Advanced Dutch 3

Duration

70h Th

Number of credits

Lecturer

Lutgarde Nachtergaele, Fanny Nsita

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

All year long, with partial in January

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

This course aims at consolidating the language capacities necessary in everyday life. It also aims at developing the language capacities which will be useful in professional life (reading and writing, making a presentation, defend one's opinion...). Contents of the course: - study of newspaper articles and broadcasts from TV or radio dealing with social, economic, financial and cultural subjects; - grammar exercises, vocabulary exercises and oral exercises (presentations, debates, questions and anwers, small discussions ...) - cultural activity: visit of the Flemish Parliament

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

Communication: The purpose of the course is to consolidate and extend the students' general language understanding and use.
The course will thus allow students to communicate efficiently, internally and externally, about a company, organization or project, taking into account the multicultural and international features of their environment.
This is also made possible thanks to an increasing knowledge of economic and financial vocabulary.
CEFRL level of the course: B2
The student will be able to understand the main ideas of a complex text on both concrete and abstract topics, including technical discussions in his/her field of specialisation. He can interact with a degree of fluency and spontaneity that makes regular interaction with native speakers quite possible without strain for either party. He should also be able to produce clear, detailed text on a wide range of subjects and explain a viewpoint on a topical issue giving the advantages and disadvantages of various options.
Strategy: The course will allow students to demonstrate scientific precision and a critical mind in the analysis of a complex situation.
Adaptability: The course will allow students to adapt their managerial practice to the needs of a fast-evolving world.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Good grounding in general Dutch language (corresponding to level B1 of the CEFRL which is the level reached after Level 1 and 2 taught in the Bachelor's degree).

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

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

2 hours a week during the first semester and 3 hours a week during the 2nd semester
Students are asked to prepare the exercises and texts on which the course is based. Regular attendance and active participation are essential.

Oral exercises: presentations, debates, conversation tables and roleplay. Written exercises. Listening comprehension exercises. Exercises on specific economic and financial vocabulary.

Recommended or required readings

Coursebook "Dossiers multimédia"  Coursebook "Grammar" Coursebook "Basiswoordenschat" All coursebooks are available at the "Centrale des cours", rue Louvrex 14 and on the learning platform.
Learning platform lola: http://lola.hec.ulg.ac.be/


 
  

Assessment methods and criteria

Various assessments throughout the year: - presentation and participation to the debates held in class - two tests on the vocabulary during the semester
Written exam in January. Oral and written exam + listening comprehension test (conditions are specified by the teacher at the beginnning of the year) at the end of the year.  External certification.
Weighting: - listening comprehension: 20% - written examen: 40% - oral exam: 40%

The different tests are compulsory. If the student doesn't present one of the tests (during the year AND during the period of the exams), he obtains 0/20 as a global mark.

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

Website (basic vocabulary, exercises, useful links, etc.): http://www.udi.hec.ulg.ac.be/cours/webpagina

Contacts

Lutgarde Nachtergaele: Lutgarde.Nachtergaele@uliege.be full professor for the Dutch language
Fanny Nsita: fnsita@uliege.be  assistant for the Dutch language
Our office is located at rue Louvrex 14, 4000 Liège.  

Lutgarde Nachtergaele: Lutgarde.Nachtergaele@uliege.be full professor for the Dutch language
Fanny Nsita: fnsita@uliege.be  assistant for the Dutch language
Our office is located at rue Louvrex 14, 4000 Liège.  

Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the May-June 2020 session

Teaching methods implemented : distance-learning

Virtual lessons are organized at the hours and days planned for the courses.
Additional exercises (with automatical correction) have been placed on lol@.
The PPTs placed on lol@ have been completed with additional information which is normally given orally during the courses.

Assessment subjects

The evaluation of the end of the year concerns essentially the topics of the second semester and more specifically the vocabulary and the content of the newspaper articles and the broadcasts seen during the semester. It also concerns the grammar studied during the second year and revised during this third year.

Assessment methods

Oral examination (1/2 of the global mark):
This oral examination will be virtual and will concern: - the press file that students have prepared at home - the topics seen during the semester. There is also the permanent evaluation (debates during the lessons and presentation in the classroom of a social or economic topic).
Written examination (1/2 of the global mark): This written part concerns the written exam of January, the two written tests made during the year and the part "vocabulary and grammar" of the oral virtual exam.
The different tests are compulsory. If the student doesn't present one of the tests (during the year AND during the period of the exams), he obtains 0/20 as a global mark.


For the session of August, the written exam will take place (if possible) at the school itself.

Contacts

Mailaddress of the professor and the two pedagogical assistants:
- lutgarde.nachtergaele@uliege.be
- fnsita@uliege.be - mhosay@uliege.be

Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the Aug-Sept 2020 session

Assessment subjects

The evaluation for the second session concerns essentially the topics of the second semester and more specifically the vocabulary and the content of the newspaper articles and the broadcasts seen during the semester. It also concerns the grammar studied during the second year and revised during this third year.

Assessment methods

Oral examination (1/2 of the global mark):
This oral examination will be virtual (platfrom Collaborate) and will concern: - the press file that students have prepared at home - the topics seen during the semester. There is also the  presentation with a PPt of a social or economic topic.
Written examination (1/2 of the global mark): This written part consists of exercises on the vocabulary and grammar. It will take place at the same moment as the oral exam.
The different tests are compulsory. If the student doesn't present one of the tests, he obtains 0/20 as a global mark.

Contacts

Mailaddress of the professor and the two pedagogical assistants:
- lutgarde.nachtergaele@uliege.be
- fnsita@uliege.be - mhosay@uliege.be

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