2017-2018 / LANG1948-1

Elementary Dutch 2

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 

Lecturer

Doris De Laet

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

This course is organized around concrete situations related to everyday life and professional life:

  • touching topics such as transport, telephoning, office/house, daily/office tasks, welcoming and directing customers, a business trip...
  • exercising skills such as sharing a memory/happening, setting goals, expressing a preference/an opinion, comparing, giving a technical explanation... 
  • studying dialogues and texts while progressively integrating linguistic and grammatical structures
  • systematically reusing and consolidating vocabulary and language structures studied in previous lessons.

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

Goal: reaching the A2+/B1 level of the CECRL

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Prerequisite: LANG1936-1 Néerlandais élementaire 1

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Learning ativities such as:

  • roleplaying
  • conversation and discussion exercises
  • reading and studying 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 during the second semester (2h/week) Students are required to prepare activities and exercises on a weekly basis as indicated by the teacher. 

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 ) or through the website 
 http://www.deboecksuperieur.com/ouvrage/9782807302297-nieuwe-start-1-corrige
2) SyllabusNéerlandais élémentaire 2. (online on Myulg

Assessment methods and criteria

Final 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)

  • a role play based on the dialogues studied in class
  • personal questions on the topics discussed in class
  • questions on a file of newspaper articles 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)