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| LANG0255-1 | German for management
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| Duration : | 60h Th |
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| Holder(s) : | Marie Mawhin |
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| Language : | Langue française |
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| Course contents : | Globalization makes it for every manager necessary to communicate with foreign business partners. The course aims to increase the knowledge and the know-how developed by the student in 1th and 2nd bachelor, as well with regard to linguistic aspects (structures, specific vocabulary) as to the knowledge of the German (business) culture.
Subjects (not exhaustive list):
- Business partners' reception
- Transport and logistics
- Sale and distribution
- Trade fairs
- Import-export
- Preparation for a traineeship in Germany |
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| Course objective : | C1. Learning specific vocabulary
C1. Informations about business life in Germany and about some intercultural aspects.
P2. Oral and spoken drill exercises to fix the structures and the vocabulary.
P3. Written and oral production exercises. |
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| Prerequisites : | German courses level 1 and 2. |
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| Workshops : | During the summer semester, with Mr. David Homburg. It will make it possible to work in smaller groups and to adapt the course to possible level differences of the students (because of the Socrates stay). |
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| Organization : | A1. Presentation by the teacher of different aspects of the business life in Germany (vocabulary and economic and cultural aspects).
A2. Exercises in the multi-media lab, in the language lab, on-line (Lola), in the classroom and at home to develop the 4 skills (writing, reading, speaking and listening skills).
A3. Discussions; oral presentations.
Student work:
In the classroom: 60 hours
Work at home (grammar, writing, reading exercises): 15 hours
Work at home with the book "L'allemand économique et commercial": 15 hours
Learning: 15 hours
Reading press articles: 15 hours
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| Written notes : | Books and lecture notes
BRAUNERT, Jörg et SCHLENKER, Wolfram: Unternehmen Deutsch, Aufbaukurs (Klett Verlag, 2006).
BOELCKE, Jürgen, STRAUB, Bernard et THIELE, Paul: L'allemand économique et commercial, nouvelle édition (Pocket, Langues pour tous, 2004) + 2 CD listening comprehension (Centrale des cours).
Lecture notes: "Syllabus d'allemand niveau 3" (Centrale des cours + on line on Lol@)
Exercises and documents on line on Lol@.
Other documents:
TV-broadcasts; press articles; CD with "Unternehmen Deutsch".
Recommanded books:
Translating dictionary, for example Harrap's or Langenscheidt
Grammar book, for example H. DREYER et R. SCHMITT: Grammaire allemande avec exercices. Hueber, or : H. BOUILLON: "Grammaire pratique de l'allemand", De Boeck, 2e édition, 2001. |
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| Assessment : | E1: prepared listening comprehension (cf. book "L'allemand économique et commercial"; prepared German-French translation; oral questions about the course = 30 %
E2: French-German translations (specific vocabulary): 15 %
E3: not prepared listening comprehension; written expression; oral presentation of press articles: 55 %
Written exam and listening comprehension: in May or June, 150 minutes.
Oral exam: in May or June. |
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| Contacts : | Marie Mawhin, N1, office 215; marie.mawhin@ulg.ac.be ; phone: + 32 (0)4 232 72 75.
David Homburg, N1, office 215; david.homburg@ulg.ac.be ; phone: + 32 (0)4 232 72 74 |
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| Items online : |
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| Online-Campus HEC-Ecole de Gestion |
| Practical informations, exercises, documents. |
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