Dutch linguistics 1

Duration

30h Th

Number of credits

Lecturer

Julien Perrez

Language(s) of instruction

Dutch language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Schedule

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Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

This course has two main objectives: on a theoretical level, it aims at analysing some syntactic constructions that are particularly problematic for French-speaking learners of Dutch; on a practical level, its aim is to further develop the communication skills (both receptive and productive skills) of the students in Dutch.
In the theoretical part, we will tackle some syntactic constructions that are particularly problematic for French-speaking learners of Dutch, including er, pronominal adverbs and passive constructions..
In the practical part, we will train the communicative skills of the students by organizing the following activities:

• reading and listening comprehension exercises;
• essay-writing; 
• the composition of a portfolio.

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

At the end of this course, the students will be able:

• to describe general principe of Dutch syntax;
• to describe and explain how word the syntactic constructions we discussed work in Dutch;
• to analyze these constructions in an original article;
• to write a coherent essay on a general topic (B2 level)
• to understand specialized texts (B2+ level)
• to follow a natural conversation in Dutch (B2 level)

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Having earned the ECTS credits for the following courses:

• Dutch Language I ( LGER0009-1 )

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

The course includes formal lectures which will be as interactive as possible on the one hand and practical sessions on the other.

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

Face-to-face mode of delivery.
Sessions of two hours a week.
Alternation of theoretical and practical sessions.

Recommended or required readings

Lecture notes will be made available after each course.


Reference books (for the theoretical part) are:

• Haeseryn, W., Romijn, K., Geerts, G., De Rooij, J. & Van Den Toorn, M. (1997).Algemene Nederlandse Spraakkunst. Martinus Nijhoff/Wolters Plantijn, Gronin- gen/Deurne. Disponible en ligne: http://ans.ruhosting.nl/e-ans/index.html.
• Smedts, W. & W. Van Belle (2003).Taalboek Nederlands. Kapellen: Uitgeverij Pelckmans.
• W. Van Belle, B. Lamiroy, W. Van Langendonck, K. Lahousse, P. Lauwers, I. Van Canegem-Ardijns & K. Van Goethem. Grammatica Nederlands voor Franstaligen (CGF). Disponible en ligne:http://wwwling.arts.kuleuven.be/NGF_N/NGF_NL.htm

Assessment methods and criteria

The evaluation will include a written and an oral exam. The written exam will include:

• a writing proficiency task (essay writing);
• a vocabulary test.

• the linguistic analysis of the portfolio;
• the vocabulary of the portfolio;
• the content of the portfolio (discussion).

• Application of ther theory (10%). Oral exam on the basis of the portfolio;
• Lexical knowledge (10%). Written exam (vocabulary treated during the practical sessions) and vocabulary from the portfolio (at the oral exam).
• Portfolio (30%)
• Oral proficiency (25%). oral exam
• Writing skills (25%). written exam

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

Dutch will be used for all course interactions.

Contacts

Julien Perrez Département de langues et littératures modernes Place Cockerill 3 Office: A2/5/17 (5è étage du bâtiment A2) Tel.: +32 4 3665837 Julien.Perrez@ulg.ac.be
Office hours: - Tuesday's from 10 to 13
Any question related to the course should be posted on the forum of the eCampus platform.
The students will use Dutch for all communication with the professor.

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