DUTCH Objective B2+ (INGE, ECGE, PPE)

Teacher(s)

De Rycke Katrien (coordinator);

Language

Dutch

Prerequisites

Having completed the course LNEEi1202 or having obtained a B2 level at the test. 

Main themes

This course unit is structured around themes related to the students’ field of study and their future professional needs. Examples include business communication: meetings, negotiations, debates, writing internal memos, presentations, job interviews, etc. 

Learning outcomes

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :

Listening Comprehension (general) – B2+/C1  follow extended speech on abstract or complex topics outside their field, although they may need some details to be confirmed, especially if the register is unfamiliar.  follow extended speech even when it is not clearly structured and when relationships between ideas are only implicit and not explicitly signposted.  understand standard language, or a familiar variety, whether live or in the media, on familiar or unfamiliar topics normally encountered in personal, social, academic, or professional life. Only very strong background noise or visuals, poor discourse structure, or the use of idiomatic expressions may hinder comprehension.

Reading Comprehension (general) – B2/C1  understand a wide range of texts, including literary texts, newspaper or magazine articles, and specialized, academic, or professional publications, provided they can reread them and have access to reference materials.  read with a high degree of autonomy, adapting reading style and speed to different texts and purposes, and using appropriate reference sources selectively. Has a broad and active reading vocabulary, though may have difficulties with less frequent idiomatic expressions.

Spoken Production (general) – C1  give a clear presentation or description of a complex subject, integrating secondary themes and developing specific points in order to reach an appropriate conclusion.

Spoken Interaction (general) – B2  communicate with a degree of fluency and spontaneity that makes sustained interaction with speakers of the target language quite possible without strain for either party. highlight the personal significance of events and experiences, express and defend opinions effectively by providing explanations and arguments.

Written Production (general) – B2  write clear and detailed texts on a wide range of subjects related to their field of interest, synthesizing and evaluating information and arguments drawn from various sources.

Written Interaction (general) – B1  write notes and messages requesting or conveying simple information of immediate relevance and make the points they consider important understandable.

General Linguistic Competence – B2+  express themselves clearly without giving the impression of having to restrict what they wish to say.

Content

This teaching unit  focuses mainly on oral production.
It deals with themes related to the area of study. Video and audio fragments and texts are used to illustrated the themes. Each theme will be followed by discussions or role plays giving the student the possibility to use the newly acquired vocabulary and structures.
Business communication techniques (meetings, negotiations, debates, business communication and presentations) will be part of the exercises. Students will give presentation about a company in Flandres.
They will also write memorandums on economical subjects which will be corrected by the teacher.

Teaching methods

• Lessons in groups of max. 20 students.
• Note attesting to the "hours of presence
  If circumstances (in terms of health or the possibilities offered to us by the university authorities) permit, "face-to-face hours" consist of live teaching in a room allocated by the ILV. If "live teaching" is not possible, we will switch to digital lessons through Teams where the presence of students is required.
• Workload 
  Classroom hours : 45 h
  Self-study (including e-learning): 40 h    
• Extension of business and economical vocabulary.  In all cases the vocabulary is presented in contex by means of topical listening documents.
   
• Training and development of listening skills through authentique documents focussing mainly on economical and commercial themes, by means of classroom teaching.
• Training and development of speaking skills in professional contexts e.g. debate, negotiation, business meeting, presentation, job interview etc. by means of classroom teaching . 
• Additional exercises will have to be done at home
   

Evaluation methods

Courses are given on campus, in the classroom.
Attendance at the course is compulsory. If the teacher deems it useful, he/she may ask the jury to prohibit a student who has not followed the learning activities regularly to register for the course examination (RGEE - art. 72).
The teaching unit is divided in three parts.

1. Part 1 consists of the vocabulary of the first and second semester as well as the memorandum based on a video fragment.
2. Part 2 consists of business communication techniques, the presentation of a company in Flanders.
3. Part 3 consists of the oral test in which the student shows he has thoroughly integrated the business vocabulary as well as the content treated in the course.

Evaluation:    

1. Business vocabulary (texts and videos treated in class),the thematic vocabulary of the syllabus)
2. Writing business memorandums
3. Presentation: Flemish company - interview with a Flemish manager
4. In the week before the holidays (May), test of the business communication techniques: business meeting, debate, negotiation, etc.
5. Oral exam at the end of Q2

All parts of the assessment are compulsory. However, absence (without official justification) from a continuous assessment test will result in a “0” for that test. Failure to attend a presentation (absence), absence from a mid-term or written examination and/or oral examination will result in a mark of absence for the entire assessment and the student will therefore be prohibited from registering for the other parts of the assessment.
If the student has not attended classes and therefore has not taken the various parts of the continuous assessment, they will have to retake all parts in August. Both presentations (text and business) will be individual.
ABSENCE:
An M in December -> possibility of presenting in January at the discretion of the jury after following the procedure mentioned below:
In the event of a justified absence (e.g. due to illness), the certificate must be sent to the chair of the jury, to the faculty secretariat, with a copy to the professor and course coordinator.
Article 103. – Any student registered for exams who is unable to attend one or more of them must notify the chair of the jury and the faculty administration of the reason for their absence without delay. No later than the day after the end of the impediment, they shall submit to the faculty administration the original supporting documents, i.e. a medical certificate or any other document whose probative value is left to the discretion of the faculty administration.
ATTENDANCE NOTE:
A request for an attendance note in December will result in a zero for the entire assessment; the student cannot submit it in Q2; however, they can submit the Q2 assessments.
With regard to requests for “attendance notes”, only those submitted via the student's virtual office will be considered.
All subdivisions of Part 1 and 2 (= permanent evaluation) for which the students have succeeded, will not be represented during the exam session of september.
If due to sanitary measures, the permanent evaluations cannot take place and if we have the possibility to organise a face-to-face written exam, we will opt for this possibility and will organise a face-to-face written exam on vocabulary and memo.
The oral examination would be maintained as a supplement to assess the students' oral communicative skills, on TEAMS if it cannot be organised on campus.
Generative artificial intelligences (AI) must be used responsibly and in accordance with academic and scientific integrity practices. Scientific integrity requires that sources be cited, and the use of AI should always be disclosed. The use of artificial intelligence for the tests and exams is explicitly prohibited and will be considered cheating.

Other information

Contact details Katrien De Rycke
katrien.derycke@uclouvain.be
Office: ILV A128, first floor, Traverse d'Esope
tel: 010.47.45.34

Online resources

Moodle

Bibliography

• Syllabus LNEEi1203  + Plate-forme Moodle
• Les documents audio et vidéo authentiques ayant trait à l'actualité.

Faculty or entity

> ILV