2020-2021 / LANG9908-1

Handelsdeutsch - Teil 1 (B1)

Duration

27h Th

Number of credits

 Master in sales management (120 ECTS) (en alternance)3 crédits 

Lecturer

Marie Mawhin

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

All year long, with partial in January

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

The course is aimed at students who already have a good basic knowledge of German and wish to develop their knowledge of business and sales vocabulary and to improve the five skills (reading, writing, listening, speaking and talking) in a sales-related context.

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

This course will


  • 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 B1+/B2-

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Students should already have the European level B1 or at least a very good A2

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

The course is as active as possible:
Different sales and business topics can be covered, for example:

  • Lebenslauf und Vorstellungsgespräch
  • eine Firma präsentieren
  • an Messen teilnehmen
  • Kundenberatung
  • E-Commerce
  • Neues Produkt
For each topic,
  • specific vocabulary will be presented on the basis of written, audio and video documents
  • then students will practise the five skills (writing, reading, oral comprehension, presentation, dialogue)
  • punctual grammar reviews

Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)

Approx. 25 hours in the classroom,  but also homework.
Due to the sanitary crisis, a part of the course (or all of it) may have to be done remotely. The students will be informed according to the evolution of the situation.
 

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:
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: 60%: - listening comprehension - grammar and vocabulary - writing and reading comprehension
Oral exam: 40%

The student who doesn't take all the parts of the exam will become 0/20 as final mark.
Assessment methods may be adapted according to the evolution of the sanitary crisis.
IF DISTANCE EXAMINATION:
- written work at home
- individual oral exam on "Collaborate" (Lol@)

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

Contacts

Marie Mawhin
marie.mawhin@uliege.be
Office 215, N1 (rue Louvrex)
00 32 (0) 4 232 72 75