Abstract Apparently, German secondary schools (Hauptschulen, Realschulen) do not
succeed sufficiently in providing their pupils with a basis for vocational training. Especially
the linguistic competence at the end of a school career seems to be underdeveloped
compared to the necessary communicative skills in vocational education. As the curricula
(Bildungsstandards) explicitly admit the responsibility of the German lessons for preparing
vocational training, this difference between actual competences and requirements is …