A questionnaire was sent to 260 German-owned companies in the United States to determine to what degree English was adequate for dealings with Germany and to what extent bilingualism for American employees was preferred. Bilingualism was preferable and prevalant. Students need to combine the study of language and another field. (SW)

German business correspondence is an essential part of a business German course because of the difficulties involved in using the required language style and because it is integral to business practice in Germany, Switzerland, and Austria. A recently published text by W. Schmitz and D. Scheiner of the Goethe Institute is reviewed and found to be…

Discusses how to overcome the hurdles of teaching the special language style found in German business correspondence and describes a new approach to teaching business German that uses a computerized support system. (SED)

The development of the University of Rhode Island's International Engineering Program, particularly the German language instruction component, is described. A committee addressed four questions: (1) whether there is tangible evidence that it is desirable for technologists to learn a second language; (2) why engineers avoid foreign language study;…