Sprachenwahl und Sprachkenntnisse zukünftiger Ökonomen in Finnland: Am Beispiel der Hanken School of Economics in Vaasa

Margit Breckle

Sprachenwahl und Sprachkenntnisse zukünftiger Ökonomen in Finnland: Am Beispiel der Hanken School of Economics in Vaasa

Subject German, Vaasa

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Abstract

This paper deals with language choice in terms of languages other than English and language skills of future economists at the Hanken School of Economics in Vaasa/Finland. German is the most frequently chosen language, followed by Spanish. With focus on German, it is investigated (i) how the future economists assess their own German skills, (ii) what objective language skills
they have in German and (iii) what the relationship is between objective German skills and length of previous German language instruction. The paper shows that at the beginning of their studies at the Hanken School of Economics in Vaasa, the future economists attest themselves “no” to “very good knowledge” of German. The objective German language skills, measured by the C-test-based onSET Deutsch, typically increase from course level to course level. However,
there is quite a large variation within each of the course levels German I, German II and German III. There is a tendency for objective German language skills to improve with the length of previous German language instruction. Nevertheless, it is possible that individual future economists achieve a better global language competence in German after two years of previous German language instruction than others after eight or nine years.

Original language	German
Title of host publication	Työelämän viestintä IV, Arbetslivskommunikation IV, Workplace Communication IV, Kommunikation im Berufsleben IV
Editors	Heli Katajamäki, Mona Enell-Nilsson, Hannele Kauppinen-Räisänen, Liisa Kääntä, Harri Salovaara
Place of Publication	Vaasa
Publisher	VAKKI ry
Publication date	2021
Pages	11-28
ISBN (Print)	978-952-69732-0-3
ISBN (Electronic)	978-952-69732-0-3
Publication status	Published - 2021
MoE publication type	A3 Book chapter

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Name	Vakki Publications
Number	13
ISSN (Print)	2242-6841
ISSN (Electronic)	2242-685X

Keywords

612,1 Languages
518 Media and communications

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Breckle, M. (2021). Sprachenwahl und Sprachkenntnisse zukünftiger Ökonomen in Finnland: Am Beispiel der Hanken School of Economics in Vaasa. In H. Katajamäki, M. Enell-Nilsson, H. Kauppinen-Räisänen, L. Kääntä, & H. Salovaara (Eds.), Työelämän viestintä IV, Arbetslivskommunikation IV, Workplace Communication IV, Kommunikation im Berufsleben IV (pp. 11-28). (Vakki Publications; No. 13). VAKKI ry . https://vakki.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/WCIV2021A1.pdf

Breckle, Margit. / Sprachenwahl und Sprachkenntnisse zukünftiger Ökonomen in Finnland: Am Beispiel der Hanken School of Economics in Vaasa. Työelämän viestintä IV, Arbetslivskommunikation IV, Workplace Communication IV, Kommunikation im Berufsleben IV . editor / Heli Katajamäki ; Mona Enell-Nilsson ; Hannele Kauppinen-Räisänen ; Liisa Kääntä ; Harri Salovaara. Vaasa : VAKKI ry , 2021. pp. 11-28 (Vakki Publications; 13).

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Breckle, M 2021, Sprachenwahl und Sprachkenntnisse zukünftiger Ökonomen in Finnland: Am Beispiel der Hanken School of Economics in Vaasa. in H Katajamäki, M Enell-Nilsson, H Kauppinen-Räisänen, L Kääntä & H Salovaara (eds), Työelämän viestintä IV, Arbetslivskommunikation IV, Workplace Communication IV, Kommunikation im Berufsleben IV . Vakki Publications, no. 13, VAKKI ry , Vaasa, pp. 11-28. <https://vakki.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/WCIV2021A1.pdf>

Sprachenwahl und Sprachkenntnisse zukünftiger Ökonomen in Finnland: Am Beispiel der Hanken School of Economics in Vaasa. / Breckle, Margit.
Työelämän viestintä IV, Arbetslivskommunikation IV, Workplace Communication IV, Kommunikation im Berufsleben IV . ed. / Heli Katajamäki; Mona Enell-Nilsson; Hannele Kauppinen-Räisänen; Liisa Kääntä; Harri Salovaara. Vaasa: VAKKI ry , 2021. p. 11-28 (Vakki Publications; No. 13).

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Breckle M. Sprachenwahl und Sprachkenntnisse zukünftiger Ökonomen in Finnland: Am Beispiel der Hanken School of Economics in Vaasa. In Katajamäki H, Enell-Nilsson M, Kauppinen-Räisänen H, Kääntä L, Salovaara H, editors, Työelämän viestintä IV, Arbetslivskommunikation IV, Workplace Communication IV, Kommunikation im Berufsleben IV . Vaasa: VAKKI ry . 2021. p. 11-28. (Vakki Publications; 13).