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Professional Communication in French (CEFR B1)34501/4114/1819/1/76
Study guide

Professional Communication in French (CEFR B1)

34501/4114/1819/1/76
Academic year 2018-19
Is found in:
  • International Curriculum, programme stage 1
This is a single course unit.
Study load: 4 credits
Weight: 4,00
Total study time: 100,00 hours
Possible deadlines for learning account: 01.12.2018 ()

Organisation of education

Teaching Activities, Learning Activities, Assessment Activities
Lecture16,00 hours
Self-study64,00 hours
Seminar20,00 hours
Supervised independent work
This course unit is marked out of 20 (rounded to an integer).
Re-sit exam: is possible.
It is not possible to enrol in this course unit under
  • exam contract (to obtain a credit).
  • exam contract (to obtain a degree).
Special admission is required to enrol in this course unit under credit contract.
Co-ordinator: Bogaert Sabine
Other teaching staff: Hofman Veerle
Language course: Yes, French
Languages: French
Scheduled for: Semester 1

Objectives

  • Use the productive and receptive language skills purposefully in a general and professional context in French at the CEFR B1 level.
  • Integrate the basic principles of emails and social media policy purposefully and independently into his or her professional communication in French.
  • Take care of business communication regarding purchase and sales in French.
  • Describe and apply language structures in French correctly.

Contents

  • In function of correct manners, email, social media policy and business communication: skills (reading, listening, writing, interaction in a business and professional context of translation and communication) with attention for grammar, vocabulary, style, spelling.
  • Email and social media policy.
  • Business letters and emails: give and get information (written), quotations, orders (everything is offered in a business context), vocabulary: achat, vente, demande, offre, commande; formules d'introduction, de politesse, expressions propres au développement et à la conclusion d'écrits professionnels.
  • Basic insight in language structures (basic knowledge sentence structures and lexical categories), apply grammar and vocabulary in business context correctly (oral and written).
  • Grammar: la demande polie, le conditionnel, les connecteurs et articulateurs logiques + emploi des modes, le gérondif, le participe présent, adj/adv, l'expression d'une appréciation, d'un point de vue, d'un souhait, d'une préférence, d'une nécessité + emploi des modes, l'accord (adj. particpe passé)
  • Self study: le système de conjugaison, les pronoms simples.

Order of enrolment

There are no prerequisites for this course.

Final objectives

As an ambassador of the company or organization, and a connector in the company or organization, communicate in a service-oriented and creative manner in an intercultural, international and multidisciplinary context in Dutch, French, English and either German or Spanish (to be selected) with internal and external stakeholders with various profiles. (Dutch: CEFR level C2 / English: receptive skills CEFR level C1, productive skills level B2 / French: receptive skills CEFR level C1, productive skills level B2 / German or Spanish: CEFR level B1)

Teaching methods

  • Learning dialogue
  • Online learning
  • Practice session
    Additional information: Guided exercises

Evaluation

Evaluation(s) for first exam chance
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PeriodicWritten examination100,00
Evaluation(s) for re-sit exam
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PeriodicWritten examination100,00

Study materials

1. Mandatory books
Mandatory
  • Author: Cornu,PH. e.a.
  • Publisher: Leuven/Apeldoorn: Garant
  • Edition: 2018-2019
  • ISBN-nr: 978-90-441-3626-5
Mandatory
  • Author: Didier-Hatier
  • Publisher: Hatier Paris
  • Edition: nieuwste uitgave
  • ISBN-nr: 978-22-189-4997-5
Mandatory
  • Author: explio - team
  • Edition: 2016
  • ISBN-nr: 978-10-901-4236-8
Mandatory
  • Author: Isabelle Werbrouck
  • Edition: recente editie
  • ISBN-nr: 978-94-629-2706-3
Mandatory
  • Author: Marie-Hélène Morsel, Claude Richou, Christiane Descotes-Genon
  • Publisher: PUG
  • Edition: 4
  • ISBN-nr: 978-27-061-2982-7
Mandatory
  • Author: Michelle Fayet
  • Publisher: Eyrolles
  • Edition: jul/15
  • ISBN-nr: 978-22-125-6182-1