Study Programmes 2015-2016
LANG1925-1  
German 4
Duration :
30h Th
Number of credits :
Master in economics : general (120 ECTS)3
Master in management (120 ECTS)3
Master in business engineering (120 ECTS)3
Master in management (60 ECTS)3
Master in human resources management (120 ECTS)3
Lecturer :
Marie Mawhin
Language(s) of instruction :
French language
Organisation and examination :
Teaching in the second semester
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Course contents :
In this course, the student will:
1. expand and deepen his knowledge of business German, for the four skills:
  • listening
  • reading
  • speaking
  • writing
2. discover several aspects of business life in Germany.
Main topics:
  • Eine Firma präsentieren (Branche, Produkte, Struktur, Geschichte, Organisation...)
  • professionell telefonieren
  • sich um eine Praktikumsstelle bewerben
  • über Marketingsstrategien sprechen und Verkaufsverhandlungen führen
Learning outcomes of the course :
ILOs: - ability to speak a foreign language (another language than English) (at the end of Master 2: European level B2) - professional capacity for oral and written communication.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
The student should already know German (European level B1).
Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
In the class room:
  • brushing up the grammar rules
  • discovering several chapters of the book (vocabulary, grammar)
  • listening comprehension
  • oral exercises


Home work:
  • grammar and vocabulary exercises (for example on Lol@: online exercises)
  • reading comprehension exercises
  • written exercises


We'll regularly use multimedia engineering.
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
24 hours in the class room + exercises at home and on Lol@.
Recommended or required readings :
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Book and lecture notes:
"Unternehmen Deutsch" - Aufbaukurs, Lehrbuch (Becker / Braunert / Schlenker) (Klett)
Langenscheidt: Grundwortschatz.
Exercises and documents on line on Lol@.
Other documents
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'allemand", De Boeck, 3e édition, 2008.
Assessment methods and criteria :
Individual evaluation.
If the class is not to big, some parts of the exam could be during the semester.
Written exam (in June): 70%: - listening comprehension - grammar and vocabulary - reading comprehension - writing an e-mail
Oral exam: 30%
The student who doesn't take all the parts of the exam will become 0/20 as final mark.
Work placement(s) :
Organizational remarks :
Contacts :
Marie Mawhin, N1, office 215; marie.mawhin@ulg.ac.be ; phone: + 32 (0)4 232 72 75.
Items online :
Cours en ligne
sur Lol@