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Zeng, Zhini; Jia, Junqing – Foreign Language Annals, 2023
A great deal of research has recognized the necessity of receiving proper predeparture training for being able to truly benefit from international internship experiences. However, few researchers have taken the next step by exploring how domestic programs could pedagogically and psychologically prepare students for their professional experiences…
Descriptors: Professional Identity, Chinese, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
McKnight, Phil – 2001
This paper describes a college-level course on global economics in German, taught jointly by professors from the economics and German departments, designed to teach students business German. Students are assigned the books and other materials relating to global economics in English and required to present a report on what they read to the class in…
Descriptors: Business Communication, College Students, Economics, German
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Strand, Dana – French Review, 1984
A French course for graduate students and professors preparing for field work in West Africa is described. Difficulties included defining the context for the language's use, time constraints, and learners' job-orientation and tendency to set their own standards of performance. Students' preexisting knowledge of the subject was an advantage. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Faculty, Course Descriptions, Field Studies, Foreign Countries
de Castaneda, Viann Pedersen – 1988
Concordia College (Minnesota) has established a global studies curriculum that encourages the development of a global perspective in future business leaders. Global perspective is seen as having five dimensions: (1) perspective consciousness; (2) "state of the planet" awareness; (3) cross-cultural awareness; (4) knowledge of global…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Business Administration Education, Cross Cultural Training, French
Bousquet, Gilles – 1986
An internship program in France, through which a group of French and business students from an American university spent 4 weeks in a medium-sized business, is described. The program's origins, development, and structure are reviewed, and the obstacles to implementation and their resolutions are discussed. Choices made and lessons learned from…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Business Communication, College Second Language Programs, French
Grandin, John M. – 1988
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;…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Engineering Education, German, Higher Education
Funston, Richard – 1988
To address the economy's growing reliance on international business, San Diego State University has recently introduced a program in international commerce. The program was developed by packaging coursework in three existing areas: business administration, language training, and area studies. Although still in its infancy, the international…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Higher Education, Intensive Language Courses, Interdisciplinary Approach
Sakakibara, Yoshitaka – 1990
The Japanese specialization of the University of South Carolina's (USC) Master of International Business Studies (MIBS) program includes a 6-month internship at a foreign or Japanese company in Japan. While foreign companies in Japan are receptive to the assistance American student interns provide, promoting such internships to Japanese companies…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Business Administration Education, Business Communication, Education Work Relationship
Raffield, Barney T., III – 1986
Most students in multinational business and foreign language internships are applying their knowledge and language skills for the first time, and look to their faculty internship supervisor for encouragement, support, help, and correction of errors. They also regard the supervisor as the critical link between theory and practice. The faculty…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Business Communication, College Second Language Programs, Evaluation Methods
Iwamura, Susan Grohs – 1986
Student experiences in an exchange program linking the University of Hawaii and the Graduate School of Business in Lyon, France illustrate the positive impact of foreign internships. The students were enrolled in internship programs in travel industry management. The reports written by the students reveal that the experiences have affected the…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Case Studies, College Second Language Programs, College Students
Yamashita, Margaret Y. – 1993
The program of the Japan-American Institute of Management Sciences (JAIMS) in Hawaii, a nonprofit graduate-level institution intended to support training for cross-cultural business leadership, is described and discussed. Two curricula, the Japan-focused Master of Business Administration program and the Japan-focused Management Program are offered…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Business Communication, Classroom Techniques, Cross Cultural Training
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
Voght, Geoffrey M., Ed. – 1983
A collection of 11 papers from the third part of the conference on the applications of foreign language and international studies to business concentrates on international exchange and study abroad programs. The papers include the following: "The University of South Carolina's Master's in International Business Studies Program" (Margit…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Business Administration Education, College Second Language Programs, Cooperative Education
Sakakibara, Yoshitaka – 1988
The University of South Carolina added the Japanese specialization to its Master of International Business Studies (MIBS) program in 1982. The small group of students in the 3-year specialization are chosen competitively from a large applicant pool. While no Japanese language knowledge is required for entry to the program, many students have some…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Business Communication, College Second Language Programs, Foreign Countries
Voght, Geoffrey M., Comp. – 1986
Forty-five conference papers are presented in six sections: getting started in languages for special purposes (concerning teaching, curriculum development, finding, and resources); Spanish for business and the professions; French for business and the professions; other languages (English as a second language, German, Arabic, Mandarin Chinese, and…
Descriptors: Arabic, Business Administration Education, Business Communication, Cultural Context
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