German for business and economics 2

Academic year: 2010-2011 Course code module FTEBATA320 Semester: 1st and 2nd semester Credits: 3 Study load (hours) 84 Theory (hours): 15,00 Practice/Exercises(hours): 30,00 Other (hours): Part-time program: Instructor(s) Ingeborg Dusar Language of instruction: German Semester exam information: exam in the 2nd semester Contract restriction information: 1. Prerequisites *Algemene competenties This course builds upon German for Business and Economics 1 *Sequentiality German for business and economics I (FTEBATA220) 2. Objectives (expected learning outcomes) The course German for Business and Economics 2 emphasizes the use of written and oral German for active business communication as well as the knowledge of the socio-economic reality of German speaking countries. It strives to: increase the student's active knowledge of general and economic vocabulary increase the student's active knowledge of German grammar at a more advanced level  (i.c. the use of the tenses (Perfektum); the modi (Konjunktiv); subordinate clauses; conjunctions; word order etc.) develop the ability to read/ understand/ present/ comment and discuss socio-economic topics regarding the German speaking countries as they appear in complex texts / television programmes (WISO). exercise the communicative and strategic skills, needed to be succesfull in different business contexts increase the knowledge of the culture and the socio-economic aspects of  German speaking countries (= 'Landeskunde') 3. Course content Grammatical exercises (see above): in class/ individual training (Blackboard) Vocabulary: extension of the general and specialized German vocabulary based on more complex texts (see: reader) about socio-economic topics practical business communication, written and oral: practising small talk; negotiations; meetings; giving presentations Landeskunde (see: reader) 4. Teaching method Direct contact: Lectures Skills training Language practicals Personal work: Exercises Assignments - individual Assignments - in group Paper - individual Paper - in group Supervised self-study Portfolio Project-based work - individual Project-based work - in group 5. Assessment method Exam: Written, without oral presentation Multiple choice Continuous assessment: Exercises Assignments (Interim) tests Participation in classroom activities Written assignment: With oral presentation Portfolio: With oral presentation Presentation 6. Compulsory reading – study material / 7. Recommended reading - study material Ingeborg Dusar & Grazia Berger: Reader, Acco 2008. Ingeborg Dusar & Grazia Berger: Deutsch II - Übungen und Redemittel für den geschäftlichen Kontext, 2007. Recent interactive version 2008 (see BB) Rolf-Herbert Peters, Die Puma Story, 2007 or: Martin Suter, Small World, 2005  8. Tutoring Individual tutoring in preparation of the presentation-sessions   laatste aanpassing: last update: 06/06/2011 13:03 liesbeth.opdenacker