Duration
Standard and legal language : 90h Th
Additional course as a second language : 15h Lect.
Number of credits
| Bachelor in law | 7 crédits |
Lecturer
Standard and legal language : Doris De Laet, ISLV
Additional course as a second language : Doris De Laet
Coordinator
Language(s) of instruction
Dutch 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
Standard and legal language
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)
Additional course as a second language
For the part "Supplément en seconde langue, 15h lect.", 2nd-year students will present at the oral exam a comparative study on Dutch and Belgian law based on a text file of minimum 10 pages that will have to be submitted during the week of March 24. All articles (or legal texts) must be written in Dutch.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
Standard and legal language
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.
Additional course as a second language
Idem "Néerlandais usuel et juridique"
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Standard and legal language
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.
Additional course as a second language
Idem "Néerlandais usuel et juridique"
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Standard and legal language
Reading, oral and listening activities.
Additional course as a second language
Idem "Néerlandais usuel et juridique"
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)
Standard and legal language
This 90-hour course is taught all year round:
- 1st term: 4h/week
- 2nd term: 2h/week
Additional course as a second language
Idem "Néerlandais usuel et juridique"
Recommended or required readings
Standard and legal language
- "Nederlands voor rechtenstudenten" - Doris De Laet - version 2019-2020
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
Additional course as a second language
Idem "Néerlandais usuel et juridique"
Assessment methods and criteria
Standard and legal language
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)
2.1 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 in 2 parts (6/20)
Part 1 (3p): Will bear on all topics studied during the year.
part 2 (3)p:
- 1st-year 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 18th.
- 2nd-year students will present a comparative study on Dutch and Belgian law based on a text file of minimum 10 pages that will have to be submitted during the week of March 18. All articles (or legal texts) must be written in Dutch.
The oral part will assess not only the students' oral skills, but also their use of the vocabulary exercised in class.
Note:
Attendance is compulsory.
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
All parts of the final exam are compulsory in june and september. 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.
Additional course as a second language
Idem "Néerlandais usuel et juridique"
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
Standard and legal language
A general introduction to the language courses will be organized on monday 16 september 11.30 in lecture hall 604 (Europe).
Lectures will resume on october 1st.
Additional course as a second language
Idem "Néerlandais usuel et juridique"
Contacts
Standard and legal language
Teacher:
Doris De Laet (D.DeLaet@ulg.ac.be)
Additional course as a second language
Teacher:
Doris De Laet (D.DeLaet@ulg.ac.be)
Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the May-June 2020 session
Teaching methods implemented : distance-learning
Standard and legal language
Online live course via Cisco Webex and Collaborate Blackboard during normal teaching hours. Contact by email.
Assessment subjects
Standard and legal language
Part 1: Syllabus "Nederlands voor rechtenstudenten: The examination will cover all the material, texts and videos on the following pages of the syllabus:
- 19 --> p. 58
- 67 --> p. 107; p. 109--> 111 (except pages 85, 97, 98)
- 117, 118
- 135, 136
- 153, 154
- 159 --> 182
- 1st-year students will present 2 recent texts on a legal topic selected from a source of their choice. The combined length of the 2 texts will be minimum 3 pages. The 2 texts will relate to any legal subject.
- 2nd-year students will present: 1) a comparative study on Dutch and Belgian law based on a text file of minimum 10 pages that will have to be submitted during the week of March 18. All articles (or legal texts) must be written in Dutch.
2) a text at least 1,5 pages long about a legal issue selected from a source of their choice
The texts will be sent to the teacher by April 30
Assessment methods
Standard and legal language
The first session exam will consist of an oral exam. This exam will be organized by videoconference (Cisco Webex), book open.
The mark obtained in January will count for 2 points out of 20, only if it is to the advantage of the student. The final grade will be calculated with and without the January grade and the most favorable grade will be retained.
Part 1: questions on the syllabus. (60%)
Part 2: Questions on the reading file. (40%)
During the exam, students will be assessed on their ability to:
- discern the main message and identify relevant details
- summarize, structure, compare and contrast
- express an opinion
- define and explain key concepts
- translate or paraphrase extracts from texts.
- the richness and precision of the content
- the use of grammar
- language accuracy and fluency
- the use of the legal vocabulary exercised during the year.
Contacts
Standard and legal language
Teacher:
Doris De Laet ( d.delaet@uliege.be )
Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the Aug-Sept 2020 session
Assessment subjects
Standard and legal language
Same as for the 1st session.See commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the May-June 2020 session.
Assessment methods
Standard and legal language
Same as for de May -June session 2020. See commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the May-June 2020 session.
Detailed description see "Contenu et modalités examen de 2e session" under "support de cours"
Contacts
Standard and legal language
Teacher:
Doris De Laet (D.DeLaet@ulg.ac.be)