Constructions workers on scaffolding. (Image is in the public domain. Source: Pixabay.)
Instructor(s)
Peter Weise
MIT Course Number
21G.410
As Taught In
Spring 2017
Level
Undergraduate
Course Description
Course Features
Course Description
This course exposes students to current issues and language use in German technology, business, and international industrial relations, and discusses ramifications of these issues in a larger social and cultural context. We seek to prepare students who wish to work or study in a German-speaking country by focusing on specialized vocabulary and systematic training in speaking and writing skills to improve fluency and style and emphasizing communicative strategies that are crucial in a working environment. Discussion and analysis of newspaper and magazine articles, modern expository prose, and extensive use of online material are included. Taught in German.