German Language Proficiency among Students of Business and Management in the Czech Republic and its Perception

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="https://www.degruyter.com/view/j/danb.2014.5.issue-3/danb-2014-0010/danb-2014-0010.xml" target="_blank" >https://www.degruyter.com/view/j/danb.2014.5.issue-3/danb-2014-0010/danb-2014-0010.xml</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/danb-2014-0010" target="_blank" >10.2478/danb-2014-0010</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

German Language Proficiency among Students of Business and Management in the Czech Republic and its Perception

Original language description

This paper presents the results of an empirical study designed to map German language proficiency among students at Czech universities of business and management. The results of this empirical survey can be summarised as follows. First, the ability of students at Czech universities of business and management to communicate in German is poor, and exceeds the general German language proficiency of the Czech population only to an insignificant extent. Second, the school environment (the opportunity to learn the language, compulsory subject, language study motivation) has a decisive influence on the respondents ability to communicate in German. Third, nearly three-quarters of the respondents perceive German as a language that is very or rather important for their profession and career growth. Fourth, almost two-thirds of the respondents consider the role played by a university of business and management in the improvement of German language proficiency rather or very important. In conclusion, the study proposes directions for the potential development of the national educational system in the area of German language proficiency of university graduates in business and management in the Czech Republic, with an emphasis on the concept of content and language integrated learning (CLIL).

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_SC - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the SCOPUS database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50602 - Public administration

Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2014

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Danube

ISSN

1804-6746

e-ISSN

1804-8285

Volume of the periodical

5

Issue of the periodical within the volume

3

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

27

Pages from-to

173-200

UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-84929553794