The relative importance of content-oreinted teaching materials in German universities and public schools is examined in this survey of language textbooks and teaching methods. It is noted that despite a growing interest in structural linguistics at the university level, school grammars are primarily content-oriented and based on Hans Glinz's "The Inner Form of German." Teacher training in the methodology of grammar instruction largely takes place after the student leaves the university with the assistance of master teachers. (RL)