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ERIC Number: ED388078
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1995-Apr
Pages: 8
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German for Engineers and Scientists: Initiatives in International Education.
Weinmann, Sigrid
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 English, and the more difficult linguistic structures characterizing scientific and technical literature of those fields; active exchange programs with German universities; internships in German industry and university research institutes; pre-departure orientation seminar for both work and study abroad to address student concerns, expectations, potential adjustment problems, and cultural issues; a re-entry workshop to help students synthesize their overseas experiences; a doctoral program in manufacturing and German, including dissertation research in a German university and work in an American company both in the United States and in Germany; and a number of certificates reflecting specialized study. (MSE)
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Speeches/Meeting Papers
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Language: English
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