Key words
Communication skills: French, English, German
Objectives
The students should realise that written and oral communication in foreign languages, i.e. English, German and French, are very important in business life nowadays. Therefore they should be able to:
-understand a text correctly;
-understand what is being said;
-put something into words correctly.
The reading, listening, speaking and writing skills are practised and tested by means of practical exercises.
Concretely this means that the students should be able to:
-understand and use branch-oriented (specialised) vocabulary;
-understand articles and/or texts about technical and scientific subjects;
-apply grammatical rules;
-express themselves in different business situations.
Topics
Grammar: German: elementary grammar / English + French: occasional and systematic study of grammatical topics
General and branch-related vocabulary
Speaking skill: e.g. improving pronunciation, business communication
Writing skill: spelling, sentence structure and translations
Reading skill: branch-oriented texts and / or articles
Listening skill: exercises with audio-visual aids
Prerequisites
German : not required
English : 2 hours a week during the last 2 years of secondary school
French : 2 hours a week during the last 2 years of secondary school
Final Objectives
Materials used
teachers' syllabuses (The students should also make notes during the lesson.)
Professional literature: see syllabuses
Number of pages: about 230
Study costs
about € 6,2
Study guidance
Each student can always report problems to the teacher. There is a monitoring system too.
Teaching Methods
lectures, individual assignments, role play, teamwork, home study (e.g. general vocabulary, technical jargon, preparing texts and exercises, some English grammatical subjects: can be practised via the monitoring system).
Assessment
Maximum points: 80
Written examination:
French: 1/3
English: 1/3
German: 1/3
A resit is possible.
Lecturer(s)
Isabel PIETERS: French
Carine PLUYM: French
Martine DEBAVEYE: English and German
Johan VAN ASSCHE: English and German
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