Dutch linguistics 2

Duration

30h Th

Number of credits

Lecturer

Julien Perrez

Language(s) of instruction

Dutch language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the second semester

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 lexical and pragmatic  features 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 general theoretical concepts relating to lexicology (conceptual and lexical categories, polysemy, prototype theory, embodiement,...) and pragmatics, and we will more specifically analyze the use of posture verbs, movement verbs and placement verbs one the one hand and of modal particles on the other. 
In the practical part, we will train the communicative skills of the students by organizing the following activities:

• reading and listening comprehension exercises;
• vocabulary tests;
• essay-writing;
• the collection of a newspaper file.

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

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

• to describe general principles of lexicology and pragmatics and apply them to Dutch;
• to describe and explain the different mechanisms that explain the use of the structures we focused on;
• to analyze these mechanisms in an original article;
• to write a coherent essay on a specialized topic (C1 level)
• to understand specialized texts (C1 level)
• to follow a natural conversation in Dutch (C1 level)
• to fluently speak Dutch (C1 level)

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Having earned the ECTS credits for the following courses:

• Dutch Language II
• Dutch Linguistics I

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
Alternation of theoretical (1h/week) and practical sessions (1h/week).

Recommended or required readings

Lecture notes will be made available after each course.

A portfolio of scientific articles will be at the students' disposal.

Assessment methods and criteria

The evaluation will include a written and an oral 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 9 to 11
Q1: Tuesday's from 13:00 to 16:30, Wednesday's from 10:30 to 11:30  Q2: Wednesday's from 10:30 to 11:30, Tuesday's from 13:00 to 16:30.
The students will use Dutch for all communication with the professor.

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