Evening Courses Dutch Level 4+ Prerequisite for entry
UCL CENTRE FOR LANGUAGES &
INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION
Evening Courses
Dutch Level 4+
Prerequisite for entry
For students who have a good knowledge of the language, but are not proficient yet. For students who master the vocabulary and most grammatical concepts and tenses, or those who have completed Dutch Level 4 at UCL.
Term duration
10 x 2-hour classes.
Aims and Objectives
The aim of the course is to enable students to engage in more complex conversations.
Students should be able to communicate relatively fluently with Dutch natives in most situations. They should also be able to convey their opinions regarding current issues.
Main focus in level 4+ is on conversation and comprehension, even though some more complex grammatical issues will be addressed in this level.
Functions
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Using the past tenses (present perfect & simple past)
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Expressing opinions
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Making comparisons
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Talking about preferences and asking others about their preferences
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Understanding new paper articles & tv spoken Dutch
Course Content: Main topics/themes to be covered
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The abdication enthronement of King Willem-Alexander + analysis of newspaper articles
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Renting/buying a house – The estate agent - Dutch architecture vs British architecture – Analysis poem ‘De stadsgenoot’ (Jan Elburg)
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Television – Television programs – television as a mass medium – Television show
‘Wat als…?’ – Tv appropriate for children?
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Style: character, housing, clothing, spare time, dining out, etc.
Linguistic Structures/ Phonetics
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If needed, recap of rules of the pronunciation of spoken Dutch
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Grammar
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‘Wat’ as an exclamation
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Continuous recap present perfect and simple past
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Continuous recap word order + conjunctions
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Use and meaning of ‘er’
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Indirect questions (Subclauses with question words)
Structure: Verbs at the end of the subclause
Question words (! Prep+ wat → waar +prep!)
Learning Resources
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Colloquial Dutch, the next step in language learning, Routledge, 2005
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Dutch for self-study, Prisma, 2010
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Intensive Dutch Course , Routledge, 2006
• www.devolkskrant.nl
• www.destandaard.be
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Internet
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Lecturers handouts
In addition there are a range of language learning materials for self-study in the Self-Access
Centre.
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