UCL - Work placement in one of the studied languages

[GERM9004]

[156h] 10 credits

Teacher(s):

Language: French

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

Aims

The work placement module obliges students to contact companies in Belgium and/or abroad in order to find a one-month work placement in a public or private company.
By the end of the work placement, students will have learned a lot about the business world and will have applied in a practical way the concepts and theories learned in their language and business courses.

Main themes

The work placement is a first experience in the working world and is directly linked to the Master in Modern Languages and Literatures.

Content and teaching methods

The objective of the work placement is to enable students to participate in a companies activities thereby applying the theoretical concepts acquired in their language and business courses in the Master in Modern Languages and Literatures: German, Dutch and English. During their work placement, students should also use on a daily basis at least one of their two major languages.
Students must write and orally defend a report on their work placement. (See Other information). The report must respect the scientific and bibliographical conventions in this regard.

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

Evaluation : The work placement will be evaluated by means of a detailed report (6,000-7,500 words) and an oral defense of 10 minutes (5 minutes PowerPoint presentation and 5 minutes question and answer session).
The report and oral defense must be in one of the students' major languages and will be evaluated by a supervisor (teacher) appointed by the work placement committee.