German 4

Duration

30h Th

Number of credits

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

Learning unit contents

In this course, the student will:
1. expand and deepen his knowledge of business German, for the four skills:

• listening
• reading
• speaking
• writing

• 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 learning unit

This course will

• help students to demonstrate scientific precision and a critical mind.
• help students to communicate efficiently, internally and externally, about a company, organization or project.
• allow students to improve their proficiency in German as a foreign language
• allow students to raise their awareness of the multicultural and international features of their environment.
• encourage students to be curious and to show a scientific precision of academic level.

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

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

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)

24 hours in the class room + exercises at home and on Lol@.

Recommended or required readings

PLEASE REGULARLY CHECK LOL@ FOR NEW INFORMATION.
Book and lecture notes:
"Unternehmen Deutsch" - Aufbaukurs, Lehrbuch (Becker / Braunert / Schlenker) (Klett)
Grundwortschatz (S. Deroose)
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.

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