Word: berlitz
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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Emphasis in the Department of Romance Languages rests on literature rather than on proficiency in speaking the language. "The department is not a Berlitz school," explained LeRoy C. Breunig, assistant professor of Romance Languages and Literatures...
Richardson said that the Berlitz schools in Germany are now using TIME in their courses, and that an English instructor told him: "We find it the very best means of acquainting our students with the American idiom." That idiom, however, is often baffling. Says Richardson: Even our German employees find many phrases in TIME puzzling and come to us to have them translated. Some questions : "What does this expression 'get cracking' mean?" "What is a Toni?" "What are daisy hams?" "Why do you say 'cool' cash?" "What kind of man is a square...