Duration
30h Th
Number of credits
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
All year long
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
CEFRL levels of the course:
Listening A1+
Reading A1+
Speaking A1+
Lecturing A1+
Writing A1+
This course is organized around concrete situations related to everyday life and professional life:
- touching topics such as an appointment, time, jobs, work, the restaurant, the computer, holidays,...
- exercising skills such as introducing oneself, welcoming a visitor, following/giving simple instructions, situating and describing objects,...
- studying dialogues and texts while progressively integrating linguistic and grammatical structures
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
To acquire a good basic command of Dutch and the essential structures of the Dutch language. This course aims at developing the four language skills: listening and reading comprehension, oral and written expression, with particular emphasis on oral expression.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
There are no prerequisites.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Learning ativities such as:
- roleplaying
- conversation and discussion exercises
- reading and understanding of short manageable texts
- listening comprehension of audio and video documents
- vocabulary assimilation
- grammar drills
- writing short and simple texts, summaries, mails,...
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)
face-to-face
30 hours during 1 semester (february - may)
Recommended or required readings
1) Coursebook: Nieuwe Start 1 - Néerlandais professionnel. GONDRY Alain, VANDENBERGHE Jean-Pierre. 4ième édition, de Boeck, 2016
Available:
- at "La centrale des cours" HEC
- at the bookstore (Libris Agora, 7b rue des Carmes
4000 Liège - Tél. : 04/223 21 25 )
- through the website http://www.deboecksuperieur.com/ouvrage/9782807302297-nieuwe-start-1-corrige
2) Syllabus: Néerlandais élémentaire 1 . (online on MyULiège) This syllabus includes additional documents (texts, exercises, ...) used in class.
3) Weekly newspaper 'Wablieft' http://www.wablieft.be/krant/wablieft-krant
Or metrotime.be in Dutch.
Assessment methods and criteria
inal exam consisting of 2 compulsary assessments:
- Written exam in 2 parts:
Part 1 (4/20): listening comprehension
Part 2 (8/20): reading and writing skills, grammar and vocabulary
-Oral exam (8/20)
- roleplay
- personal questions on the topics discussed in class
- questions on a file of newspaper articles (2 pages) compiled by the student in advance
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
Contacts
Teachers:
Isabelle Van Den Hove (ivandenhove@uliege.be)
Ghijsen Stéphane (s.ghijsen@uliege.be)
Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the May-June 2020 session
Teaching methods implemented : distance-learning
Online teaching: use of interactive tools and other apps to organize the weekly tasks. Use of emails to send the (interactive) KEYs to the planned activities. Online Q&A session.
Assessment subjects
See document 'adaptation matière et modalité examen LANG1936-COVID-19' for details regarding:
- the online written exam based on a reading and listening exercise
- the online oral exam.
Assessment methods
Online examination.
Each student needs to send his or her language trainer the chosen articles for the oral exam and this will be seen as his or her enrollment for the oral exam.
Contacts
Isabelle Van Den Hove (ivandenhove@uliege.be)
Ghijsen Stéphane (s.ghijsen@uliege.be)
Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the Aug-Sept 2020 session
Assessment subjects
See document 'adaptation matière et modalité examen de seconde session LANG1936-COVID-19' for details regarding the online oral exam based on three parts:
- Personal questions on general topics.
- Questions on a file of newspaper articles compiled by the student in advance.
- Vocabulary & grammar questions.
Assessment methods
Online examination.
Each student needs to send his or her language trainer the chosen articles for the oral exam and this will be seen as his or her enrollment for the oral exam.
Contacts
Ghijsen Stéphane (s.ghijsen@uliege.be)
Isabelle Van Den Hove (ivandenhove@uliege.be)