Course: Traineership

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Course title Traineership
Course code NIZ/2STAZ
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Dutch
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Engelbrecht Wilken, prof. Dr. cand. litt.
Course content
The student either arranges the traineeship on his/her own or runs for one of the traineeship set up by the Dutch Department. The he/she fulfils all his/her duties during the course of the traineeship and subsequently hands in at the Dutch Department all the documents necessary.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Observation, Training in job and motor Skils, Work Activities
Learning outcomes
The best way of lerning is learning through the means of authentic, first-hand experience. That is why the students are not only being stimulated to seach for the possibilities to organize traineeships on their own, but the Dutch Department, Faculty of Arts, Palacký University Olomouc organizes such traineeships-programmes also in close co-operation with its Dutch and Flamish partners. Preferably the traineeships should have a (close) connection to the topic of the final thesis the student is working on. The basic condition is that the traineeship must provide the student with enough opportunities to apply his or her Dutch language skills. After finishing the trainee period the student will obtain from the employer a confirmation of the traineeship including a report on the student's skills and behaviour. The student must hand a copy of these documents together with his/her own report concerning the traineeship (minimally 5 pages of Dutch text) within 1 month after finishing the traineeship.
The students wishing to run for the traineeship must prior to starting the traineeship successfully finish at least their second year of the bachelor study of Dutch and have the target language competences at least on the B1-level CEFR.
Prerequisites
This course is designed only for the students studying Dutch as their major.

Assessment methods and criteria
Analysis of linguistic, Certificate of Graduation of Internship, Final Report

In addition to the minimally requested target language competences (B1-CEFR) the Dutch Departments requires the students to behave in a representative way during the traineeship, have an outstanding work moral, responsible attitude towards the given tasks and also showing the willingness to learn new things.
Recommended literature


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Practical Dutch Philology (2015) Category: Philological sciences 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Winter