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Deutschlandbilder 2006 zusammengestellt von Hannelore Müller Fachberaterin Kanada/Ost Zentrale für das Auslandsschulwesen August 2006 Deutschland – Land der Ideen Die Kanzlerin Einwanderungsland Deutschland Ich habe Wurzeln … • • • • • • …in den USA …in Kasachstan …in Polen …in Kroatien …in Griechenland …in Mexiko …in Schweden …im Irak …in der Türkei …in Mexiko …im Iran …in Italien Grundschule Hammersbeck Bremen Einsteinchen/Die Seite mit der Maus Think of Germany ….and you might picture a cuckoo clock, one of our better known inventions. Now think again and picture a MP3 player, a modern technology also invented in Germany, and now providing musical delights to millions … Der Bundestag im • Reichstagsgebäude Berlin Zukunft als Rückspiegel? Deutschland in Europa Toronto Star, 3.10.2006 • More than 1,100 companies of German-speaking countries have subsidiaries in the U.S. and Canada. More than 750 U.S. companies do business in Germany. A knowledge of German improves your chances in the job market and will facilitate international placements at the senior management level of international companies. 60% of polled companies would choose someone with German literacy over an equally qualified monolingual candidate. • • • • • AT UNIVERSITY German is essential in the understanding of music, art, architecture and design; consider, for example, the influence of the German Bauhaus School on the skyline of Chicago, or the contributions of Bach, Beethoven and Brahms. At university, a reading knowledge of German is valuable in chemistry, physics, biology, engineering, psychology, philosophy, international law and archaeology; for philosophy, you can’t do without Nietzsche, Marx Freud and Jung.COMMUNICATION German has become the most widely used language of communication of both Western and Eastern Europe; it is also the sixth most commonly spoken language in the world.GERMAN IS EASY ! German and English are sisters! Many words are the same or very similar and the grammar is logical. Discover this fascinating new language for yourself! • • • • • • German is for a new breed of thinkers, artists, scientists, journalists and travellers. BUSINESS Germany is the most powerful country in Europe both politically and economically. If your future finds you in Foreign Affairs, International Trade or Defense, German is a must. Germany is the third largest industrial nation. Germany is Canada’s 4th largest trading partner after the US, Japan, and the UK. 68% of all Japanese students study German. One of the largest German language schools is in Seoul, Korea.SURF ! After English, German is the second most commonly found language on the internet. Germany is one of the top three nations in the research and development of high-tech products.TRAVEL Germans have one of the highest per capita incomes in the world; they are therefore the biggest tourism spenders in the world. German can also be helpful when travelling through Spain, Greece, Scandinavia, the Netherlands, parts of France, Italy, and all Eastern European countries, since a large part of the population there has an understanding of the language.RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT Germany is the world’s largest contributor to research and development, outspending Canada 10 to 1, thus making it an essential source of R&D in agriculture, medical and health research, non-nuclear energy, the environment, information and communication technologies. • USE GERMAN IN YOUR JOB