University of Liege | Version française
Academic year 2014-2015Value date : 12/05/2015
LANG1932-1  Advanced Dutch 4

Duration :  30h Th
Number of credits :  
Master degree in Economics, research focus, 1st year5
Master in Management Sciences, in-depth approach, 1st year5
Master degree in Economics, teaching focus, 1st year5
Master degree in Management, didactic approach, 1st year5
Master degree in Management, professional focus in Banking and Asset Management, 1st year5
Master degree in Business Engineering, professional focus in Performance Management and Control, 1st year5
Master en sciences de gestion à finalité spécialisée en digital marketing and sales management, 1st year5
Master degree in Economical Sciences, Professional Focus in Economic Policies and Analysis, 1st year5
Master degree in Economics, professional focus in Economics and Finance, 1st year5
Master degree in Business Engineering, professional focus in Financial Engineering, 1st year5
Master degree in Management, professional focus in Entrepreneurship, 1st year5
Master degree in Management, professional focus in Financial Analysis and Audit, 1st year5
Master in Management Sciences, professional Focus, 1st year5
Master degree in Economics, professional focus in Economic Analysis and Public Governance, 1st year5
Master degree in Management, professional focus in Human Management and Organization, 1st year5
Master in Management Engineering, professional Focus, 1st year5
Master degree in Business Engineering, professional focus in Intrapreneurship, 1st year5
Master degree in Management, professional focus in Management, 1st year5
Master en sciences de gestion, à finalité spécialisée en marketing and strategic intelligence, 1st year5
Master degree in Business Engineering, professional focus in Modelisation and Technologies, 1st year5
Master degree in Management, professional focus in Social Entreprise Management, 1st year5
Master degree in Management, professional focus in Strategic Intelligence and Marketing, 1st year5
Master degree in Business Engineering, professional focus in Supply Chain Management, 1st year5
Master degree in Business Engineering, professional focusin Performance Management Systems, 1st year5
Master degree in Management5
Master in Human Resources Management, Professional Focus, 1st year5
Lecturer :  Lutgarde Nachtergaele
Language(s) of instruction :  
French language
Organisation and examination :  
Teaching in the second semester
Course contents :  
This course aims at developing communication skills both in 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.
Learning outcomes of the course :  
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) - The student will be able to understand broadcasts and newspapers articles and to communicate with native speakers on specific subjects of the social and economic life. - He will also be able to express his opinion about contemporary topics and to develop arguments.


He will therefore largely attain level B2 of the KLO.
Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :  
B2 level of the CEFRL Mastery of everyday Dutch and good knowledge of more specific vocabulary.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods :  
  • oral exercises: debates, presentations, roleplays, conversation clubs.
  • writing exercises: writing reports, letters or a CV, summary of lectures, texts with arguments.
  • listening comprehension exercises.
  • exercises aiming at developing the acquisition of "technical" vocabulary.
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :  
The course is mainly organized as a seminar (there are about 25 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.

Student work is shared out as following: 5 redit course (5 times 24 h = 120h): class attendance: 24 h reading, preparation of the exercises and studying: 96 h
Recommended or required readings :  
Syllabus Multimedia files and Dvd Handbook: Néerlandais. Presse audio, De Boeck Editions, 2010 (advanced level)
Assessment methods and criteria :  
Written exam (1/4 of the global mark) Listening comprehension test (1/4 of the global mark) Oral exams (1/2 of the global mark): this part includes the participation in the class, the oral exercises during the semester and the oral presentation at the end of the semester.
If the student is absent or does not present one of those different tests, he obtains 0/20 as a global mark.
Work placement(s) :  
Organizational remarks :  
Contacts :  
Lutgarde Nachtergaele, P.hd and professor for the Dutch language (office 210, N1, rue Louvrex, 14) lutgarde.nachtergaele@ulg.ac.be

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