Note from June 29, 2020
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
3 credits
15.0 h
Q2
Teacher(s)
Bosmans Hilde; Dachy Valérie (coordinator); De Rycke Katrien; Demeulenaere Isabelle; Houdmont Dag; Klein Caroline; Lambrecht Marie-Laurence; Schrijvers Lutgarde; Vanelderen Marie-Paule; Verhaert Marianne;
Language
Dutch
Prerequisites
The student should have followed the teaching unit corresponding (at least) to level A2 of the "Common European Framework of Reference for Languages" (European Council).
Main themes
This teaching unit is structured around different subjects (e.g. hobbies, travel, home, advertisement, student life, health, ...) related to the general (non-specific) domain.
Aims
At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to : | |
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Reading Comprehension At the end of this teaching unit the student should be able
Individual Listening Comprehension At the end of this teaching unit the student should be able
At the end of this teaching unit the student should be able to
Individual Speaking Skills At the end of this teaching unit the student should be able
At the end of this teaching unit the student should be able
Writing Skills / Code:
For all the skills aforementioned: introduction to Flemish and Dutch culture. |
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”.
Content
This teaching unit involves that basic vocabulary and structures are trained, reinforced and expanded in order to prepare the students for the next teaching unit.
Teaching methods
- Lessons in groups of max. 20 students.
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Workload
classroom hours = 15 h
homework (including selftuition) = 90 h - We will use the 'flipped classroom' approach for this class and deal with the selftuition material students will have prepared on the Moodle platform before coming to class. TIsh cours counts for 3 ECTS and consists of 15 contact hours organised as follows : 2 hours every other week. The presence of the students at each session is compulsory. In principle, every 2-hour session implies 8 hours of previous aunomous study by the students. The cours is divided into 5 themes linked to daily life :
- Life in a student town
- Youth culture
- Food and health
- Discovering the world
- Money and advertising
- Revision, autonomously, of the grammatical structures specific toeh the Dutch language with the help of a power point diaporama on Moodle and the theory in the syllabus. Addtionnal productive exercises are done in class.
- Activation of receptive skills in class based on self tuition material.
- Oral conversation practice by means of role plays, etc.
Evaluation methods
- Continuous assessment (4 compulsory tests which represent 30% of the final note)
- Written exam (60% of final mark divided as such : grammar (1/3), vocabulary (1/3), listening comprehension (1/6), reading comprehension (1/6)
- Oral test (content of the class and of the texts on Moodle) = 10%
Other information
It is possible to be exempted from this teaching unit : students who assume that their level of Dutch is sufficient to be exempted, enroll on the Moodle platform for an exemption test whith takes place in week 9.
Students who get 14/20 or more on this test, can then take part in a productive test and their speaking skills are evaluated. If they get 13/20 or more on that test, they can be exempted from the teaching unit and the exam.
Students who get 14/20 or more on this test, can then take part in a productive test and their speaking skills are evaluated. If they get 13/20 or more on that test, they can be exempted from the teaching unit and the exam.
Online resources
Bibliography
- Syllabus de cours et matériel de révision en autodidacte
- Textes et exercices sur la plate-forme Moodle
Faculty or entity
ILV
