Face-to-face , first term, 30 hours of exercises.

Dutch

On completing this course « Grammar in Practice » at B2, students should be able to demonstrate their ability to:
- Analyse the use of syntactic techniques in unfamiliar texts and understand the role they play in structuring the message;
- Define, using examples, grammatical concepts related to sentence structure (simple and compound) in Dutch;
- Apply grammatical structures in context (syntax);
- Compare the different options possible in a given context (sentence, text) and deduce their importance for the meaning of the message;
- Identify the linguistic features in order to successfully determine the geographic origin of the text (Flanders, the Netherlands).

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Grammar : In-depth analysis analyse (descriptive and normative) of Dutch sentence structure (simple and compound sentences), with a detailed focus on each constituent part of the sentence (what may/may not be there, order of complements within a given constituent part, rules for moving them from one part to another, etc.). The course will be devoted to the different sorts of sentences in Dutch and how they are structured, and to the parts of the sentence called “eerste stuk” and “middenstuk”.

Grammar : Lecture.
Learning by resolving problems.
Exercises (practical work, guided study, simulation, etc.).

Grammar.
Summative written assessment in January comprising a variety of questions on specific difficulties in Dutch syntax (sorts of sentences, “eerste stuk”, “middenstuk”).

Course handout « Wat je dient te weten over de zinsbouw ».