German 5

Duration

30h Th

Number of credits

Lecturer

Marie Mawhin

Language(s) of instruction

German language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

In this course, the student will:
1. expand and deepen his knowledge of business German, for the four skills:

• listening
• reading
• speaking
• writing

• sich bewerben (Bewerbungsschreiben, Bewerbungsgespräch)
• Arbeitszeugnisse und Bewertungen
• interkulturelle Unterschiede zwischen Deutschland und Belgien
• Aktuelles aus Deutschland

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

This course will

• help students to demonstrate scientific precision and a critical mind.
• help students to communicate efficiently, internally and externally, about a company, organization or project.
• allow students to improve their proficiency in German as a foreign language
• allow students to raise their awareness of the multicultural and international features of their environment.
• encourage students to be curious and to show a scientific precision of academic level.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

The student should already know German (European level B1).

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

In the class room:

• brushing up the grammar rules
• 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)

24 hours in the class room + exercises at home and on Lol@.

Recommended or required readings

PLEASE REGULARLY CHECK LOL@ FOR NEW INFORMATION.
Book and lecture notes:
"Unternehmen Deutsch" - Aufbaukurs, Lehrbuch (Becker / Braunert / Schlenker) (Klett)
"Grundwortschatz", S. Deroose (online).
Exercises and documents on line on Lol@.
Other documents
Press articles, listening activities.
Recommended books
A translating dictionary, for example Harrap's or Langenscheidt.
A grammar book, for example: H. DREYER and R. SCHMITT: Grammaire allemande avec exercices. Hueber, or : H. BOUILLON: "Grammaire pratique de l'allemand", De Boeck, 3e édition, 2008.

Assessment methods and criteria

Individual evaluation.
Written exam (January): 60%: - listening comprehension - grammar and vocabulary - writing an e-mail
Part of the written assessment will be organised as an online evaluation by an external agency - more information about this during the semester.
Oral exam+ reading comprehension: 40%
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, N1, office 215; marie.mawhin@uliege.be ; phone: + 32 (0)4 232 72 75.

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

Teaching methods implemented : distance-learning

Assessment subjects

Assessment methods

Contacts

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

Assessment subjects

It is necessary to know the basic vocabulary (see Mrs. Deroose's Grundwortschatz list) and the main rules of German grammar.

The student will have to hand in a written work on videos (details on Lol@). Any student who has not submitted the written work will not be admitted to the exam.

The student must be able to answer questions on his/her CV ( job interview simulation) and present newspaper articles from a reading portfolio.

Assessment methods

No written exam.
Individual oral exam on Lol@ exams, with the videoconference tool "Collaborate":

• grammar and vocabulary questions, translation of sentences via the "chat" tool (20 points)
• written text on the videos: debriefing, questions, justification(40 points)
• job interview (simulation) and presentation of newspaper articles (40 points)

Contacts

marie.mawhin@uliege.be

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