Duration
80h Th
Number of credits
| Bachelor in economics and business management | 7 crédits | |||
| Bachelor in business engineering | 7 crédits |
Lecturer
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
IMPORTANT: teaching language = French!!!
Learning common + business German (basic grammar + basic vocabulary + developing the four skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing).
Table of contents:
- Arbeitsessen
- Fahrt zum Kunden
- Jubliläum
- Trainee
- Dienstreise
- Feier mit Kollegen
- Wohnungssuche
- erste Tage der Ausbildung
- IT-Probleme
- Gebäudemanagement
- conjugation: present, imperative, perfect
- (in)separable verb prefixes
- modal verbs
- article words and pronouns: nominative, accusative, dative
- sentence structure
- main prepositions
- time specification and statement of place
- comparative and superlative degree
- adjective declension
- subordinate clauses
- verbs of location and direction
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
This course will
- help students to demonstrate scientific precision and a critical mind.
- help them to communicate efficiently, internally and externally, about a company, organization or project.
- allow them to improve their proficiency in German as a foreign language
- allow them to raise their awareness of the multicultural and international features of their environment.
- encourage them to be curious and to show a scientific precision of academic level.
At the end of the year, the student should be able to communicate orally and in writing in German at the European level A2+/B1-. He should be able to understand sentences and frequently used expressions related to areas of most immediate relevance, to communicate in simple and routine tasks requiring a simple and direct exchange of information on familiar and routine matters and to describe in simple terms aspects of his/her background, immediate environment and matters in areas of immediate need.
European Language Portfolio
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
European level A1+ for listening comprehension, reading comprehension, writing.
More details: see ""Allemand 1", LANG 1905-1.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
In the class room:
- discovering several chapters of the book (vocabulary, grammar)
- listening comprehension
- oral exercises
- grammar and vocabulary exercises (for example on Lol@: online exercises)
- reading comprehension exercises
- written exercises
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)
In the class room: 3 hours / week during the whole year.
+ on line exercises and home work.
Recommended or required readings
Book: DaF im Unternehmen, Kursbuch mit Audios und Filmen online, A1/A2, from Ilse Sander u. a., by Klett (by Centrale des cours or online by Intertaal).
Lecture notes (inclusive basic vocabulary and Auberge Allemande): online or Centrale des Cours, rue Louvrex.
Recommended:
- dictionary, for example Harrap's or Langenscheidt (or on line dictionary, for example http://dict.leo.org/frde )
- maybe a grammar, for example Henri Bouillon's or Dreyer-Schmitt's
Assessment methods and criteria
Exam in January and June.
60% for the written exam:
- listening comprehension (20%)
- writing (10%)
- grammar and vocabulary (30%)
The student who doesn't take all the parts of the exam will become 0/20 as final mark.
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
Contacts
Marie Mawhin.
Office 215, building N1 (rue Louvrex), 2nd floor.
E-mail: marie.mawhin@uliege.be
Phone: +32 4 232 72 75.
Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the May-June 2020 session
Teaching methods implemented : distance-learning
Since March 16: Entirely distance learning.
Assessment subjects
Each student must write an essay at home and send it to the teacher - all details on Lol@.
You also have to learn:
- Grundwortschatz, chapters 8 to 13 (German-French)
- chapters 9 to 13 of the book (vocabulary, grammar, communicative situations)
- Grammar rules of "Allemand 1" (revision) and "Allemand 2" (handout up to page 16)
- press articles
- questions about German culture (Landeskunde)
- book dialogues from second semester (listening comprehension)
- listening comprehension "Auberge Allemande"
Assessment methods
Individual oral exam in German, by videoconference:
- Feedback and questions about the essay to be written at home (students who do not hand in their essay will not be allowed to take the oral exam).
- vocabulary questions about Grundwortschatz (chapters 8 to 13)
- vocabulary questions + short sentences to be translated (orally or via the chat tool) about the book (chapters 10 to 13)
- talk about oneself based on keywords
- present selected articles from a portfolio
Mark:
- continuous assessment: 20 points
- Januar exam: 45 points
- June exam: 135 points
Contacts
marie.mawhin@uliege.be
Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the Aug-Sept 2020 session
Assessment subjects
For the topics of winter semester:
- vocabulary of the book (chapters 1 to 9)
- basic grammar rules (mögen, sollen, declensions, (un)separable verbs, past tense)
- Grundwortschatz, chapters 1 to 7 and 14 to 18 (German-French)
Each student must write an essay at home and send it to the teacher - all details on Lol@.
You also have to learn:
- Grundwortschatz, chapters 8 to 13 (German-French)
- chapters 9 to 13 of the book (vocabulary, grammar, communicative situations)
- Grammar rules of "Allemand 1" (revision) and "Allemand 2" (handout up to page 16)
- press articles
- questions about German culture (Landeskunde)
- book dialogues (listening comprehension)
- listening comprehension "Auberge Allemande"
Assessment methods
Individual oral exam in German, by videoconference, on Lol@ examens (tool: Collaborate):
- vocabulary questions + short sentences to be translated (orally or via the chat tool) about the book (chapters 6 to 9)
- vocabulary questions about Grundwortschatz (chapters 1 to 7 and 14 to 18)
- Feedback and questions about the essay to be written at home (students who do not hand in their essay will not be allowed to take the oral exam).
- vocabulary questions about Grundwortschatz (chapters 8 to 13)
- vocabulary questions + short sentences to be translated (orally or via the chat tool) about the book (chapters 10 to 13)
- talk about oneself based on keywords
- present selected articles from a portfolio
Mark:
- Januar topics: 45 points
- June topics: 135 points
Contacts
marie.mawhin@uliege.be
Items online
Allemand 2
On line course on the platform Lol@.