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Download full textDimas, Héctor Manuel Serna – English Language Teaching, 2019
This study intends the validation of an instructional design on intercultural communicative competence (ICC) in the beginning levels of German, French, Italian, Portuguese, and English in the Modern Languages program at EAN University in Colombia. The design constituents: language integration, oral production, fieldwork activities, and a…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Communicative Competence (Languages), Cultural Awareness, Introductory Courses
Peer reviewedFischer, Gerhard – Babel: Journal of the Australian Modern Language Teachers' Associations, 1992
A professionally oriented language course at the University of New South Wales (Australia) is described that is designed for students who have studied German in high school and wish to continue studying it to enhance their employment prospects. Both linguistic proficiency and German business culture are emphasized. (LB)
Descriptors: Business Communication, College Second Language Programs, Cultural Awareness, Employment Opportunities
Read, David – 1988
The 5-week French Business Language and Environment Program at the Nantes Graduate School of Business is intended for overseas students of any country with at least a good intermediate level of general French language proficiency, or for language faculty wishing to acquire French business language and concepts and gain exposure to the case method…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Business Communication, College Second Language Programs, Cultural Awareness
Urabe, Sadako – 1995
An innovative curriculum at New York University (NYU) for teaching business Japanese is described. Theoretical foundations for the approach used are reviewed, including research on language simplification and comprehensible input for classroom learning, the concept of importing the real world into classroom interaction, the role of specific tasks…
Descriptors: Business Communication, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, College Second Language Programs
Becker, Claudia A. – 1994
The redesign of a course on German business, taught at the University of Illinois at Chicago, is described. The course, intended for both undergraduate and graduate German majors, initially described and defined German institutions and common business practices and explored differences in historical and cultural backgrounds. Course revision…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Business Communication, College Second Language Programs, Course Content
Tomizawa, Sadatoshi – 1991
In recognition of a need in the Buffalo area, the State University of New York at Buffalo (SUNY-Buffalo) established the Japanese Language and Culture Program for Business People and Students (JLCP) within the university's Center for Critical Languages. JLCP is a 3-year, 6-semester certificate program open to anyone with at least a high school…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Business Communication, College Faculty, College Second Language Programs
Whelan, Raymond E. – 1986
The ideal foreign language business course would be a cooperative effort between the business school and the foreign language department, prepare students for any of the five proficiency levels in the French Chambre de Commerce et d'Industrie de Paris test, be designed for the American working in France, and have a balanced international trade…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Business Communication, College Second Language Programs, Consumer Economics
Gonzalez, Ann – 1990
As part of a communicative approach and to provide non-linguistic information to students, authentic videotape recordings were incorporated into the summer intensive Spanish course in the University of South Carolina's master's program in international business. Students were introduced to the tapes by first seeing segments without sound, both to…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Business Communication, College Second Language Programs, Cultural Awareness
Nakajima, Setsuko – 1992
"Application Performance," a supplemental drill in the Japanese language program at Oregon State University, is described as a way to develop students' communicative competence. The approach is a type of role play, with pairs of students preparing a dialogue according to a situation provided by the instructor and then performed in class.…
Descriptors: Business Communication, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, College Second Language Programs
Peer reviewedMcKinney, Kitzie – ADFL Bulletin, 1987
Recommendations for integrating instruction in business and foreign languages to prepare future business workers to deal with increasing need for international business-related exchange include: exchange with business instructors abroad; insight into other countries' cultural traditions; and exposure to native speakers. (CB)
Descriptors: Audiolingual Skills, Business Communication, Business Skills, College Second Language Programs
Sell, John W.; And Others – 1991
A program at the College of Wooster (Ohio) in commercial language and international business is described. The program was undertaken with private funds and within the context of a traditional liberal arts college. It has three main curricular goals: (1) additional training of language instructors for language courses that would include the…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Business Administration Education, Business Communication, College Second Language Programs
Weinmann, Sigrid – 1995
The Michigan Technological University program in German area studies is described. The program is designed for science and engineering students at both undergraduate and graduate levels. Its components include: a 1-year scientific German sequence, stressing specialized vocabulary, reading skills, use of reference materials, translation into…
Descriptors: Business Communication, College Second Language Programs, Cross Cultural Training, Cultural Awareness
St. Martin, Gerry – 1995
A Salisbury State University (Maryland) program integrating intensive French language and business administration instruction is described. In its pilot, the program had 11 students, all but 1 drawn from French language classes; one was a native speaker. The French portion was taught in the morning by two French professors, and the business…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Business Communication, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques
