NI04_02 Professional/Business/Commercial Dutch

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2016
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Sofie Rose-Anne W. Royeaerd, M.A. (lecturer)
Mgr. Marta Kostelecká, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Sofie Rose-Anne W. Royeaerd, M.A.
Department of German, Scandinavian and Netherland Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Marta Kostelecká, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of German, Scandinavian and Netherland Studies – Faculty of Arts
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 1 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/1, only registered: 0/1
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
In this course aboth oral and written skills of business communication in Dutch are practised: corresponding, job applications, business talks and negotiations, meetings and minutes, business presentations and reports. This course is íntended for advanced students of Dutch. Aimed level is PPT of the official CNaVT-exams (which corresponds with B2).
Syllabus
  • Introduction
  • 1.1. Cultural differences
  • 1.2. Social talks
  • 2. Correspondinf
  • 2.1. Formal versus informal style
  • 2.2. Notes, short letters and e-mails
  • 2.3. Adverts
  • 2.4. Official letters and e-mails: conventions
  • 2.5. Informing letters
  • 2.6. Request letters
  • 2.7. Letters of complaint
  • 2.8. Letters conveying "bad news"
  • 3. Job applications
  • 3.1. Form, job interview, cv
  • 3.2. Letters
  • 4. Business conversations and negotiations
  • 4.1. Business conversations
  • 4.2. Negotiations
  • 4.3. Telephone conversations
  • 5. Meetings and minutes
  • 5.1. Meetings
  • 5.2. Minutes
  • 6. Business presentations
  • 7. Reports
Literature
    recommended literature
  • Marilene Gathier, Schrijf Vaardig 3. Methode met grammaticale opbouw voor anderstaligen. Bussum, 2012.
  • Lyan Bekkers en Susan Mennen, Ter Zake. Zakelijk Nederlands voor anderstaligen. Amsterdam/Antwerpen, 2011.
  • Freek Bakker en Joke Olie, Schrijven op B2. Examentraining schrijfvaardigheid voor het Staatsexamen II. Amsterdam, 2013.
  • BAALEN, P. C. van. Taal in zaken : Zakelijk Nederlands voor anderstaligen. Utrecht: Nederlands Centrum Buitenlanders, 2003, 304 s. ISBN 9055176095. info
Teaching methods
A combination of lecture and seminar (two hours per week); within the class a combination of teacher-led activities (theory) and student-centered learning activities will be employed (practice).
Assessment methods
• Presence
• Weekly assignments
• Written test
• End assigenment: presentation and report
Language of instruction
Dutch
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught only once.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2001, Autumn 2002, Autumn 2004, Spring 2007, Spring 2009, Spring 2011, Spring 2013, Autumn 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Autumn 2016, Spring 2017, Autumn 2017, Spring 2019, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2016, recent)
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