INTER-INSTITUTIONAL LANGUAGE COURSES - 1st semester 1999-2000
INTER-INSTITUTIONAL LANGUAGE COURSES
STANDARD, SPECIALISED and SPECIFIC COURSES
1st semester 1999-2000
Deadline for receipt of enrolment forms : |
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Friday 4 June 1999 at midday |
GENERAL INFORMATION- CALENDAR
Courses will start on Monday 27 September 1999 and will end on Friday 20 January 2000. The detailed timetable will be indicated in the classrooms at the start of the semester.
- LANGUAGES AVAILABLE
Community languages : DA (Danish), DE (German), EL (Greek), EN (English), ES (Spanish), FR (French), IT (Italian), NL (Dutch), PT (Portuguese),FI (Finnish), SV (Swedish).
Non-Community languages : AR (Arabic), JA (Japanese), RU (Russian).
- TIMETABLE
If you are given a place on a course, you will be allocated to one of the following time slots :
08 h 00 - 09 h 50
11 h 40 - 13 h 30
13 h 45 - 15 h 35
16 h 10 - 18 h 00
- ADMISSION CRITERIA
Candidates who at the closing date for applications are either an official, a temporary, auxiliary or local agent are eligible to apply for a course.
Spouses of officials and former officials will be admitted, if there are places available, to courses in the languages on offer except for French and English for which there is always a very large number of requests.
Requests made by a Directorate General or a service will take priority over requests from individuals.
- APPLICATION PROCEDURE
* Please use the special enrolment form which follows.
* You are only allowed to enrol for one course per semester.
* People who are currently attending courses 1 to 5 do not need to submit a new application as their enrolment is automatic until they complete level 6.
* People who are currently attending a level 6 course or a specialised or specific module will need to send in a new application if they wish to continue their studies.
* People who will be participating in the intensive courses in the summer of 1999 and who are not enrolled on a standard course for the second semester 1998-1999 have to submit a new application form.
* People who were enrolled on a course in the 2nd semester 1998-99 and who either :
- never attended,
or
- gave up attending,
or
- did not attend regularly (8 consecutive absences or 10 non-consecutive absences, whether or not they are justified),)
will need to submit a new application.
* The original of the completed request has to be signed by the Training Coordinator of each DG/Service. It then has to be sent only by internal mail to the Secretariat of the language courses, GUIM 1/60.
For organisational reasons, applications which are sent by fax (even as an advance copy) will not be considered.
Deadline for receipt of applications : Friday 4 June at midday.
APPLICATIONS RECEIVED AFTER THE CLOSING DATE CANNOT BE CONSIDERED.
* Unauthorised applications will not be accepted.
*You will not be informed of the outcome of your application until after 6 September 1999. Please refrain from making any personal inquiries before this date, so that we can give our full attention to setting up the session for the benefit of all our participants.
- PLACEMENT TESTS
For people whose level in the language requested is not known or who have not attended a course in that language during the previous three years placement tests will be organised during the second half of June. An invitation will be sent in due course.
TYPES OF COURSESThe courses will be organised provided that there are sufficient participants. Applicants will be admitted to the courses on the basis of the number of places available.
- STANDARD COURSES (twice a week)
Languages
All languages mentioned in point 2.
Aim
To enable participants to acquire the language skills which are necessary to carry out their daily work and to express themselves in everyday situations.
Levels
The levels on offer range from level 1 (complete beginner) to level 6 (the most advanced).
Length and frequency
Course length is approximately 64 hours on a twice-weekly basis, 1 h 50 per day, for 16 weeks (excluding holidays).
- SPECIALISED COURSES (once a week)
These courses are for participants who have successfully completed the six standard courses or those who can demonstrate in the placement test that they are at an equivalent level. A specific request is necessary as automatic re-enrolment ends after level 6 of the standard courses. People who have previously successfully completed a specialised course can re-enrol for the same module after a period of two years has elapsed.
Languages
Courses will be organised for the languages mentioned in point 2 if we have received enough applications and if there are sufficient resources available.
Aim
To improve the participants' listening, speaking, reading or writing skills.
Content
There are four SPECIALISED MODULES :
- Oral expression (code 020)
- Listening comprehension (code 022)
- Written expression (code 024)
- Reading comprehension (code 025)
Length and frequency
Each module lasts approximately 32 hours, 1 h 50 once a week for 16 weeks (excluding holidays).
- SPECIFIC COURSES (TASK BASED) (once a week)
These courses are for participants :
- who have finished level 6 of the standard courses and at least one of the specialised modules mentioned above ; or
- who can demonstrate in the placement test that they have an equivalent level.
A specific application is required.
Languages
Specific task-based courses are only organised in DE, EN, FR if there is sufficient demand and if the necessary resources are available.
Aim
- Specific writing courses focus on professional writing tasks (administrative writing).
- Specific speaking courses focus on professional oral tasks (speeches, meetings, negotiating).
Content- Specific writing courses
- Preparation for administrative writing (code 026) FR, EN, DE
- Letters and memos (code 027) FR, EN
- Note taking and minute writing (code 028) FR, EN
- Report writing (code 029) FR, EN
- Specific oral courses
- Speeches and presentations (code 051) FR, EN, DE
- Meetings (code 052) FR, EN, DE
- Negotiating (code 053) FR, EN, DE
Length and frequency
Each module lasts approximately 30 hours, 1 h 50 once a week for 17 weeks (excluding holidays).
| RECOMMENDATION : Please keep the description of the course for future reference, together with a copy of your application form. |
INFORMATION : Language Training Secretariat
| Telephone n° (29)51160 |
| Fax n° (29)51106 |
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PLEASE SEND YOUR ENROLMENT FORM BY ORDINARY MAIL.
FAXED APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.
Address : Rue Guimard, 10
Administrative address : GUIM 1/60
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List of course managers (on 1 April 1999)
(enquiries by phone or in person may be made between 10 and 12 a.m.)
| Language | Name | Office | TEL |
| AR - Arabic | ÖSTBERG Anna | 1 / 61 | 92734 |
| DA - Danish | DE KONINCK Valérie | 1 / 47 | 58654 |
| DE - German | DE KONINCK Valérie | 1 / 47 | 58654 |
| EL - Greek | ÖSTBERG Anna | 1 / 61 | 92734 |
| EN - English | VAN LOO Martine | 1 / 50 | 52394 |
| ES - Spanish | LABATE Mario | 1 / 43 | 52108 |
| FI - Finnish | DE KONINCK Valérie | 1 / 47 | 58654 |
| FR - French | MAAS Marijke | 1 / 46 | 57551 |
| IT - Italian | ÖSTBERG Anna | 1 / 61 | 92734 |
| JA - Japanese | ÖSTBERG Anna | 1 / 61 | 92734 |
| NL - Dutch | DE KONINCK Valérie | 1 / 47 | 58654 |
| PT - Portuguese | ÖSTBERG Anna | 1 / 61 | 92734 |
| SV - Swedish | DE KONINCK Valérie | 1 / 47 | 58654 |
| RU - Russian | ÖSTBERG Anna | 1 / 61 | 92734 |
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