UCL - German - Seminar of professional integration, intermediate level

[ALLE2500]

[30h] 3 credits

This course is taught in the 1st & 2d semester.

Teacher(s): Caroline Klein, Ann Rinder(coord.)

Language: D

Level: Second

Aims
Main themes
Content and teaching methods
Other information (prerequisite, evaluation (assessment methods), course materials recommended readings, ...)

Aims

Reading comprehension:
B2 level of the CEFR

Listening comprehension:
B2 level of the CEFR

Speaking skills :
B1 level of the CEFR

Writing skills :
B2 level of the CEFR

Code :
Expansion of basic vocabulary (2000 basic words) and reinforcement of specific German grammatical structures. As far as speaking skills are concerned, the course focuses more on communicative skills than on correction.

Culture
For all the skills aforementioned: introduction to German culture. The capacity to appreciate the values transmitted by this culture is developed through different fields (social, political, economical).

Main themes

The course is structured around different themes related primarily to the professional world in which the student is meant to function in the future. Current affairs will also be discussed through the reading of newspaper articles.

Content and teaching methods

This course aims at helping students to prepare their entry on the job market, by training skills such as participating in a meeting, telephone conversation, e-mail writing, debating, The aim is also to allow the student to know the professional world better, through the reading of newspaper articles, conferences, films, video sequences, company simulation exercises, All skills will be trained (listening, reading, speaking and writing) although the focus will be on developing speaking skills in a professional environment. Students are required to deliver a talk on one of the communication techniques related to professional life. During this presentation, they are asked to create interaction with the public. The communication techniques themselves will be systematically trained in class. All these activities require some preparation work to be done by the students who are also themselves responsible for perfecting their linguistic knowledge (vocabulary study, revision of grammatical points, ...).

Other information (prerequisite, evaluation (assessment methods), course materials recommended readings, ...)

Prerequisites:
Students should have a good receptive knowledge of the basic grammar and vocabulary and have reached a LOWER B1 level (reading, listening and speaking) of the "Common European Framework of reference for Languages " (CEFR).
An oral test will be organized to check if the student has the required level.

Assessment:
Continuous assessment (class participation, daily work, oral presentation in group)
Oral and written final exam

Course material:
Course notes distributed during the class.

Training staff:
Classes in groups of maximum 20 students.
The teacher is available during his/her office hours and can be contacted by telephone or e-mail.
Guidance is also available at the self-tuition centre (CAA) and the multimedia room (SMM) of the ILV.

Work load:
30 teaching hours
+ 42 hours of autonomous work