University of Liege | Version française
Academic year 2014-2015Value date : 12/05/2015
LGER0010-3  Dutch Language 2

Duration :  30h Th
Number of credits :  
Bachelor in Ancient Languages and Literatures, Classics, 3rd year5
Bachelor in Modern Languages and Literatures, German, Dutch and English, 2nd year4
Bachelor in modern languages and literatures, general orientation, 2nd year4
Bachelor in Ancient Languages and Literatures: Oriental Studies, 3rd year5
Bachelor in Translation and Interpreting, 2nd year4
Lecturer :  Julien Perrez
Language(s) of instruction :  
Dutch language
Organisation and examination :  
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Course contents :  
This course has two main objectives: on a theoretical level, it aims at analysing some syntactic constructions that are particularly problematic for French-speaking learners of Dutch; on a practical level, its aim is to further develop the communication skills (both receptive and productive skills) of the students in Dutch.
In the theoretical part, we will tackle some syntactic constructions that are particularly problematic for French-speaking learners of Dutch, including er, pronominal adverbs and passive constructions..
 In the practical part, we will train the communicative skills of the students by organizing the following activities:
  • reading and listening comprehension exercises;
  • vocabulary tests;
  • essay-writing;
  • transcription of a TV-report; 
  • the collection of a newspaper file
Learning outcomes of the course :  
At the end of this course, the students will be able:
  • to describe general principe of Dutch syntax;
  • to describe and explain how word the syntactic constructions we discussed work in Dutch;
  • to analyze these constructions in an original article;
  • to write a coherent essay on a general topic (B2 level)
  • to understand specialized texts (B2+ level)
  • to follow a natural conversation in Dutch (B2 level)
to fluently speak Dutch (B2 level)
Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :  
Having earned the ECTS credits for the following courses:
Planned learning activities and teaching methods :  
The course includes formal lectures which will be as interactive as possible on the one hand and practical sessions on the other.
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :  
Face-to-face mode of delivery
Alternation of theoretical (1h/week) and practical sessions (1h/week).
Recommended or required readings :  
Lecture notes will be made available after each course.


Reference books (for the theoretical part) are:
  • Haeseryn, W., Romijn, K., Geerts, G., De Rooij, J. & Van Den Toorn, M. (1997).Algemene Nederlandse Spraakkunst. Martinus Nijhoff/Wolters Plantijn, Gronin- gen/Deurne. Disponible en ligne: http://ans.ruhosting.nl/e-ans/index.html.
  • Smedts, W. & W. Van Belle (2003).Taalboek Nederlands. Kapellen: Uitgeverij Pelckmans.
  • W. Van Belle, B. Lamiroy, W. Van Langendonck, K. Lahousse, P. Lauwers, I. Van Canegem-Ardijns & K. Van Goethem. Grammatica Nederlands voor Franstaligen (CGF). Disponible en ligne:http://wwwling.arts.kuleuven.be/NGF_N/NGF_NL.htm
Assessment methods and criteria :  
The evaluation will include a written and an oral exam. In addition to the exams, two evaluation sessoins will be organized during the semester.¿¿The written exam will include:¿
  • questions tackling the theoretical part;
  • questions focusing on the application of the theoretical concepts to concrete cases;
  • a writing task (essay writing);
  • a reading comprehension task;
  • a writing comprehension task.
The oral exam will include:¿
  • the linguistic analysis of the newspaper file;
  • the vocabulary of the newspaper file;
  • the content of the neswpaper file (discussion);
  • the vocabulary form the tanscription task 
  • the content of the transcription task (discussion).
The final mark will be calculated as follows:¿
  • theoretical part (20%). written and oral exams;
  • lexical knowledge (20%). examinations during the semester, newspaper file, transcription and any other material treated in class
  • receptive skills (20%). written exam
  • speaking skills (20%). oral exam
  • writing skills (20%). written exam
Note: if the students fail for one of these parts, they will fail for the whole course.
Work placement(s) :  
Organizational remarks :  
Dutch will be used for all course interactions.
Contacts :  
Julien Perrez Département de langues et littératures modernes Place Cockerill 3 Office: A2/5/17 (5è étage du bâtiment A2) Tel.: +32 4 3665837 Julien.Perrez@ulg.ac.be
Office hours: - Tuesday's from 9 to 11
Any question related to the course should be posted on the forum of the eCampus platform.
The students will use Dutch for all communication with the professor.

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