Aims

- At the end of the course, the student should have reached the B2 level in listening and oral skills in German in
specialised contexts (business).
- The student should also be able to master the language functions, the grammatical structures, the "etiquette", the
"genre conventions", the general and business vocabulary, with the aim of facilitating the listening comprehension
and spontaneous oral expression about different topics from the business world.

Course description
Various activities related to the business world in the language laboratory to gradually improve the students' listening comprehension skills and the students' oral production skills (pronunciation, accentuation and intonation).

Content and teaching methods

ALLE 2710 - advanced level

Course code and title : ANGL 2710
Year of studies : MULT 2 MS
Rhythm: 60 hours, 2 hour a week throughout the year
Requirements: Intermediate to advanced level, i.e. B1 to B2 level of the "Common European Framework for languages".
Objectives: Oral and listening skills in a specialised context (business).
Assessment: continuous assessment, oral and written exam

Other information (prerequisite, evaluation (assessment methods), course materials recommended readings, ...)

Prerequisites
B1 level of listening and reading in German (Common European Framework for languages).

On the one side, the student is encouraged to gradually improve his/her listening comprehension skills with videos and audio cassettes (monologues, dialogues, formal and familiar registers, different accents, specialised contexts such as business, economics, politics…). On the other side, the course aims to improve oral production skills (pronunciation, accentuation, intonation, specialised expressions…) with various oral exercises partly taking place in a language laboratory, with lexical extension and with the revision of the main grammar structures. Detailed correction by the teacher.

Assessment
- Continuous assessment during the whole year, including the student's participation during class and the weekly
assignments drafted individually or in little groups at home.
- The exam consists of listening comprehension exercices and an oral part.

Course materials:
- The course materials include course notes (listening comprehension and pronunciation material) and audio-tapes. - Possibility of self-tuition for the listening comprehension at the self-tuition centre (CAA) of the ILV.
The content of the classroom exercises has been developed in cooperation with the teacher of the GERM 2412 course Oral business communication techniques in order to make sure that the two courses are complementary.
At least one part of the exercises should refer to the subjects treated in GERM2223 Reading comprehension and vocabulary extension course to make sure that the students are able to pron

Teacher:
Anne-Christine Schifflers

Target group:
Master in multilingual business communication (MULT 2 MS)

Workload: 60 hour

Period: yearly

Credits (ECTS): 6

Rhythm: yearly

Duration: the whole year

Language: German

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