Duration
30h Th
Number of credits
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
Dutch 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
This course aims at developing communication skills both in everyday and business contexts.
CEFRL levels of the course :
Listening B2/B2+
Reading B2/B2+
Speaking B2/B2+
Lecturing B2/B2+
Writing B2/B2+
Course contents: explanation and discussion of recent articles/audio or video documents on socio-economic, financial, (inter-)cultural or political topics.
Field activities: language exchange with The Avans University of Applied Sciences at 's Hertogenbosch (The Netherlands) or Tandem project: meetings between students from HEC and students from UHasselt.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
Strengthening communication practice in everyday Dutch.
Mastery of business Dutch in situations requiring oral communication (listening comprehension; speaking) and written communication (reading comprehension, writing letters and documents)
- The student will be able to understand broadcasts and newspaper articles and to communicate with native speakers on specific subjects of the social and economic life.
- He will also be able to express his opinion about contemporary topics and to develop arguments.
He will therefore consolidate (or even improve) level B2 of the KLO. He will also develop the following capacities (mentioned in the KLO): communication and adaptability.
Indeed, this course will allow him to communicate easily and efficiently in Dutch about a company, an organization or a project. Last but not least, it will also allow him to show curiosity, creativity and autonomy so that he can adapt his managerial practice to the needs of a fast-evolving world.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
B2 level of the CEFRL Mastery of everyday Dutch and good knowledge of more specific vocabulary.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
- oral exercises: debates, conversation clubs.
- writing exercises: writing report and e-mails, summary of lectures, texts with arguments.
- listening comprehension exercises.
- exercises aiming at developing the acquisition of "technical" vocabulary.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
2 hours which take place during 11 to 13 weeks
The course is mainly organized as a seminar (there are about 25 students in a group) implying the active participation of students. Students will be asked to prepare (in advance) the exercises and documents on which the course is based.
Student work is shared out as following: 3 credit course (3 times 30 h = 90h):
class attendance: 20 to 24 h
reading, preparation of the exercises and studying: 66 to 70 h
Organisational adjustments related to the current health context
For the codes yellow and orange, the course is given in the classroom for the number of students does not exceed 50.
The students who are ill or in quarantine, can follow the course via Collaborate (on the learning platform Lola).
If the situation evoluates towards code red, the courses will be given via Collaborate.
For the evaluation in June, there will be a hybrid solution:
- oral exam (discussion about the topics seen during the lessons and press file) online with Collaborate. If the code is orange, then this part wil be organized in the classrooms.
- written exam and test of listening comprehension in a classroom.
Recommended or required readings
Syllabus Multimedia files Handbook: Néerlandais. Presse Radio, De Boeck Editions, 2017 (advanced level) E-learning platform: http://lola.hec.ulg.ac.be
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
- If evaluation in "hybrid"
preferred in-person
Additional information:
Written exam (1/4 of the global mark)
Listening comprehension test (1/4 of the global mark)
Oral exams (1/2 of the global mark): this part includes the participation at the debates in the class, the oral exam at the end of the semester.
If the student is absent or does not present one of those different tests, he obtains 0/20 as a global mark.
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
Contacts
Lutgarde Nachtergaele, Ph.D. and professor for the Dutch language
(office 210, N1, rue Louvrex, 14)
lutgarde.nachtergaele@uliege.be
Phone number: 04/232.72.78
Nicole Engelen, teacher for the Dutch language
(office 210, N1, rue Louvrex, 14)
Nicole.Engelen@uliege.be
Phone number: 04/232.72.79
Items online
Additional information
All documents and additional information are available on the learning platform lola.
Documents online
The coursebook and all other documents are available on the learning platform lola.