Listening comprehension and oral expression: specialised German oral exercises - Part 1

B2 level of listening and speaking (Common European Framework for languages).

Financial, political and bank world.

At the end of this master the students have reached oral communication skills in German for the business world

• level C1 minimum (for listening comprehension) and
• B2+ (for oral expression and interactive communication)

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”.

Permanent evaluation, final oral test testing the speaking skills and vocabulary test.

• Global and analytical listening comprehension.
• Vocabulary explanation, vocabulary exercises, oral exercises based on the themes treated.
• Speaking skills for the world of enterprise : the debate, the business meeting, the presentation, the interview.

• Students are confronted 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 (the material is especially focused on fragments dealing with the business world).
• Improvement of their speaking skills (particularly in a business environment) through a variety of oral exercises.

Course notes

• The teacher is available during her office hours and can be contacted by e-mail.
• Guidance at the multimedia room of the ILV