LANG1933-1 : Elementary German 1

Study Programmes 2015-2016

LANG1933-1

Elementary German 1

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

Lecturer :

Sylvia Deroose, Marie Mawhin

Coordinator :

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 :

IMPORTANT: teaching languages: French and German.
Master students will soon be on the job market and know better what they would like to do. They may realize that they will need German in their future career. In two years, this course aims at giving the students a basic knowledge of the German language. It's priority is efficient communication (rather than grammatical perfection) and the acquisition of German business vocabulary. We'll also try to introduce the students to some aspects of business life in Germany.

Learning outcomes of the course :

ILOs: - ability to speak a foreign language (another language than English) (at the end of Master 2: European level A2+) - professional capacity for oral and written communication (basic level).
At the end of Master 2, the student will be able to professionaly communicate in German, orally and in writing. He/She will be able to: - understand and write an e-mail, an basic text - understand a basic conversation, a phone call - give a basic presentation - take part in a basic professional conversation

Prerequisite knowledge and skills :

The student should be able to understand French. No previous knowledge in German.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods :

Methodology:

Discovering several chapters of the book by the teacher (vocabulary, grammar rules, several aspects of business life in Germany)
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.
Individual exercises (with the teacher's help), for example: writing a cv, answering questions in a hiring interview, ...

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" - Grundkurs, Lehrbuch (Becker / Braunert / Schlenker) (Klett)
Lecture notes: « Allemand élémentaire 1» by the Centrale des cours (rue Louvrex).
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.
Written exam: 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@