Duration
36h Th
Number of credits
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
German language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
This course is partially based on the textbook "Unternehmen Deutsch" and introduces students to vocationally relevant vocabulary (business vocabulary, making arrangements, negotiating, how to apply for a job in Germany, working in Germany, communication on the job, intercultural skills...)
The other part of the course consists in an introduction to scientific vocabulary. It aims at consolidating the vocabulary as well as the structures used in scientific texts.
Course of CERL-level B1++ (B1 for speaking).
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
This course has the following objectives:
1. It aims at developing all four language skills as far as general, as well as vocationally relevant language is concerned. It offers a wide range of activities such as reading and writing activities, listening comprehension exercises and role-plays. This course is designed to help students express themselves on a wide-range of subjects and in situations that are specific to the business world.
2. It also aims at introducing students to scientific vocabulary and consolidating those language structures which are essential to understanding scientific texts.
3. Systematic revision of grammar structures
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
CERL-level A2+
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)
3 hours per week
Recommended or required readings
BRAUNERT, Jörg und SCHLENKER, Wolfram, ,,Unternehmen Deutsch. Aufbaukurs Lehrbuch" (Klett, 2005)
Coursebook "German for engineers"*
"Grammaire de base avec exercices"*
* available on My.ulg
Assessment methods and criteria
1. Written exam 20 marks
3. Oral exam: 20 marks
All parts of the January and September exams are compulsory. Students absent from one of the exam parts will be assigned a mark of 0.
Students who do not take both the written and the oral parts of the exam will be assigned a mark of 0. (No partial exemption will be granted, except for the mid-year exam; see above). The same rule applies to the second exam session, which means that students who failed the exam in June will have to resit both parts of the exam.
Class attendance is compulsory.
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
Contacts
Dr. Françoise Carl
Institut des Langues Vivantes
fcarl@uliege.be
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
Chapters and texts seen during the first semester
Assessment methods
Oral exam (Webex)
Contacts
Dr. Françoise Carl
fcarl@uliege.be