«Sprechen Sie Deutsch?» Asylum seekers boost sales of language books
Munich (dpa) - Not everyone in Germany has welcomed the recent influx of migrants to the country with open arms - but the new arrivals mean big business for some.Sales of books for German language learners surged by 30 per cent in 2015, according to the Munich-based market leader, Hueber publishers.That was the year that 1.1 million asylum seekers arrived in the country."At the moment, there is a very different focus placed on ‘German as a foreign language‘ [as a genre]," publisher Michaela Hueber told dpa. Читать дальше...