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| LANG0030-2 | General and Legal German
- General German
- Legal German
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| Duration : | General German : 30h Th
Legal German : 60h Th
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| Lecturer : | General German : Françoise Carl, ISLV
Legal German : Françoise Carl, ISLV
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| Coordinator : | Françoise Carl |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| German 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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| This course aims at providing the students with the basics of legal German as well as improving their command of general German.
General texts on legal issues
General vocabulary
Consolidation of grammatical structures
CEFRL levels:
listening comprehension B2
reading comprehension C1
speaking:
- interaction B1
- production / lecturing B2
writing B1
 | | General German |
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| This course aims at providing the students with the basics of legal German as well as improving their command of general German.
General texts on legal issues
General vocabulary
Consolidation of grammatical structures
CEFRL levels:
listening comprehension B2
reading comprehension C1
speaking:
- interaction B1
- production / lecturing B2
writing B1<br /><br /> See LANG030-2<br /><br /> see LANG030-2 |
| | Legal German |
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| This course aims at providing the students with the basics of legal German as well as improving their command of general German.
General texts on legal issues
General vocabulary
Consolidation of grammatical structures
CEFRL levels:
listening comprehension B2
reading comprehension C1
speaking:
- interaction B1
- production / lecturing B2
writing B1 |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| The main aim of the cours is to help students
- understand general texts on legal issues
- increase their comprehension of spoken German
- express themselves on general language issues, as well as on legal issues
- use relevant vocabulary and grammatical structures
| | General German |
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| The main aim of the cours is to help students
- understand general texts on legal issues
- increase their comprehension of spoken German
- express themselves on general language issues, as well as on legal issues
- use relevant vocabulary and grammatical structures |
| | Legal German |
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| The main aim of the cours is to help students
- understand general texts on legal issues
- increase their comprehension of spoken German
- express themselves on general language issues, as well as on legal issues
- use relevant vocabulary and grammatical structures |
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| This class is taught in German from the beginning and is thus not intended for complete beginners. Students should have a good basic command of the German language, ideally corresponding to CEFRL level B1.
| | General German |
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| This class is taught in German from the beginning and is thus not intended for complete beginners. Students should have a good basic command of the German language, ideally corresponding to CEFRL level B1. |
| | Legal German |
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| This class is taught in German from the beginning and is thus not intended for complete beginners. Students should have a good basic command of the German language, ideally corresponding to CEFRL level B1. |
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| This 90-hour course is taught all year round.
To be able to keep up with the pace of the class, students will make sure to prepare at home the texts and exercises as indicated by the teacher.
| | General German |
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| This 90-hour course is taught all year round.
To be able to keep up with the pace of the class, students will make sure to prepare at home the texts and exercises as indicated by the teacher. |
| | Legal German |
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| This 90-hour course is taught all year round.
To be able to keep up with the pace of the class, students will make sure to prepare at home the texts and exercises as indicated by the teacher. |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| - Coursebook "German for first-year law students" available from Intercopy; on-line version on My.ulg
- H. Dreyer, R. Schmitt "Grammaire allemande avec exercices. Nouvelle édition"
- "Bescherelle. Allemand. Le vocabulaire" (Hatier, 2008)
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
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| - Coursebook "German for first-year law students" available from Intercopy; on-line version on My.ulg
- H. Dreyer, R. Schmitt "Grammaire allemande avec exercices. Nouvelle édition"
- "Bescherelle. Allemand. Le vocabulaire" (Hatier, 2008)
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 |
| | Legal German |
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| - Coursebook "German for first-year law students" available from Intercopy; on-line version on My.ulg
- H. Dreyer, R. Schmitt "Grammaire allemande avec exercices. Nouvelle édition"
- "Bescherelle. Allemand. Le vocabulaire" (Hatier, 2008)
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 |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| The final exam consists of a written and an oral examination.
The written exam will be composed of various exercises testing grammar and vocabulary (fill-in-the-blank exercises, translations ...). It will also include a reading and a listening comprehension.
The oral exam will not only assess the students' speaking skills, but also their use of the vocabulary exercised in class, and it will bear on topics discussed in class. Moreover, students are expected to present a text (at least 1.5 pages) of their own choice about legal issues.
Written exam: 15 marks out of 20
Oral examen: 5 marks out of 20
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| The final exam consists of a written and an oral examination.
The written exam will be composed of various exercises testing grammar and vocabulary (fill-in-the-blank exercises, translations ...). It will also include a reading and a listening comprehension.
The oral exam will not only assess the students' speaking skills, but also their use of the vocabulary exercised in class, and it will bear on topics discussed in class. Moreover, students are expected to present a text (at least 1.5 pages) of their own choice about legal issues.
Written exam: 15 marks out of 20
Oral examen: 5 marks out of 20 |
| | Legal German |
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| The final exam consists of a written and an oral examination.
The written exam will be composed of various exercises testing grammar and vocabulary (fill-in-the-blank exercises, translations ...). It will also include a reading and a listening comprehension.
The oral exam will not only assess the students' speaking skills, but also their use of the vocabulary exercised in class, and it will bear on topics discussed in class. Moreover, students are expected to present a text (at least 1.5 pages) of their own choice about legal issues.
Written exam: 15 marks out of 20
Oral examen: 5 marks out of 20 |
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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| 1st term and 2nd term: two 1.5-hour sessions.
An information session about the language courses will take place on Monday 17 September at 10.00 AM in lecture hall 604
| | General German |
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| 1st term and 2nd term: two 1.5-hour sessions.
An information session about the language courses will take place on Monday 17 September at 10.00 AM in lecture hall 604 |
| | Legal German |
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| 1st term and 2nd term: two 1.5-hour sessions.
An information session about the language courses will take place on Monday 17 September at 10.00 AM in lecture hall 604 |
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Contacts :
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| Dr. Françoise Carl
fcarl@ulg.ac.be
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