Duration
70h Th
Number of credits
| Bachelor in economics and business management | 6 crédits | |||
| Bachelor in business engineering | 6 crédits |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
All year long, with partial in January
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
IMPORTANT: teaching language = German + French!!!
Learning common + business German (grammar + vocabulary + developing the four skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing).
Table of contents:
- Tagesplan, Wochenplan
- Rund um den Computer
- Neu im Betrieb
- Herzlich Willkommen!
- Rund um die Firma
- "L'auberge allemande" (preparation for an Erasmus stay)
- information about German history and culture
- subordinate clauses
- passive voice
- reflexive pronouns
- genitive
- Konjunktiv
- many recaps
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
In connection with the KLOs, this course aims to help the students:
- to demonstrate scientific precision and a critical mind (strategy).
- to communicate efficiently, internally and externally, about a company, organization or project (communication).
- to improve their proficiency in German as a foreign language (communication).
- to raise their awareness of the multicultural and international features of their environment (communication).
- to be aware of the societal, economic, political and environmental issues of a compex situation (Adaptability).
- to be curious and to show a scientific precision of academic level (Adaptability).
At the end of the year, the student should be able to communicate orally and in writing in German at the European level B1+. (European Language Portfolio)
He should be able to understand the main points of clear standard input on familiar matters, to deal with most situations likely to arise while travelling, to produce simple connected text on topics that are familiar or of personal interest and to describe experiences, events and ambitions and briefly give reasons and explanations for opinions and plans.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
European level A2+/B1- for the four skills.
More details: see "Allemand 2", LANG 1909-1.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
In the class room:
- discovering several chapters of the book (vocabulary, grammar)
- listening comprehension
- oral exercises
- grammar and vocabulary exercises (for example on Lol@: online exercises)
- reading comprehension exercises
- written exercises
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)
In the class room: 2 hours / week in the first semester, 3 hours / week in the second semester.
+ on line exercises and home work.
Recommended or required readings
Unternehmen Deutsch: Grundkurs Lehrbuch. Becker / Braunert / Schlenker. (Klett).
Grundwortschatz (S. Deroose)
Unternehmen Deutsch: Aufbaukurs Lehrbuch. Braunert / Schlenker (éditeur Klett).
Lecture notes "Allemand 3" (Centrale des cours).
Recommended:
- dictionary, for example Harrap's or Langenscheidt (or on line dictionary, for example http://dict.leo.org/frde )
- maybe a grammar, for example Henri Bouillon's or Dreyer-Schmitt's
Assessment methods and criteria
Exam in January and June.
65% for the written exam:
- listening comprehension (25%)
- writing (15%)
- grammar and vocabulary (25%)
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.
Office 215, building N1 (rue Louvrex), 2nd floor.
E-mail: marie.mawhin@ulg.ac.be
Phone: +32 4 232 72 75.
Items online
Allemand 3
On line course on the platform Lol@.