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| LANG0827-2 | Business Dutch (L2) level 5
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| Duration : | 30h Th |
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| Number of credits : |
| Master in Economical Sciences, didactic approach, 2nd year |  | Second semester |  | 3 |
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| Master in Management Sciences, didactic approach, 2nd year |  | Second semester |  | 3 |
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| Master en sciences de gestion, à finalité spécialisée en banking and asset management, 2nd year |  | Second semester |  | 3 |
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| Master en sciences économiques, à finalité spécialisée en développement de solution créatives, 2nd year |  | Second semester |  | 3 |
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| Master en sciences économiques,orientation générale, à finalité spécialisée en economics and finance, 2nd year |  | Second semester |  | 3 |
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| Master in Management Sciences, professional Focus in Entrepreneurship, 2nd year |  | Second semester |  | 3 |
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| Master en sciences de gestion, à finalité spécialisée en financial analysis and audit, 2nd year |  | Second semester |  | 3 |
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| Master en sciences de gestion, à finalité spécialisée en développement de solution créatives, 2nd year |  | Second semester |  | 3 |
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| Master en sciences économiques, orientation générale, à finalité spécialisée en economic analysis and public governance, 2nd year |  | Second semester |  | 3 |
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| Master en sciences de gestion, à finalité spécialisée en management humain et organisation, 2nd year |  | Second semester |  | 3 |
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| Master en sciences de gestion, à finalité spécialisée en management des entreprises sociales, 2nd year |  | Second semester |  | 3 |
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| Master degree in management Sciences, professional focus on Strategic Intelligence and Marketing, 2nd year |  | Second semester |  | 3 |
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| Lecturer : | Lutgarde Nachtergaele, Baudoin Yans |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| Dutch language |
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Course contents :
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| 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. |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| 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 and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| B2/C1 level of the CEFRL
Mastery of everyday Dutch and good knowledge of "technical" vocabulary. |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| 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, role-plays, 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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Recommended or required readings :
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| Syllabus and Dvd
Textbook: Néerlandais. Presse audio (advanced level), De Boeck |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| 3 credit course (L2 Dutch - common curriculum):
- listening comprehension (25% of the global mark)
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written exam (25 %): vocabulary and contents of the multimedia files
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oral exam (50%): oral presentation of a social, economic or political topic + roleplay
All tests are compulsory. If the student doesn't present one of the three tests, he obtains 0/20 as a global mark.
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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Organizational remarks :
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| 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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Contacts :
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| Lutgarde Nachtergaele, Professor of Dutch:
lutgarde.nachtergaele@ulg.ac.be
Baudoin Yans, Professor of Dutch:
baudoin.yans@ulg.ac.be |
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