Duration
30h Th
Number of credits
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
German language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the second semester
Schedule
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
Main topics:
- Wirtschaftsbereiche und -branchen
- Geschäftsidee und Rechtsform
- Kommunikation am Telefon
- Messeplanung und -vorbereitung
- Konflikt im Team wegen Einarbeitung einer neuen Kollegin
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.
At the end of Master: European level B2
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
Home work:
- grammar and vocabulary exercises (for example on Lol@: online exercises)
- reading comprehension exercises
- written exercises
We'll regularly use multimedia engineering.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
24 hours in the class room + exercises at home and on Lol@.
Organisational adjustments related to the current health context
If we can not go anymore to the University: Classes according to the usual schedule on the "Collaborate" platform (Lol@).
Recommended or required readings
PLEASE REGULARLY CHECK LOL@ FOR NEW INFORMATION.
Book and lecture notes:
DaF im Unternehmen - B1: Kurs- und Übungsbuch (ISBN 978-3-12-676450-6) (Fügert / Grosser / Hanke / Ilse / Mautsch / Sander / Schmeiser), Klett. (Centrale des cous or on Intertaal)
Grundwortschatz (S. Deroose)
Exercises and documents on line on Lol@.
Other documents
Press articles, listening activities.
Recommended books
A translating dictionary, for example Harrap's or Langenscheidt - or an online dictionary , for example Leo
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
Below you will find information on the evaluation methods planned for in-person and remote exams as well as those planned for hybrid sessions. Depending on how the health crisis evolves, the chosen method will be communicated to you no later than one month before the start of the exam session.
Any session :
- In-person
written exam ( open-ended questions ) AND oral exam
- Remote
oral exam AND written work
- If evaluation in "hybrid"
preferred in-person
Additional information:
Individual evaluation.
If the class is not to big, some parts of the exam could be during the semester.
Written exam (in June): 60%:
- listening comprehension
- grammar and vocabulary
- writing an e-mail
Oral exam + reading comprehension: 40%
The student who doesn't take all the parts of the exam will become 0/20 as final mark.
IF DISTANCE EXAMINATION:
- written work at home
- individual oral exam on "Collaborate" (Lol@)
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
Contacts
Marie Mawhin, N1, office 215; marie.mawhin@uliege.be ; phone: + 32 (0)4 232 72 75.
Items online
Cours en ligne
sur Lol@