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| LANG0827-2 | Business Dutch (L2) level 5
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| Duration : | 30h Th |
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| Holder(s) : | Lutgarde Nachtergaele, Baudoin Yans |
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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 and discussion of recent articles/audio or video documents on socio-economic, financial, (inter-)cultural or political topics.
- presentation and discussion of episodes 5 to 10 of Kapers op de kust (story of a SME, business Dutch)
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| Course objective : | Strenghening communication practice in everyday Dutch.
Mastery of business Dutch in situations requiring oral communication (listening comprehension; speaking) and written communication (reading comprehension, writing letters and documents) |
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| Prerequisites : | Mastery of everyday Dutch and good knowledge of "technical" vocabulary (Dutch levels 1 to 4). |
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| 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, presentations, conversation clubs.
- writing exercises: reports, letters or a CV, 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 lecture: 48 h |
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| Written notes : | Syllabus and CD-Rom
Kapers op de kust. Een bedrijfsgerichte cursus Nederlands (Part two) |
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| Assessment : | 3 credit course (L2 Dutch - common curriculum):
- listening comprehension (after the 2 modules; 25% of the global mark)
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written exam (25 %):
- after the first module: questions on Kapers op de kust
- after the 2 modules: vocabulary and contents of the multimedia files
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oral exam (50%): after the 2 modules: oral presentation of a social, economic or political topic.
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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| Remarks : | website (miscellaneous exercises, useful links):
http://www.udi.hec.ulg.ac.be/cours/webpagina
site on the intranet:
http://www.udi.hec.ulg.ac.be/cours/nederlands
These sites are managed by L. Nachtergaele en B. Yans. |
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