Required in stage
Optional in stage
First term
Both terms
This year
Next year
Alternating years
External
Prerequisites
Identical coursesDeutsch 4 (B-TM-YO0165)
Warnez Sofie (coordinator) | Warnez Sofie | N. Aims
- Reading: You define information in business emails and in texts on social and business topics.
- Writing: You write business e-mail messages within the process from request to complaint resolution.
- Listening: You select relevant information from conversations or explanations on a topic from current events or the work environment.
- Speaking: You give a well-structured presentation. You spontaneously speak fluently for 2 minutes. You converse fluently on a text on a social or business topic.
- Supporting Elements: You use acquired vocational vocabulary and grammatical items correctly in relevant contexts.
Listening:B1+ - Reading:B1+ - Writing:B1 - Speaking:B1
Previous knowledge
Final competences German 3 (Listening:B1-Reading:B1-Writing:A2+-Speaking:A2+)
Order of Enrolment
Mixed prerequisite:
You may only take this course if you comply with the prerequisites. Prerequisites can be strict or flexible, or can imply simultaneity. A degree level can be also be a prerequisite.
Explanation:
STRICT: You may only take this course if you have passed or applied tolerance for the courses for which this condition is set.
FLEXIBLE: You may only take this course if you have previously taken the courses for which this condition is set.
SIMULTANEOUS: You may only take this course if you also take the courses for which this condition is set (or have taken them previously).
DEGREE: You may only take this course if you have obtained this degree level.
SIMULTANEOUS(YO0238)
The codes of the course units mentioned above correspond to the following course descriptions:
YO0238 : Deutsch 3
This course unit is a prerequisite for taking the following course units:
YO0440 : Deutsch für Fortgeschrittene
Identical courses
This course is identical to the following courses:
YB0765 : German 4 (No longer offered this academic year)
Is included in these courses of study
- Bachelor of Business Management (Mechelen) (International Business) 180 ects.
- Bachelor of Organisation & Management (Mechelen) (Intercultural Relations Management) 180 ects.
- Bachelor of International Tourism and Leisure - English Programme (Mechelen) (International Tourism and Leisure - Start September) 180 ects.
- Bachelor of International Tourism and Leisure - English Programme (Mechelen) (International Tourism and Leisure - Start(ed) initially in February) 180 ects.
Activities
3 ects. Deutsch 4 (B-TM-YO5165)
GermanFormat: Lecture-practical-assignment
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Second termWarnez Sofie | N. Content
- Reading: business and personal e-mails, business texts from the German-speaking media on social and business topics and Landeskunde, blog posts
- Writing: company internal communication (e.g. applications, ...); company external communication (e.g. mails with questions about quotations, quotations, mails to other companies, invoices, invitations, ...); short business and personal texts;
- Listen: conversations between colleagues, telephone conversations from the personal or professional sphere, presentation of a current topic, company presentation, ...
- Speaking: giving short presentations, giving opinions and discussions, speaking about general and topical subjects, …
- Supporting elements: business-oriented vocabulary (partly to be acquired in self-study) and grammatical items (repetition German 1+2+3, deepening).
Course material
Study cost: Not applicable (The information about the study costs as stated here gives an indication and only represents the costs for purchasing new materials. There might be some electronic or second-hand copies available as well. You can use LIMO to check whether the textbook is available in the library. Any potential printing costs and optional course material are not included in this price.)
Fügert, N., Grosser, R., e.a. (2016). DaF im Unternehmen B1. Kurs- und Uebungsbuch. Stuttgart: Ernst Klett Sprachen.
Ppt and web links: provided via Canvas
Dictionary German/English – English/German or German/native language
Language of instruction: more information
German is used during the lessons and in oral and written communication with the lecturer.
Format: more information
College: interactive working methods on different themes (business-oriented and personal; focus on skills)
Assignments: students will complete assignments during the semester that they submit by the pre-set deadline. Some assignments require class attendance. Deadlines are always announced on Canvas at least 1 week in advance.
In preparation for the oral exam, students will complete a Take-Home assignment.
Evaluation
(B-TM-YO7165)
Explanation
| Assessment | Grading scale |
|---|---|
| TOTAL | 1-20/20 scale |
Pass conditions:
20% permanent evaluation (assignments)
50% written exam
30% oral exam with take-home assignment
Anyone who fails to submit an assignment on time, receives a zero for that assignment.
Timely uploading of this assignment is a condition for participation in the oral exam.
Information about retaking exams
This course unit does not allow partial mark transfers.
Only oral (40%) and written (50%) exam. The students make a completely new Take-Home assignment (10%). Deadline for uploading is 8 August. Timely uploading of this assignment is a condition for participation in the oral exam. The marks from the permanent evaluation will no longer be taken into account.