3 ECTS credits
90 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 4019660FNR for all students in the 1st and 2nd semester at a (F) Master - specialised level.

Semester
1st and 2nd semester
Enrollment based on exam contract
Impossible
Grading method
Grading (scale from 0 to 20)
Can retake in second session
Yes
Taught in
Dutch
Faculty
Faculty of Languages & Humanities
Department
Linguistics and Literary Studies
Educational team
Jelle Mast (course titular)
External teachers
Rudy Lanssens
Activities and contact hours
18 contact hours Lecture
24 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals
12 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study
Course Content

Oral proficiency:

1 / theoretical knowledge of the relationship between articulation, voice and breathing.

2 / correction of the existing articulation basis to the articulation basis of standard Dutch, for vowels, diphthongs and consonants.

3 / learning and applying the rules of pronunciation

4 / learning and applying the rules of assimilation

5 / learning and applying good voice projection and vocal hygiene

6 / acquiring and understanding of the rules of intelligent intonation

 

Written proficiency:

1/ writing and formulating correctly, paying special attention to correct vocabulary and sentence formation and language written to be spoken

2/ refining the vocabulary

3/ writing in a clear, attractive and appropriate way

4/ rewriting exercises following for specific audiences

Additional info

Guidance: by appointment with the lecturers.

Within the course, attention will be paid to (generative) AI tools if they are relevant. Students using AI tools during course assignments must specify the generative AI tools used and describe the purposes for which they were used. The student also explains why the results of the AI tools are or are not included in the assignments.

Learning Outcomes

General competencies

Part oral proficiency:

Students

- understand the cause of reductions in fluency and work independently on the solution

- have a flawless basic articulation

- speak clearly and adapt to the microphone

- know the rules of pronunciation and assimilation and apply them

- ensure clear two-way communication

- have an attractive, pleasant speaking voice without any traces of dialect while reading a prepared and an unprepared news bulletin

 

Part written proficiency:

Students

- are able to produce journalistic texts in various genres and domains in flawless Dutch

- have an extended vocabulary

- are able to rewrite texts for a specific audience

- master the register of language written to be spoken

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Oral Exam determines 50% of the final mark.
Other Exam determines 50% of the final mark.

Within the Oral Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • Mondeling examen with a relative weight of 50 which comprises 50% of the final mark.

Within the Other Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • Permanente evaluatie with a relative weight of 50 which comprises 50% of the final mark.

    Note: Evaluatie tweede zittijd: werkstuk.

Additional info regarding evaluation

Part written proficiency: permanent assessment based on submission of assignments.

Part oral proficiency: students need to read a news bulletin.

Students need to obtain a pass grade (10/20) for all course components in order to pass. In the second examination period, resit is only required for those components for which the student did not pass in the first session.

Allowed unsatisfactory mark
The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context

This offer is part of the following study plans:
Master of Journalism: Profile Profile Audiovisual Media (AVM) (only offered in Dutch)