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| LANG0881-1 | Dutch for Management (L3) level 5
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| Duration : | 30h Th |
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| Holder(s) : | Lutgarde Nachtergaele, Baudoin Yans |
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| Coordinator : | Lutgarde Nachtergaele |
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| Language : | French language |
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| Course contents : | This course aims at developing and strengthening communication skills in both everyday and business contexts.
CEFRL levels of the course :
Listening C1
Reading C1
Speaking C1
Lecturing C1
Writing C1
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 6 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 12 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: writing 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: 4 credit course (4 times 24 h = 96h):
class attendance: 24 h
reading, preparation of the exercises and lecture: 48 h
interview: 24 h |
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| Written notes : | Syllabus and Dvd
Kapers op de kust. Een bedrijfsgerichte cursus Nederlands (Part two)
Textbook: Néerlandais. Presse audio (advanced level), De Boeck |
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| Assessment : | 4 credit course (L3 Dutch - optional course):
- listening comprehension (25% of the global mark)
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written exam (25 %): 1) questions on Kapers op de kust 2) vocabulary and contents of the multimedia files
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oral exam:
the oral exam consists of 2 parts: 1) oral presentation of a social, economic or political topic (3/4); 2) presentation of an interview of a person working in a Dutch speaking environment (1/4).
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
This site is managed by L. Nachtergaele and B. Yans. |
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