Seminar of entry to professional life in Dutch - Upper-Intermediate level

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

Reading Comprehension

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

• extract information, ideas and opinions from highly specialised sources linked to their field of study .
• understand highly specialised articles outside of their field of study provided they can occasionally use a dictionary to check their understanding.

Level B2+ of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages

Listening Comprehension - Individual:

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

• to follow the main points of a conference, a discourse, a report and other types of educational/professional presentations, which are complex in form and content.
• in a conversation, to understand in detail what is said in standard dialect, even in a noisy environment.

Level B2+ of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages

Speaking skills :

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

• develop a presentation in a methodic way, or a description emphasizing the important points and relevant details.
• spontaneously diverge from a prepared text to follow interesting points raised by the audience, and show great ease and spoken skills in doing so.
• take part in a conversation of a certain length on most general topics and really participate in it, even in a noisy environment.

Level B2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages

Writing skills :

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

• summarise information and arguments coming from diverse sources.
• write formal letters and know the formulas which are most appropriate to the different forms of professional correspondence.

Level B1+ of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages

Code

• Expansion of general vocabulary (4000 basic words) and specific professional vocabulary. 
• Reinforcement of simple and complex specific grammatical structures of Dutch.

As far as speaking skills are concerned, the teaching unit 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).