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| LANG0031-2 | General and Legal Dutch
- Néerlandais usuel
- Néerlandais juridique
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| Duration : | Néerlandais usuel : 30h Th
Néerlandais juridique : 60h Th
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| Lecturer : | Néerlandais usuel : Doris De Laet, ISLV
Néerlandais juridique : Doris De Laet, ISLV
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| Coordinator : | Doris De Laet |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| Dutch language |
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Organisation and examination :
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| All year long |
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Course contents :
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| 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 listening, speaking and writing. |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| The main objectives 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 improve their listening comprehension of legal and everyday Dutch through listening tasks on topics discussed in class..
- to exercise their writing skills as students will be expected to write comments, summaries, general conclusions, ...
To achieve these objectives, students will have to revise and/or develop their grammar and vocabulary, as well as other practical language skills. |
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| The class is taught in Dutch from the start and the different texts and articles studied in class are not meant for beginners. This couse is meant for students with a prerequisite B1 level of Dutch as described in the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. |
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| This 90-hour course is taught all year round, 3 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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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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Recommended or required readings :
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| - "Nederlands voor rechtenstudenten 2012-2013" Doris De Laet
- "Nederlands Niveau 1 en 2. Oefeningen bij de spraakkunst" L. Gehlen
Available at Intercopy |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| The final exam will be made up of 3 mandatory parts.
1. Listening comprehension(2/20)
2. Written exam (12/20)
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.
3. Oral exam (6/20)
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 at least 1,5 pages long about a legal issue selected from a source of their choice. They will be required to hand in a copy of their text to their teacher during the week of March 25th. |
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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| A general introduction to the language courses will be organized on monday 17 september 10.15 - Grands Amphis: 500 |
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Contacts :
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| Teacher:
Doris De Laet (D.DeLaet@ulg.ac.be) |
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