Jos Wilmots
Jos Wilmots (born July 15, 1933 in Truienaar ) is a Belgian Germanist and Dutch scholar .
After studying at the University of Leuven , where he studied German, in particular German philology, he was lecturer for Dutch at the universities of Göttingen, Bonn and Frankfurt from 1959 to 1966. In 1966 he became a lecturer at the Limburg Business School, which a few years later became part of the Limburg University Center and then renamed the University of Hasselt . In 1999 he retires.
In addition to his work as a German studies scholar, he is the founder of the summer school for Dutch language and culture at the University of Hasselt, which he directed for over 30 years. He stands out as the author of books and teaching materials for the language acquisition of Dutch.
In 2003 he was awarded an honorary doctorate from the Palacký University in Olomouc (Czech Republic).
Works
- Jos Wilmots: Nederlands taal van twee buren; Diepenbeek: Wetenschappelijk Onderwijs Limburg, 1985
- Jos Wilmots: Voor wie al wat Nederlands kent [keuze van de teksten en samenstelling van de oefeningen]; Diepenbeek: Wetenschappelijk Onderwijs Limburg, 1976
- Jos Wilmots & Jos de Rooij: Voor wie Nederland en Vlaanderen wil leren know, Diepenbeek, Belgium, 1978
- Jos Wilmots: Taalknutselboek; Amsterdam: Ruijs & Daal, 2005, 2nd edition
- Jos Wilmots: Duitse taalkneepjes; Cologne: Deutschlandfunk, 1992
- Jos Wilmots, Reiner Arntz: Contrasting Language Dutch - A New Path to Reading Comprehension, Hildesheimer Universitätsschriften, 2002
literature
Bruno De Soomer ... (Ed. -Red.): Kanwelverstan- Festschrift - Feestbundel Jos Wilmots, Diepenbeek: Limburgs Univ. Centrum, 1999
Web links
- Portrait on the side of the KU lions
- Biographical article in Nieuwsblad (Belgium) on the occasion of his 75th birthday
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wilmots, Jos |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian Germanist and Dutchist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 15, 1933 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Truienaar |