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Peer reviewedWilliams, Esther L. – Change, 1978
Georgetown's School of Languages and Linguistics is the only one in the Western hemisphere recognized by the Swiss-based International Association of Conference Interpreters. Its certification program and students are described. (LBH)
Descriptors: Certification, Communicative Competence (Languages), Higher Education, Language Fluency
Rodriguez, Cecilia M. – 1991
Increased international business and technological advances that speed business communication are affecting the expectations that business has for translators. More companies are asking translation agencies to translate such items as English business letters, advertising campaigns, flyers, brochures, and technical manuals into other languages,…
Descriptors: Advertising, Business Communication, Communicative Competence (Languages), Costs
Hickey, Joseph – 1988
One teacher's experience in providing individualized instruction in English to a manager in the German coal mining industry is reported. The highly motivated manager required specialized skills in English for communicating with foreign visitors who were either members of the industry or lay people. The manager brought with him to the first meeting…
Descriptors: Administrators, Business Communication, Business English, Case Studies
Download full textDefense Language Inst., Monterey, CA. – 1960
Book four, part one, of an intermediate-advanced level German refresher course for college students is presented. The volume consists of 25 lessons of text material and 50 prerecorded tapes. A typical lesson with its two accompanying tapes is made up of interrogation, military terminology drill, and a comprehension test. The materials of the first…
Descriptors: Audiotape Recordings, Communicative Competence (Languages), Dialogs (Language), German
Kohonen, Viljo, Ed.; Nummenmaa, Liisa, Ed. – 1976
This special issue consists of the following seven articles on communicative competence: (1) "Psycholinguistics and Language Teaching," by Elisabeth Ingram; (2) "Current Trends in Language Teaching at the C.R.A.P.E.L.," by Philip Riley; (3) "Who Needs a Teacher? - An Alternative to the 'Conversation Class'," by Ken…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Skills, Audiovisual Aids, Communicative Competence (Languages), Conversational Language Courses
Defense Language Inst., Monterey, CA. – 1960
Book four, part two, of an intermediate-advanced level German refresher course for college students is presented. The volume consists of 25 lessons of text material and 50 prerecorded tapes. A typical lesson with its two accompanying tapes is made up of interrogation, military terminology drill, and a comprehension test. The materials of the first…
Descriptors: Audiotape Recordings, College Second Language Programs, Communicative Competence (Languages), Dialogs (Language)
Carroll, John B. – 1977
The purpose of this paper is to review research in the general area of linguistic abilities that might have relevance to the selection and training of translators and interpreters. An important issue to be addressed is what is the criterion of success, that is, how can success in translation and interpretation be measured? The procedures used in…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Communicative Competence (Languages), Evaluation Criteria, Individual Characteristics
