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Dutch Language 1
Course code: DUTC1001.
Course unit value: 1.0.
This is an intensive language course for beginners. Five hours per week are devoted to developing practical language skills alongside basic grammatical competence, to enable students to participate in a wide variety of language exchanges and transactions. By the end of the first year students should be able to communicate fluently in basic written and spoken Dutch, expressing ideas and feelings about non-specialist topics. Attention is paid to developing a critical language awareness. Two hours per week are set aside for self-study, over and above homework tasks and course assessments, in order to consolidate and complement classroom work.
Assessment: one unseen two-hour examination (35%); one listening comprehension and oral examination (30%); and a portfolio including essays, listening and vocabulary tests and grammar assignments (35%).
Tutors: Christine Sas and language assistants.
Preparatory reading and set texts: students should obtain a copy of Routledge Intensive Dutch Course (London/New York: Routledge 2006), and of Teach Yourself Beginner's Dutch Grammar (London: Hodder and Stoughton, 2000) which will be used as a basic reference tool.
