December 28th, 2008
Europe: English is necessary but not always sufficient in business
Europe: There are more than 4,000 Europeans building a nuclear power plant here – Poles, Germans, French, Finns, Swedes. What’s the language spoken on the work site? English, even though none are native English speakers. “When you only communicate with people in English, you only get a certain level of what’s going on,” said Marie-Luise Gaettens, chair of the foreign languages department at Southern Methodist University.
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