Duration
Langue usuelle et juridique : 90h Th
Supplément en seconde langue : 15h Lect.
Number of credits
| Bachelor in law | 7 crédits |
Lecturer
Langue usuelle et juridique : Françoise Carl, ISLV
Supplément en seconde langue : Françoise Carl
Coordinator
Language(s) of instruction
German language
Organisation and examination
All year long, with partial in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit 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: B2
- writing B1
Langue usuelle et juridique
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: B2
- writing B1
Indivudial presentation consisting in a comparative study on German and Belgian law.
Supplément en seconde langue
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: B2
- writing B1
Indivudial presentation consisting in a comparative study on German and Belgian law.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
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
Langue usuelle et juridique
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
Supplément en seconde langue
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.
Langue usuelle et juridique
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.
Supplément en seconde langue
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.
Langue usuelle et juridique
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.
Supplément en seconde langue
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
Langue usuelle et juridique
- 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
Supplément en seconde langue
- 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 the texts seen in class (vocabulary and content). 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 (print version) to their teacher. The latest possible deadline is the last course.
Marks will be allocated in the following way:
- Written exam (grammar, vocabulary, reading comprehension and listening comprehension): 13 marks
- Oral examen: 5 marks
Attendance is compulsory.
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.
Students who do not take both the written and the oral parts of the exam will be assigned a mark of 0. (No partial exemption will be granted, except for the mid-year exam; see above). The same rule applies to the second exam session, which means that students who failed the exam in June will have to resit both parts of the exam.
For 2nd-year students: During the oral exam, each student will present a short comparative study on German and Belgian law based on a text file of minimum 10 pages that will have to be submitted no later than the last course. The articles (or legal texts) related to Belgium may be written in French, but will never exceed half of the file. The presentation in the oral exam will, of course, be held in German.
Langue usuelle et juridique
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 the texts seen in class (vocabulary and content). 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 (print version) to their teacher. The latest possible deadline is the last course.
Marks will be allocated in the following way:
- Written exam (grammar, vocabulary, reading comprehension and listening comprehension): 13 marks
- Oral examen: 5 marks
Attendance is compulsory.
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.
Students who do not take both the written and the oral parts of the exam will be assigned a mark of 0. (No partial exemption will be granted, except for the mid-year exam; see above). The same rule applies to the second exam session, which means that students who failed the exam in June will have to resit both parts of the exam.
For 2nd-year students:
During the oral exam, each student will present a short comparative study on German and Belgian law based on a text file of minimum 10 pages that will have to be submitted no later than the last course. The articles (or legal texts) related to Belgium may be written in French, but will never exceed half of the file. The presentation in the oral exam will, of course, be held in German.
Supplément en seconde langue
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 the texts seen in class (vocabulary and content). 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 (print version) to their teacher. The latest possible deadline is the last course.
Marks will be allocated in the following way:
- Written exam (grammar, vocabulary, reading comprehension and listening comprehension): 13 marks
- Oral examen: 5 marks
Attendance is compulsory.
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.
For 2nd-year students:
During the oral exam, each student will present a short comparative study on German and Belgian law based on a text file of minimum 10 pages that will have to be submitted no later than the last course. The articles (or legal texts) related to Belgium may be written in French, but will never exceed half of the file. The presentation in the oral exam will, of course, be held in German.
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
An information session about the language courses will take place on Monday 17th September at 11.30 AM in lecture hall 604 (Europe)
Langue usuelle et juridique
An information session about the language courses will take place on Monday 17th September at 11.30 AM in lecture hall 604 (Europe)
Supplément en seconde langue
An information session about the language courses will take place on Monday 18th September at 12.00 AM in lecture hall 604 (Europe)
Contacts
Dr. Françoise Carl
fcarl@uliege.be
Langue usuelle et juridique
Dr. Françoise Carl
fcarl@uliege.be
Supplément en seconde langue
Dr. Françoise Carl
fcarl@ulg.ac.be