LANG1944-1

Duration

30h Th

Number of credits

	Master in economics : general (120 ECTS)	3 crédits
	Master in management (120 ECTS)	3 crédits
	Master in business engineering (120 ECTS)	3 crédits
	Master in human resources management (120 ECTS)	3 crédits

Lecturer

Nicole Engelen

Coordinator

Nicole Engelen

Language(s) of instruction

Dutch 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.

Assessment methods and criteria

1. Listening comprehension (25 % of the global mark)
2. Written examination (25% of the global mark)

writing a report
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

Groups are formed with more or less 25 students.

Contacts

Nicole Engelen, nicole.engelen@ulg.ac.be
Our office is located at N1, rue Louvrex, 14 (n° 210).

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