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| LANG0838-1 | German for management (L3) level beginners 2
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| Duration : | 30h Th |
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| Number of credits : |
| Master in Business Engineering, didactic approach, 2nd year | | Second semester | | 2 |
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| Master degree in Business Engineering, professional Focus in Financial Engineering, 2nd year | | Second semester | | 2 |
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| Master en ingénieur de gestion, à finalité spécialisée en développement de solution créatives, 2nd year | | Second semester | | 2 |
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| Master en ingénieur de gestion, à finalité spécialisée en intrapreneuriat, 2nd year | | Second semester | | 2 |
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| Master in Business Engineering, professional Focus in Supply Chain Management, 2nd year | | Second semester | | 2 |
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| Master en ingénieur de gestion, à finalité spécialisée en performance management systems, 2nd year | | Second semester | | 2 |
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| Lecturer : | Marie Mawhin |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| German language |
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Course contents :
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| 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
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| 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). |
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| Required European level: A1+ / A2-. |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| 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! |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| 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. |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Listening comprehension (20%)
Written exam (50%) (with dictionary)
· - reading comprehension
· - grammar and vocabulary
· - writing an e-mail
Oral exam (30%):
· vocabulary questions
· presentation of the trainee
· job interview (5 questions from a list)
All exams take place after the end of the course (= after 24 hours).
The student who doesn't take all the parts of the exam will become 0/20 as final mark. |
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Contacts :
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| 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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