2017-2018 / LANG1936-2

Elementary Dutch 1

Duration

30h Th

Number of credits

 Master in management (120 ECTS)3 crédits 

Lecturer

Doris De Laet, Catherine Peeters

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

All year long

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

CEFRL levels of the course: Listening A1+ Reading A1+ Speaking A1+ Lecturing A1+ Writing A1+
This course is organized around concrete situations related to everyday life and professional life:

  • touching topics such as an appointment, time, jobs, work, the restaurant, the computer, holidays,...
  • exercising skills such as introducing oneself, welcoming a visitor, following/giving simple instructions, situating and describing objects,... 
  • studying dialogues and texts while progressively integrating linguistic and grammatical structures

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

To acquire a good basic command of Dutch and the essential structures of the Dutch language. This course aims at developing the four language skills: listening and reading comprehension, oral and written expression, with particular emphasis on oral expression.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

There are no prerequisites.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Learning ativities such as:

  • roleplaying
  • conversation and discussion exercises
  • reading and understanding of short manageable texts
  • listening comprehension of audio and video documents
  • vocabulary assimilation
  • grammar drills
  • writing short and simple texts, summaries, mails,...

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

face-to-face 2 hours a week during 1 semester

Recommended or required readings

1) CoursebookNieuwe Start 1 - Néerlandais professionnel. GONDRY Alain, VANDENBERGHE Jean-Pierre.  de Boeck, 2016
Available:
      - at "La centrale des cours" HEC  
      - at the bookstore (Libris Agora, 7b rue des Carmes 4000 Liège - Tél. : 04/223 21 25 )
      - through the website    http://www.deboecksuperieur.com/ouvrage/9782807302297-nieuwe-start-1-corrige    2)  SyllabusNéerlandais élémentaire 1 . (online on Myulg) This syllabus includes all additional documents (texts, exercises, ...) used in class.
3) Weekly newspaper 'Wablieft' http://www.wablieft.be/krant/wablieft-krant

Assessment methods and criteria

inal exam consisting of 2 compulsary assessments:  
- Written exam in 2 parts:
Part 1 (4/20): listening comprehension 
Part 2 (8/20): reading and writing skills, grammar and vocabulary 
-Oral exam (8/20)

  • roleplay
  • personal questions on the topics discussed in class
  • questions on a file of newspaper articles (2 pages) compiled by the student in advance
NB: A student who does not take all parts of the exam, obtains 0/20 as a global mark.

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

Contacts

Teacher:
Doris De Laet (D.DeLaet@ulg.ac.be)