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| LANG0810-2 | Business Dutch (L2) level 4
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| Duration : | 30h Th |
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| Holder(s) : | ISLV, Lutgarde Nachtergaele |
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| Coordinator : | Lutgarde Nachtergaele |
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| Language : | Langue néerlandaise |
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| Course contents : | This course aims at developing and strengthening communication skills in both everyday and business contexts.
Course contents:
- explanation & discussion of recent articles / audio or video documents on socio-economic, financial, (inter-)cultural or political topics.
- presentation and discussion of episodes 1 to 5 of Kapers op de kust (story of a SME, business Dutch).
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| Course objective : | Strenghtening communication practice in everyday Dutch.
Mastery of business Dutch in situations requiring oral communication (listening comprehension; speaking) & written communication (reading comprehension, writing documents). |
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| Prerequisites : | Mastery of everyday Dutch & basic "technical" vocabulary (Dutch levels 1 to 3). |
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| Organization : | 2 hours spread over 2 modules (each module consists of 6 weeks).
The 1st module starts on 11/02/08 and ends on 21/03/08.
The 2nd module starts on 28/04/08 and ends on 06/06/08.
The course is mainly organized as a seminar (there are about 30 students in a group) implying the active participation of students.
Students will be asked to prepare (in advance) the exercises and documents on which the course is based.
- oral exercises: debates, conversation clubs, business simulations.
- writing exercises: writing reports, summary of lectures, interviews.
- listening comprehension exercises.
- exercises aiming at developing the acquisition of "technical" vocabulary.
Student work is shared out as following:
3 credit course (3 times 24 h =72h):
Class attendance: 24 h
Reading, preparation of the exercises and study: 48 h |
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| Written notes : | Syllabus and CD-Rom
Kapers op de kust. Een bedrijfsgerichte cursus Nederlands |
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| Assessment : | 3 credit course (L2 Dutch - common curriculum):
- listening comprehension (after the 2nd module; 25% of the global mark)
- written exam (after the 3rd module; 25%): vocabulary of the multimedia files + questions on Kapers op de kust
- oral exam (after the 3rd module; 50%) about the contents of the multimedia files and the training period.
Criteria for evaluation:
- Listening comprehension test:
capacity to understand and formulate the main ideas of a broadcast.
- Written tests:
knowledge of the specific vocabulary and the grammatical structures
accurate language
quality of the contents.
- Oral test:
accuracy and fluency
quality of the contents
capacity to defend one's point of view
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| Contacts : | Lutgarde Nachtergaele, Professor of Dutch:
Lutgarde.Nachtergaele@ulg.ac.be
Baudoin Yans, Professor of Dutch:
Baudoin.Yans@ulg.ac.be |
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