 |  |
| LANG0030-1 | German level A
 |
 |
| Duration : | 60h Th |
 |
| Credits/ECTS : |
|
 |
| Holder(s) : | Françoise Carl, ISLV |
 |
| Language : | Langue allemande |
 |
| Course contents : |
- General texts on legal issues
- Revision and consolidation of grammatical structures related to legal texts
- Course of CERL level B2 (reading and oral presentation) and B1 for other linguistic skills
|
 |
| Course objective : | The main aim of the course is to help students to understand general texts on political or legal issues by consolidating and extending their general language understanding, as well as introducing legal vocabulary. The course also focuses on those grammatical features which are necessary to understand written texts about legal issues.
Although the course is clearly oriented towards reading comprehension, it also aims at improving the student's command of legal Dutch in speaking, writing and listening. |
 |
| Prerequisites : | This course is not intended for beginners. Students should have a good basic command of the German language. |
 |
| Organization : | 2 hours per week
This 60-hour course is taught all year round, 2 hours a week.
Students will make sure to prepare at home the texts and exercises as indicated by the teacher on a weekly basis. |
 |
| Written notes : | Syllabus "German" |
 |
| Assessment : | The written exam, which will take place at the end of the 2nd term, will include a sight text, as well as questions about the grammatical structures and the vocabulary of the texts seen in class.
The oral exam will not only assess the students' listening comprehension and speaking, but also their use of the vocabulary exercised in class, and will bear on the topics discussed during the course. Moreover, students will present a text about a legal issue of their own choice.
Written exam: 15 marks out of 20
Oral exam: 5 marks out of 20 |
 |
| Contacts : | Dr. Françoise Carl - fcarl@ulg.ac.be - I.S.L.V. |
 |
| Remarks : | Students who wish to buy a bilingual dictionary should buy:
Klaus E.W. Fleck, "Wörterbuch Recht. Französisch - Deutsch. Deutsch - Französisch" (C.H.Beck Verlag).
ISBN: 3-406-49-109 |
 |