Module Catalogue 2024/25

Pre Requisite Comment

None

Co Requisite Comment

This module is only open to Modern Languages students (including Combined Honours students and Linguistics students) who are simultaneously taking Level C German (GER2061) or Level B German (GER1071) at Stage 2.

Aims

In consonance with the overall aims of the degrees offered in the SML, this module will introduce students to the Dutch language both in its written and spoken form, so that by the end of the course students will be able to speak and write in Dutch to roughly between GCSE and A-level standard.

This course is an introduction to the Dutch language for students who speak German. It will be divided into two parts:
A) Writing skills: i.e. Dutch grammar and text comprehension (reading different types of texts and answering questions in Dutch;
B) Oral and listening skills (including role-plays based on the set coursebook, general conversation and listening exercises).
One hour a week will be given to each part of the course. Part B will be taught by a native speaker of Dutch.

Outline Of Syllabus

Dutch Grammar, Text comprehension, composition, general oral work, oral role-plays based on coursebook, listening exercise.

THIS COURSE WILL BE TAUGHT AND ASSESSED IN ENGLISH AND DUTCH, DEPENDING ON THE EXERCISE.

OTHER PROGRAMME LINKS:- Any student whose degree programme includes German Level C.

Intended Knowledge Outcomes

By the end of the course, students will have had the opportunity to learn about:
-the rules of Dutch grammar.
-Dutch vocabulary.
-modern Dutch life and culture.

Intended Skill Outcomes

By the end of the course, students will have had the opportunity to: -
-understand authentic written and spoken Dutch.
-write short compositions in Dutch (e.g letters, summaries)
-Speak Dutch in everyday situations (through role-play)
-participate in group work on language exercise.

Teaching Rationale And Relationship

As this is beginner's language course it is more 'classroom based' than the other optional modules, hence the higher

number of synchronous teaching hours. The teaching will be split into two main parts:

A) Writing skills:grammar, text comprehension, writing(1 hr a week);
B) Oral and listening skills (1 hr a week)

Assessment Rationale And Relationship

In the written exam students will answer 2 questions which which directly relate to the skills learned during the writing skills part of the course: 1 text comprehension exercise and 1 set of grammar exercises. In addition, the oral exam will allow students to give evidence of their ability in spoken Dutch by taking part in a role-play exercise based on an everyday situation (e.g ordering food in a restaurant, buying a train ticket etc.), which they will prepare in advance, and by answering some informal questions in Dutch about themselves, their studies, their hobbies and interest etc. The oral examination is an integrated test of oral and aural skills.

The oral exam tests the oral skills practised in the oral classes and the written exam tests the students' comprehension and writing skills, as covered in the writing classes.

General Notes

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