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| LANG0031-1 | General and Legal Dutch
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| Duration : | 60h Th |
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| Holder(s) : | Doris De Laet, ISLV |
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| Language : | Dutch language |
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| Course contents : | CEFRL levels of the course: listening (B1), reading (C1), speaking (B1), lecturing (B2), writing (B2)
This Dutch course is specially designed for first-year law students. 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. |
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| Course objective : | The main aims of this course are
- to improve the students' ability to read and understand general texts and articles about legal issues,
- to strengthen their speaking skills through discussions and debates on the issues studied in class,
- to exercise their writing skills as students will be expected to write comments, summaries, general conclusions, ...
- to improve their listening comprehension as the class is taught in Dutch from the start.
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| Prerequisites : | The class is taught in Dutch from the start and the different texts and articles studied in class are not meant for beginners. |
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| Organization : | This 60-hour course is taught all year round, 2 hours a week.
Students will make sure to prepare the texts and exercises on a weekly basis at home as indicated by the teacher . |
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| Written notes : | Students will buy the syllabus entitled "Nederlands voor rechtenstudenten 2010-2011" from Intercopy. |
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| Assessment : | the final exam will be made up of a written (14/20) and an oral (6/20)part.
- Students' writing skills will be assessed during a two-hour written exam. The exam will include a sight text as well as questions about the language and vocabulary of the texts and articles seen in class. In addition, students will have to read and prepare a number of articles at home before the exam.
- The oral part will assess not only the students' listening compréhension 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.
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| Contacts : | Teacher:
Doris De Laet (D.DeLaet@ulg.ac.be) |
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