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Study programmes 2008-2009Last update : 29/06/2009
LANG0819-2  Business Dutch (L3) level 4
Duration :  30h Th
Credits/ECTS :  
Master in Management Sciences, in-depth approach, 1st yearPremier quadrimestre4
Master in Management Sciences, didactic approach, 1st yearPremier quadrimestre4
Master in Management Sciences, professional Focus in Entrepreneurship, 1st yearPremier quadrimestre4
Master in Management Sciences, professional Focus, 1st yearPremier quadrimestre4
Master en sciences de gestion, à finalité spécialisée en management, 1st yearPremier quadrimestre4
Holder(s) :  Lutgarde Nachtergaele, Baudoin Yans
Language :  Langue néerlandaise
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).
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, roleplay).
Prerequisites :  Mastery of everyday Dutch & basic "technical" vocabulary (Dutch levels 1 to 3).
Organization :  2 hours spread over 2 modules (each module consists of 6 weeks).

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: written reports, summary of lectures.
  • listening comprehension exercises.
  • exercises aiming at developing the acquisition of "technical" vocabulary.
Student work is shared out as following:

4 credit course (4 times 24 h =96h):
Class attendance: 24 h
Reading, preparation of the exercises and study: 48 h
Roleplay: 24h
Written notes :  Syllabus and CD-Rom
Kapers op de kust. Een bedrijfsgerichte cursus Nederlands
Assessment :  3 credit course (L2 Dutch - optional course):

  • listening comprehension (after the 2 modules; 25% of the global mark)
  • written exam (25%):
- after the first module: questions on Kapers op de kust

- after the 2 modules: vocabulary of the multimedia files

  • oral exam (50%)
- roleplay during the 2nd module (1/4 of the mark for the oral exam)
- oral examination after the 2 modules about the multimedia files and the dissertation project (3/4 of the mark for the oral exam).

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
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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