EHL Course Catalogue 2011-2012 - Ecole Hôtelière de Lausanne

� Summary
This module will give students the competencies in writing needed to master, in Spanish, most
written linguistic situations that occur in a professional setting, while improving the oral skills they
have already acquired.
Students will be able to read texts in relation to their work and interests with a certain degree of
accuracy, use an extensive reading vocabulary, understand articles in their professional domain,
targeted information in prospectuses, menus, advertisements, inventories, instructions and
timetables, and write practical texts in their professional surroundings such as e-mails, motivation
letters, CVs, complaints, minutes, etc.. Students will also have the competencies to sit the D.E.L.E.
(Spanish as a Foreign Language Diploma), should they choose to do so.
� Objective
At the end of this module, students should be able to communicate coherently in written Spanish in
personal and professional situations.
8402-1BM – German level beginner
40 hours of contact – 3.5 US quarter credits – 4 ECTS credits
� Summary
This module will enable the students to acquire the vocabulary and grammar necessary to be able to
respond in German to concrete needs related to people, their environment and their future
professional context. Specifically, students will learn to understand, both orally and in writing, simple
expressions and sentences, to ask and answer basic questions, and to communicate with Germanspeaking
people.
� Objective
After successfully passing this module, students should have acquired the necessary competencies
to understand oral and written German at a basic level and to make themselves understood by
formulating simple sentences. The level of competency attained in this first year will prepare them to
take the intermediate level module in Year 2 of this programme.
8402-2BM – German level pre-intermediate
40 hours of contact – 3.5 US quarter credits – 4 ECTS credits
� Summary
This module will strengthen the fundamental knowledge previously acquired by students, necessary
to ensure good communication on everyday subjects. Students will acquire the vocabulary and
grammatical skills needed to handle exchanges on daily life situations such as leisure, shopping, as
well as about his professional life and studies. Students will find themselves in communication
situations, and will also learn to identify the key ideas of a text or a discussion. They will learn to
produce simple and clear texts on personal topics.