Duration
30h Th
Number of credits
| Bachelor in economics and business management | 3 crédits | |||
| Bachelor in business engineering | 3 crédits |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
All year long
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
CEFRL levels of the course:
Listening A2
Reading A2
Speaking A1+
Writing A2
The listening comprehension consists in
- listening and understanding audio and video documents
The reading comprehension consists in:
- reading and understanding simplified texts from newspapers
The oral expression consists in:
- questions and answers
- roleplays
- small debates
The writing expression consists in:
- writing short texts
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
Being able to use Dutch as an everyday language as well as the basic structures of the Dutch language. This course aims at developing the four language skills: listening and reading comprehension, written expression and to a lesser degree oral expression. The mastery of level A2 of the CEFRL is a condition to reach level B2 at the end of the bachelor, which is the objective in the KLO's.
Strategy :
To a certain degree, the course will allow students to demonstrate scientific precision and a critical mind and to show creativity and autonomy in order to adapt themselves to the needs of a fast-evolving world.
Communication :
The course will allow students to communicate in a simple way about their needs, projects and environment. It represents indeed the first and compulsory step to develop an efficient communication about the business world.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
This course is aimed at the students who had 4 to 6 hours of Dutch class a week for 4 to 6 years during their secondary school education and who reached at least the level A1 of the Common European Framework of Reference.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
The students are invited to participate during the lessons (questions and answers, roleplays, discussions...). They also have to prepare the lessons at home (reading texts, grammatical rules and preparing all kinds of exercises)
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face course
Additional information:
face-to-face (two hours every fortnight (Q1)/one hour every week (Q2)) and homework
Workload for the student:
3 credit course: 3 times 30 h = 90 h
Class attendance: 24 or 26 h
Reading, preparing the exercises and studying: 66 or 64 h
Recommended or required readings
All necessary documents can be found on the learning platform:
http://lola.hec.ulg.ac.be/
Coursebook 'Bloc 1 Néerlandais 1: Dossiers' + 'Syllabus Grammaire Néerlandais 1' (available at the 'Centrale des cours' rue Louvrex 14)
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
written exam ( open-ended questions )
Continuous assessment
Additional information:
- assessments throughout the year (writing of a short text, once in Q1, once in Q2):2/10
- Written exams:
- vocabulary and grammar: 5/10 (1/2 in January, 1/2 in June)
- listening : 2/10 (1/2 in January, 1/2 in June)
- reading : 1/10 (in June)
- A student who does not present one of the tests (during the year AND during the period of the exams), obtains 0/20 as a global mark.
- It is not possible to obtain an exemption for any part of the exam passed in former years.
- A global mark obtained in January or at the end of the year (June or September) which is between 9,5 and 9,99/20 is rounded off to 9/20.
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
Exercises online on the lol@ page of the course
http://lola.hec.ulg.ac.be/course/view.php?id=222
Contacts
You can find us in N1, rue Louvrex 14, office 210 (see the consultation hours on the door of our office):
Fanny Nsita: fnsita@uliège.be
Teaching assistant for the Dutch language
Elies Smeyers: elies.smeyers@uliege.be
PhD, Assistant Professor for the Dutch language