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.
4 credits
15.0 h + 30.0 h
Q1
Teacher(s)
Colson Jean-Pierre (coordinator); Van Cleven Johan;
Language
French
Prerequisites
- Proficiency in Language A (mother tongue or acquired target language: French);
Content
Based on the teaching unit on Founding Principles, this Unit aims at giving the first run of the ladder on consecutive interpretation from Dutch into French. The student will be given advice on how to develop and master an efficient though personnal system for note-taking dedicated to consecutive between Dutch and French. He/She will get acquainted to consecutive and practise in the classroom activities with speeches on diverse societal issues and issues of topicality of increasing lengths and difficulties. The exercices will enable the student to improve his/her understanding of spoken Dutch at enhanced pace and register and address subject-matters linked to the society and the on-going news in Dutch-speaking countries.
Teaching methods
Class-room activities
This teaching unit aims at enabling the student to use, train and improve the note-taking skills through practical exercices appraised by the teacher during the classroom activity.
Special attention is given to the following objectives : enabling the student to develop analytical method to capture the depth of the speech so as to grasp its structure & linking words , to distinguish essential from non-essential content, to reproduce the speech as fully understood in a consistent and structured delivery in a perfect French that will be accurate and fluent, as well as suitable with the Dutch register used by the speaker
This teaching unit aims at enabling the student to use, train and improve the note-taking skills through practical exercices appraised by the teacher during the classroom activity.
Special attention is given to the following objectives : enabling the student to develop analytical method to capture the depth of the speech so as to grasp its structure & linking words , to distinguish essential from non-essential content, to reproduce the speech as fully understood in a consistent and structured delivery in a perfect French that will be accurate and fluent, as well as suitable with the Dutch register used by the speaker
Evaluation methods
On-going appraisal and final assessment
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Faculty or entity
LSTI
