Seminar of professional integration: Dutch - intermediate level

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

Reading comprehension: B2 level of the CEFR

• Students can read with great autonomy and adapt their reading mode and speed to different types of texts and aims, by using reference books in a proper and selective way
• Students have built up a wide range of (reading) vocabulary although some difficulties may occur with unusual expressions
• Students can read a meeting report, a memorandum, a job advertisement

Listening comprehension: B2- level of the CEFR

• Students can understand the main ideas of complex interventions on a concrete or abstract subject in standard dialect. They can also understand technical discussions related to their field of study.
• Students can understand most of the newspapers and television programmes.
• In a conversation, students can understand in detail what is said in standard dialect, even in a noisy environment.

Speaking skills : B2- level of the CEFR

• Students can develop a clear, prepared presentation and explicit arguments for or a against a particular point of view
• Students can answer a series of questions linked to their presentation with a certain ease and spontaneity so as not to cause any tension with the audience.
• Students can actively take part in a conversation in a professional situation. They can present and defend their opinions during a meeting, a debate or on the telephone.

Writing skills : B1 level of the CEFR

• Students can write a simple text on general topics.
• Students can write personal notes and letters to ask or transmit information of immediate interest and make the points which they consider important, understood.

Code :

Expansion of basic vocabulary (2000 basic words) and reinforcement of specific Dutch 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 Flemish and Dutch culture. The capacity to appreciate the values transmitted by this culture is developed through different fields (social, political, economical).