Duration
45h Th
Number of credits
| Bachelor in history of art and archaeology : general | 5 crédits | |||
| Bachelor in history | 5 crédits | |||
| Bachelor in history of art and archaeology : musicology | 5 crédits |
Lecturer
Substitute(s)
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
All year long, with partial in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
The texts studied in class mainly focus on the contemporary period. This course also provides students with an introduction to the reading of older Dutch texts. Grammatical difficulties will occasionally be reviewed. Otherwise, practical translation exercises. Each week students will prepare at least one page from a historical text.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
At the end of the class, the student will be able to understand in detail an authentic (academic) text (source, study) dealing with an historical subject and to translate it into French.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
The course is conceived as a seminar. Attention will be paid to the students' reading skills as well as to the extension of their lexical and grammatical knowledge in Dutch. During the class, the students' translations will corrected and commented upon. The seminar will be supllemented by lectures in which the main points of translation theory as well as the main linguistic features of ancient and modern Dutch historical texts will be discussed.
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)
Face-to-face teaching
Recommended or required readings
- Recommanded dictionnaries: Van Dale NL-FR, Robert & Van Dale NL-FR/FR-NL
- Recommanded grammar books:
- Pratique du néerlandais de A à Z (Vromans)
- La pratique du néerlandais avec ou sans maître (Godin)
Assessment methods and criteria
The mark of the midterm exam in January will count for one third of the June final grade. Please note that the final exam for this course is cumulative.
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
Contacts
Kim ANDRINGA: k.andringa@ulg.ac.be