2017-2018 / LANG0031-1

General and Legal Dutch

Duration

90h Th

Number of credits

 Bachelor in law6 crédits  

Lecturer

Doris De Laet, ISLV

Language(s) of instruction

Dutch 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

Learning unit contents

This course is intended for first-year law students and aims at providing them with the basics of legal Dutch while enhancing their command of general Dutch. 
-Reading general and legal texts -General and legal vocabulary -Oral skills -Listening skills (videos) -Consolidation of grammatical structures
CEFRL levels of the course: 

  • listening (B2)
  • reading (C1)
  • speaking (B2)
  • writing (B1)

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

The main objectives of this course are:

  • to improve the students' ability to read and understand texts about legal issues, such as (legal) periodicals, legislation and other law documents.
  • to strengthen their speaking skills through role playing, 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 learn how to use relevant vocabulary and grammar tools. 
To achieve these objectives, students will have to revise and/or develop their grammar and vocabulary, as well as other practical language skills.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

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.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Reading, oral and listening activities. 

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)

This 90-hour course is taught all year round:

  • 1st term --> 4h/week
  • 2nd term --> 2h/week
Students will make sure to prepare the texts and exercises on a weekly basis at home as indicated by the teacher .

Recommended or required readings

- "Nederlands voor rechtenstudenten" - Doris De Laet - version 2017-2018  Available online (Myulg) and at Intercopy 
- "Nederlands Niveau 1 en 2. Oefeningen bij de spraakkunst" L. Gehlen Available at Intercopy
- "Beknopte basiswoordenschat 1 - 2 - 3" L. Gehlen & C. Colin Available at Intercopy

Assessment methods and criteria

 1. A mid-year exam will be held in january. (2/20)
=Written assessment:


  • Syllabus "Beknopte Basiswoordenschat"
  • Certain grammar items  (to be specified)
  • Legal vocabulary (to be specified)
2. Final exam consisting of 2 compulsary assessments: 
      2.1 Written exam in 3 parts (12/20)
Part 1 (2/20): listening comprehension 
Part 2 (5/20): grammar, reading skills and vocabulary studied in class
Part 3 (5/20): reading comprehension: sight text

      2.2 Oral exam (6/20)
The oral part will assess not only the students' oral skills, but also their use of the vocabulary exercised in class, and will bear on all the topics discussed during the year.
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 19th.
Note:
Mid-year exam: The student will be granted full credit for june and september if he /she has earned a minimum score of 10/20
Final exam: All parts of the final exam are compulsory in june and september. 

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

A general introduction to the language courses will be organized on monday 19 september 10.00 - 604 (b4).
Lectures will resume on september 30.

Contacts

Teacher:
Doris De Laet (D.DeLaet@ulg.ac.be)