are used. Foreign language learners are being introduced with different CPU both in textbooks and in foreign language classes during FL classes in elementary school. The purpose of this research is to examine the types of GF comprised in German as a second foreign language textbooks in Republic of North Macedonia and, based on the excerpted examples, to make a comparison between GF at two levels: in primary and secondary education.