When?

Welcome meeting? Friday, 31 August 2012 - 10.30 AM

3 September 2012 - 21 September 2012
3 weeks / 60 h in classroom; 15 h of practice conversation/language laboratory

Where?

Campus Sint-Andries - Room 3.09 (3rd floor)
Sint-Andriesstraat 2

2000 Antwerpen

Accommodation

In Antwerp many individuals let rooms, bedsits and flats. Lessius itself does not have halls of residence, but does help exchange students find a place.  We distinguish four categories of people to be lodged, EILC students who will be Erasmus student ...

1. … in Antwerp, but NOT at Lessius;
2. … at Lessius, during 1 semester;
3. … at Lessius, during the whole academic year;
4. … at an institute located outside Antwerp;

1. EILC students who will be an Erasmus student in Antwerp, but NOT at Lessius. Normally, the coordinator of the institute where you are accepted as an Erasmus student will help you find accommodation for the whole period of your stay in Antwerp. It does not make sense to take a room somewhere just for the period of the EILC course. First of all it is very difficult to rent a room for just 1 month. Moreover it is better to settle in immediately in the room that you will occupy the whole year / semester.
   
2. Erasmus students at Lessius staying here during the first semester. As most of the Erasmus students stay only 1 semester I would advise them to try and take over the rooms of our Erasmus students who are abroad during the first semester. The list of the rooms available will be published on the website by mid - June. You're supposed to contact people on that list yourselves and make arrangments!
   
3. Erasmus students at this institute staying here the whole academic year. You can either take a room from one of our students going abroad during the first semester and then change rooms in February. (By that time it is easier to rent for one semester: quite a few students give up after a couple of months). Or you can take a room immediately for the whole year. Check at this website: www.studentkotweb.be or contact your departmental coordinator. Ask for a KOTWEB password at inge.vanabbenyen@lessius.eu.
   
4. EILC students who will be Erasmus students at an institute located outside Antwerp. We'd advise them to take a room at a youth hotel /hostel. An extensive list can be found at here. Or they can rent a bedsitter (2 persons). The Antwerp educational institutions have developed a common accommodation service called KOTWEB. Student lodgings meeting certain requirements are registered on this site. Ask for a KOTWEB password at inge.vanabbenyen@lessius.eu

Contact person

Joost Verschaeve

Departmental Erasmus Co-ordinator
Department of Applied Language Studies
Sint-Andriesstraat 2
B - 2000 Antwerpen

joost.verschaeve@lessius.eu
Tel.: +32-3-2060484
Fax : +32-3-2060495

Cultural component

The supporting material reflects everyday life in Flanders.
The documentary section of the video units focuses on socio-cultural aspects of Flemish/ and or Belgian society.
We link this material with our visits to Brussels, Brugge en Ghent.
Total hours of activities: 12 h

Recognition/ECTS

Students receive an official certificate with reference to the levels used by the Nederlandse Taalunie. Students who are positively assessed obtain 4 ECTS credits (workload 120 hours)

Expected learning outcomes

A1 (breakthrough) & A2 (waystage) of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. After the course the students should be able to:

• Say hello and goodbye in a formal and informal way.
• Give personal details about theirselves.
• Outline their family.
• Describe the Belgian federation.
• Make an appointment.
• Have a (phone)conversation.
• Distinguish and spell properly short and long vowels.
• Formulate a simple negative statement.
• Ask and tell what time it is.
• Ask someone for the way.
• Understand and formulate questions words.
• Form and spell plural nouns and adjectives.
• Make proper use of ‘er’ as a subject.
• Formulate a condition.
• Express doubts, worries and fears.
• Construct complex sentences.
• Give opinions.
• Talk about actions in the present, the past and the future.
• Make a proper use of Dutch ‘reflexive verbs’.
• Form an imperative.
• Go shopping.
• Construct superlatives and comparatives.
• Identify people and things or give additional information using a simple relative clause