Kielivalinnat

Business Students' Choices of Foreign Languages

​Do internationalisation strategies and student motivation meet?

Foreign language skills and plurilingualism have had a high priority at Finnish universities for a long time, especially at the business schools. Functional skills in foreign languages are necessary both in future working life and for successful research or work periods abroad. 

Publications

> Final report: Grasz, Sabine; Schlabach, Joachim, 2011, Business students' choices of foreign languages. TSE KRE-1:2011

Grasz, Sabine; Schlabach, Joachim, 2012, Attitudes and motivational factors behind Finnish business students' choices of foreign languages. Language Learning in Higher Education (CercleS) 1: 2. doi.org/10.1515/cercles-2011-0019.