Duration
30h Th
Number of credits
| Bachelor in law | 3 crédits |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
Dutch language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
The aim of this course is to provide 3d year law students with the reading comprehension strategies needed for understanding legal documents such as newspaper articles, legal texts, as well as other law-related documents. It will cover a wide range of legal subjects and will focus on :
- the acquisition of reading comprehension skills and strategies
- syntactic and grammatical structures which are particularly relevant in a legal context
- the acquisition of basic legal vocabulary
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
In order to meet the requirements for the final exam as defined by the Faculty of Law, students will, by the end of the course, be able to :
- read and understand effectively legal documents, such as newspaper articles, legal texts, as well as other law-related documents of manageable difficulty.
- translate appropriately extracts from legal texts or other law-related documents.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
As a prerequiste for this course students should have sufficient ability to read general texts.
Ideally, their command of general Dutch should correspond to CEFR-level B1.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
- Reading comprehension exercises of legal documents
- Study and acquisition of basic legal terms
- Study of relevant language items (linking words, adverbs, prepositions, verbs, particles, particular sentence structures ...) to enhance students' understanding of legal texts.
- Study of various grammatical structures that are relevant to both legal and general Dutch
- Various translation exercises
- Activities on how to use a dictionary effectively
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)
2 hours/week, second term
Students are required to prepare activities and exercises on a weekly basis as indicated by the teacher. Regular class attendance is mandatory.
Recommended or required readings
Syllabus:
Lecture de textes juridiques en néerlandais. 2019-2020
Available on MyULiège and at Intercopy
Assessment methods and criteria
Written exam of 2 hours.
The exam will consist of two parts :
- Part 1: Multiple choice questions based on the texts/documents covered in class + sight texts
- Part 2: TRANSLATION based on the texts/documents covered in class + sight texts
Students will be allowed to use a bilingual dictionary and/or legal dictionary. However, they are not allowed to use either electronic media or other written media, such as word lists or glossaries. In case of doubt, students should seek advice from their teacher in order to make sure that they have chosen an appropriate dictionary.
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
Contacts
Doris De Laet
d.delaet@uliege.be
Peeters Catherine
c.peeters@uliege.be
Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the May-June 2020 session
Teaching methods implemented : distance-learning
Assessment subjects
Assessment methods
Contacts
Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the Aug-Sept 2020 session
Assessment subjects
Questions on material taught in class will be based on chapters 1 to 10 + the texts p. 99 -> 106 of the syllabus. (drop chapter 11 and the texts p. 107 -> 110)
Assessment methods
The second session exam will consist of an online written exam organized via eCampus.
Detalled description see documents on eCampus under "Examen d'août".
Duration: 1 hour
The exam will consist of 2 parts:
- Part 1: MCQ 10p /20
relating to (extracts from) texts studied in class (50%) and sight text (50%).
- Part 2: TRANSLATION 10p /20
relating to (extracts from) texts studied (50%) and sight texts (50%).
MOCK EXAM: In order to test the online assessment device, a mock exam will be organized between august 12 and august 14.
Contacts
Doris De Laet
d.delaet@uliege.be
Peeters Catherine
c.peeters@uliege.be