2019-2020 / LGER0088-1

Advanced Dutch

Duration

30h Th

Number of credits

Lecturer

Julien Perrez

Substitute(s)

Isa Hendrikx

Coordinator

Evie Tops

Language(s) of instruction

Dutch 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

This course's aims have two main aspects. The theoretical aspect of the course aims at introducing the students to the concept of linguistic variation. The practical aspect of the course aims at reinforcing and developing the language skills and communicative skills of the participants in Dutch, both in terms of reception (reading and listening comprehension) and in terms of production (written and oral expression).
In the theoretical part, we will analyze the linguistic features of different (standard and other) varieties of Dutch.
In the practical part we will improve various language skills through the following activities:

  • reading comprehension exercises (analysis of texts and scientific articles related to the course); * listening comprehension exercises (analysis of audio-visual materials on topics related to the course); * vocabulary exercises (vocabulary of articles and audio-visual materials covered in the course); * writing exercises; * oral presentation exercises.
 
These different activities will allow the students, on the one hand, to sharpen their theoretical and practical knowledge of the Dutch language and, on the other hand, to make them more sensible to its linguistic diversity.
The objective for language proficiency is the B2 + / C1 level of the Common European Framework.

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

At the end of this course, the students will be able to:

  • list and describe the linguistic features of different varieties of Dutch;
  • present a scientific article on linguistic variation in Dutch;
  • comment on a scientific article about linguistic variation in Dutch;
  • write a coherent essay in Dutch (B2+ level of the Common European Framework);
  • understand specialized texts in Dutch (C1 level of the Common European Framework);
  • hold a specialized conversation in Dutch (B2+ level of the Common European Framework).
At the end of this course, the students will also have acquired a high level of lexical knowledge (C1 level of the Common European Framework).

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Having earned the ECTS credits for the following courses:

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

The course includes formal lectures which will be as interactive as possible.

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

Face-to-face mode of delivery

Recommended or required readings

Lecture notes will be made available after each course.
De Sutter, G., ed. (2017). De vele gezichten van het Nederlands in Vlaanderen. Een inleiding tot de variatietaalkunde. Leuven/Den Haag : Acco.
A reader consisting of scientific articles related to the theme of the course will be at the students' disposal.

Assessment methods and criteria

The assessment will include a written exam and an oral exam.
The written examination will include the following parts:

  • writing an essay;
  • at least one reading comprehension exercise;
  • at least one listening comprehension exercise.
The oral examination will focus on:
  • the theory of linguistic variation;
  • the portfolio discussion;
  • the linguistic analysis of the portfolio.
The final grade will be calculated as follows:
  • permanent evaluation during classes (10%);
  • oral exam (50%);
  • written exam (40%)
Note: if the students fail for one of these parts, they will fail for the whole course.
 
 
 
 
 
 
The written and oral exams for the first session are organized during the January session; second-term written and oral exams are organized at the June or September session.

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

Dutch will be used for all course interactions.

Contacts

Julien Perrez / Evie Tops Département de langues et littératures modernes Place Cockerill 3 office: A2/5/17 (5è étage du bâtiment A2) Tel.: +32 4 3665837 Julien.Perrez@ulg.ac.be / / Evie.Tops@ulg.ac.be
Office hours - Q1: Tuesday's from 11:00 to 12:00 or by appointment - Q2: Tuesday's from 11:00 to 12:00 or by appointment
Any question related to the course should be posted on the forum of the eCampus platform.
The students will use Dutch for all communication with the professor.

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

Oral presentation of research project (50%)
Written research report (50%)

Assessment methods

Oral presentation of research project by Skype (50%)
Written research report per e-mail (50%)

Contacts

isa.hendrikx@uliege.be

Items online

Online Notes
Notes are available on eCampus.