Listening and speaking skills for business Dutch - Part 1

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This teaching unit being of advanced level, an intermediate productive command of grammar and vocabulary as well as the command of the language skills as described at the intermediate level B2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages, are required.

• Belgium and export
• Belgium '  at first sight
• The world after 9/11
• The stock exchange
• Marketing
• Belgian managers in the Netherlands
• Subjects of topical interest

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At the end of this teaching unit the student should be able to master the specific Dutch vocabulary used in the business world.

Level B2+ of the European Reference Framework.

Individual Listening comprehension

At the end of this teaching unit the student should be able to

• deal with all Dutch listening texts of a general businesslike nature in a critical way, understand them and make full use of them.

Level C1 minimum  of the European Reference Framework.

Oral expression and interactive communication

At the end of this teaching unit the student should be able to 

• express him/herself orally and communicate interactively  easily, spontaneously, thoroughly and convincingly on either subjets of a general nature or subjects related to the business world.
• He should be able as well to tackle the subject strategically in an enterprise or organisation and this within a national or international and multicultural context.

Level B2+  of the European Reference Framework.

Business communication techniques

At the end of this teaching unit the student should be able to

• thoroughly master  and use  critically an entity of key elements needed to communicate effectively within a business organisation.(debate, negotiation, business meeting)

Level B2+ of the European Reference Framework.

The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.

At the end of Q1 and/or in the third session (in case of an inssufficient grading mark in Q1):

1. oral exam (50 %)
2. written exam (50 %)
   listening comprehension (35 %) and
   vocabulary (15 %).

Both exams are connected with the themes treated during the first semester.

• Lessons in groups of  20 students.
• Workload 
  Classroom hours : 30 h
  Self-study (including e-learning): 60 h  
• Extension of business and economical vocabulary.  In all cases the vocabulary is presented in context.
• Training and development of listening skills in class by means of authentic documents mainly focussing on economical and commercial topics.
  Additional exercises will have to be done at home (e-learning on the Moodle platform)
• Training and development of speaking skills in a professional context. (the debate, the negotiation, the business meeting, the presentation, the job interview etc. ) by means of classroom teaching . 
  Additional exercises will have to be done at home (e-learning on the Moodle platform).

This teaching unit consists of

• confronting the students with different kinds of audio and video fragments (monologues, dialogues, formal/informal register, different accents) in order to improve the level of the listening comprehension
• improving of their speaking skills (particularly in a business environment) through a variety of oral exercises. 

• Syllabus LNEER2710 + Moodle platform
• Authentic and actual audio and video fragments .