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Study programmes 2010-2011Last update : 11/04/2011
LANG0830-2  German for management (L2) level beginners 2
Duration :  30h Th
Credits/ECTS :  
Master in Economical Sciences, didactic approach, 2nd yearToute l'année3
Master in Management Sciences, didactic approach, 2nd yearSecond semester3
Master in Management Sciences, didactic approach, 2nd yearToute l'année3
Master in Management Sciences, professional Focus in Entrepreneurship, 2nd yearSecond semester3
Master in management Sciences, professional focus in management, 2nd yearSecond semester3
Holder(s) :  Marie Mawhin
Language :  German language
Course contents :  IMPORTANT: teaching languages: French and German.

Main subjects:
  • understanding and using titles and functions
  • describing the business of an enterprise
  • designating the relevant person or service
  • describing a graph
  • understanding an organisation chart, a memo, an activity report
  • making a phone call
  • ordering and paying in a restaurant
  • understanding directions
Course objective :  C1. Acquisition of every day but also of business vocabulary and of essential grammar rules to be able to communicate.

C1. Information about some intercultural aspects and about business-life in Germany.

P2. Oral drills to acquire the studied communication structures.

P2. Ability to write some short texts in German based on patterns

P3. Ability to understand oral and written messages in German (mainly business situations).
Prerequisites :  German for management level beginners 1.
Organization :  Methodology:

A1. Presentation of several chapters of the book by the teacher (vocabulary, grammar rules, several aspects of business life in Germany)

A2. Exercises in the multi-media lab and the language lab, on line exercises (Lola) and work to do in class and at home to improve the listening and reading skills but also to lead the students to basic oral and written communication.

A3. Individual exercises (with the teacher's help)

Please regularly check Lol@ for new information!
Written notes :  Book and lecture notes:
As in the first year :
Macaire, Dominique and Nicolas, Gerd : Wirtschaftsdeutsch für Anfänger. Grundstufe. (Intertaal, 2. Auflage, 2004).

Lecture notes: "Langue allemande pour le management - niveau débutants 1".

An addendum will be handed out by the teachers at the beginning of the course.

Exercises and documents on line on Lol@.

Other documents

CD with the book "Wirtschaftsdeutsch", press articles, listening activities.

Recommended books

A translating dictionary, for example Harrap's or Langenscheidt.

A grammar book, for example: H. DREYER and R. SCHMITT: Grammaire allemande avec exercices. Hueber, or : H. BOUILLON: "Grammaire pratique de l'étudiant", De Boeck, 3e édition, 2008.
Assessment :  E1: prepared listening comprehension (10 %)
E2: unprepared reading comprehension; oral exam (based on the situation studied during the year); vocabulary (45%)
E3: unprepared listening comprehension; prepared oral presentation; written essay(with dictionary) (45 %)


All exams take place after the end of the course (= after 24 hours).
Contacts :  Marie Mawhin, N1, office 215; marie.mawhin@ulg.ac.be ; phone: + 32 (0)4 232 72 75 (HEC-ULg); + 32 (0)4 252 12 53 (home).


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