Contrary last years, using literary texts in foreign language classes are supported increasingly by more linguists. If these texts that have all structural and pragmatic properties of languages are chosen properly, for students groups and the subjects learned, they can influence teaching process positively. The aim of this study adopted a qualitative research method is to create awareness of language in source and target language by doing translation of literary text in classrooms. In line with this purpose in the study, the section studied the imperatives was chosen in the book named AHA (1B). In this study, since the textbook doesn't include any literary texts, the book, Erziehung of Uwe Timm has been used for a translation exercise during the lesson. The entire of poem written in the imperatives has been translated from German to Turkish and structural properties have been characterized. It has been searched that how a contribution using of the educational translation exercise that made of literary texts as a teaching tool will make in German teaching. At the end of the practical lessons in the department of English Language and literature at Kafkas University, it has been seen that the translation exercise made from literary texts in German teaching has enriched learner's thesaurus and structural awareness has occurred in reciprocal languages. Through translation of literary text, learners could have made firm the common and different features of the both languages. It has been seen that through these identified features, structural consciousness has been come into existence in the mutual languages. This consciousness has improved the usage abilities of learners in target language positively.