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ERIC Number: ED293344
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1987-May
Pages: 7
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The Austrian-American Teamwork Approach to Business German.
Carels, Peter C.
Miami University's summer student exchange program with the Vienna School of Business and World Trade brings together American and Austrian students for six weeks on the Ohio campus. The Austrian students study primarily marketing and management but also English, technical and business writing, foreign languages, history, political science, economics, environmental studies, and sports. They are enrolled as guest auditors in regularly-scheduled classes and also have special activities arranged for them. The university derives a number of benefits from the program, including internationalization of the student body, international good-will, recruitment of future full-time foreign students, and the participation of the Austrian students as German language conversation partners for American students of German. As a result, healthy summer German enrollments have evolved where there were none previously. The Austrian students are given a list of conversation topics and information about potential American partners before their arrival and have some choice in selecting their partners and topics. Students are reassured that they need not be experts on any subject, and are sworn to use only German during the interviews. The Austrian students evaluate their American partners. The program has been well received in its 13 years. (MSE)
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Speeches/Meeting Papers
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Language: English
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