Study Programmes 2016-2017
LANG1944-1  
Dutch 5
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 human resources management (120 ECTS)3
Lecturer :
Nicole Engelen, Lutgarde Nachtergaele
Coordinator :
Nicole Engelen
Language(s) of instruction :
French language
Organisation and examination :
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents :
CEFRL levels of the course : -Listening B2 -Reading B2 -Speaking B2 -Lecturing B2 -Writing B2
This course enables students to improve their communication skills in both everyday and business contexts.
Course contents: exploitation and discussion of recent articles/audio or video documents on socio-economic or financial topics. presentation of the visit of a firm of a survey
Learning outcomes of the learning unit :
This course shoudl allow allowing students to:


  • express themselves fluently and accurately about complex subjects and in professional situations that are specific to the business world
  • write clear and well-structured business reports, letters,... using accurate and correct language
  • improve their listening skills of business Dutch
Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
The  level required corresponds to the level reached after completion of Dutch level 4 taught in the 1st year of the master's degree (level B+ of the CEFRL).
Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
This cours aims at improving the four language skills with respect to business Dutch through the reading of documents, case studies, debates, presentations of the visit of a firm or of a survey realised in a Dutch-speaking environment, written tasks and listening comprehensions.
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
This course is delivered face-to-face and taught 2 hours a week during a semester.
Recommended or required readings :
Textbook:Néerlandais Presse Radio, De Boeck, 2010.
Coursebook "Néerlandais NIVEAU 5" 2016-2017  Available online on lola and at Centrale des cours, rue Louvrex, 14.  Platform lola
http://lola.hec.ulg.ac.be/course/view.php?id=461 All other documents handed out in class are also available online on lola.
Assessment methods and criteria :
1. Listening comprehension (25 % of the global mark)
2. Written examination (25% of the global mark) 


  • vocabulary and contents of the multimedia files
  • writing a cv and a motivation letter
3. Assessment of oral skills (50 % of the global mark)


  • presentation in the classroom
  • participation to debates held in the classroom
  • oral examination at the end of the semester 
Criteria for evaluation: Listening comprehension: capacity to understand amd formulate the main ideas of a broadcast Written tests: knowledge of the specific vocabulary and the grammatical structures; accurate language; quality of the contents Oral tests: accuracy and fluency;quality of the contents; capacity to defend one's point of view.
The different tests are compulsory. If the student doesn't present one of the tests, he obtains 0/20 as a global mark.
 
 
 
Work placement(s) :
Organizational remarks :
Contacts :
Nicole Engelen, nicole.engelen@ulg.ac.be Lutgarde Nachtergaele, lutgarde.nachtergaele@ulg.ac.be
Our office is located at N1, rue Louvrex, 14 (n° 210).