Language and the World of Work.

Autor/inn/en	Goodwin, June; und weitere
Titel	Language and the World of Work.
Quelle	(1995), (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Business Communication; Business Education; Foreign Countries; French; German; Higher Education; International Trade; Japanese; Languages for Special Purposes; Second Language Learning; Second Language Programs; Uncommonly Taught Languages; France; Germany + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Unternehmenskommunikation; Wirtschaftserziehung; Wirtschaftspädagogik; Ausland; Französisch; Deutscher; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Trade; International relations; Handel; Internationale Beziehungen; Japaner; Japanisch; Sprachhandlungsfähigkeit; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Minderheitensprache; Frankreich; Deutschland
Abstract	Three reports present identification and analysis findings on a business language program offered at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University for the learning of French, German, and Japanese, sponsored by the Department of English. The goal was to teach students the languages so that they may function in foreign company representative offices in Hong Kong. This report offers findings from three summer staff persons on the need for the language training, based on local surveys and actual overseas experience. One staff member reports on work in a French hypermarket chain in France. A second staff member discusses a survey conducted with German companies located in Hong Kong to discover German communication skills needed in Hong Kong; a report of a summer internship in a German mailorder company in Germany is also given. The third report is on the experience in five workplaces in Japan. In conclusion, the need for such a business and language program in Hong Kong is confirmed, and five areas are cited as being most important for review and investigation in order to help students succeed in attaining the working level in their third language that is expected in the workplace. (NAV)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC