Linguaphone German for the Businessman, © Interlang Limited, 1969In early November of last year, I came across an offer on eBayUK for an incomplete set of a Linguaphone German course identified as
“Vtg Linguaphone German Mini Lab Cased Language Course - No Manual” accompanied by a couple of photos, two of which I have posted below.

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Intrigued by the offer, I communicated with the vendor (who was a reseller of odds-and-ends and who knew nothing of the course himself) and, following a delay of two months and a period of agreeable Email communications, purchased the audio cassettes only (the course manuals were missing from the package). I received delivery of the ten audio cassettes in today’s post, digitized the first cassette, played it and, based on the following information, believe that I have identified a heretofore unknown Linguaphone course. Here are the details:
There are 10 audio cassettes in total, each containing two lessons, for a total of 20, the recordings of which are approximately 25 minutes duration each.
The
cassette case liners include the following printed identification:
“Linguaphone Business Services Division Helps British Industry Do Business In Any Language”
“Linguaphone I.C.L.T. Lang. Level. German L.II ” The “German L.II” text is not printed; rather, it is stamped as with a manual rubber stamp.
The
audio cassettes themselves are identified as follows:
“This is a LINGUAPHONE Recorded Cassette.
Language GERMAN L.II” (stamped as with a manual rubber stamp)
Lesson No: 2 (inscribed by hand !!!)
ICLT
Copyright: Linuaphone (Interlang Ltd.) not to be publicly performed …”
On the first cassette, an English speaker introduces the course as follows:
“German for the Businessman, Level Two, Copyright Interlang Limited, 1969” The recording continues as:
“Erste Lextion, erster Teil. Umzug in das neue Haus” The dialogue begins as follows:
Male:
Guten Morgen, Frau Werner! Hoffentlich haben Sie nicht zu lange gewartert. Aber ... Female:
Das macht nichts! In der Zwischenzeit habe ich noch …I have a copy of all of the standard Linguaphone German courses from the 1920s/1930s through to the present, the German for Business course of 1975, and the German Advanced (Aufbau) course and none of the lesson titles nor the initial dialogues in my collection resemble those above.
Would anyone have any information about this little treasure?
EDITED:
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