Study Programmes 2015-2016
LANG0030-1  
General and Legal German
Duration :
90h Th
Number of credits :
Bachelor in law6
Lecturer :
Françoise Carl, ISLV
Language(s) of instruction :
German language
Organisation and examination :
All year long, with partial in January
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Course contents :
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 and legal vocabulary
Consolidation of grammatical structures


  • CEFRL levels:listening comprehension B2
  • reading comprehension C1
  • speaking: interaction B1; production / lecturing B2
  • writing B1
Learning outcomes of the course :
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
Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
This class is taught in German from the beginning and is thus not intended for beginners. Students should have a good basic command of the German language, ideally corresponding to CEFRL level B1.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
This 90-hour course is taught all year round.
Semester 1: 4 hours, semester 2: 2 hours
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.
Recommended or required readings :
- 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
Assessment methods and criteria :
A compulsory mid-year exam will be held in January. This exam will consist of a written exam (Vocabulary (Bescherelle) and grammar)   2 marks
The exemption from the vocabulary section (Bescherelle) will be granted for June and August/September (if students obtain 10 marks out of twenty, or more).
The final exam will consist 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. Students are required to hand in a copy of their text by the 30th of April. Students will have to hand in a printed text to their teacher.
Marks will be allocated in the following way:



  • Written exam (grammar, vocabulary, reading comprehension and listening comprehension): 13 marks
  • Oral examen: 5 marks
Important remark:
All parts of the June and September exams are compulsory. Students absent from one of the exam parts will be assigned a mark of 0.
Work placement(s) :
Organizational remarks :
An information session about the language courses will take place on Monday 14 September at 10.00 AM in lecture hall 604 (Europe)
Contacts :
Dr. Françoise Carl
fcarl@ulg.ac.be