LANG0031-1

Duration

90h Th

Number of credits

	Bachelor in law	6 crédits

Lecturer

Doris De Laet, ISLV

Language(s) of instruction

Dutch language

Organisation and examination

All year long, with partial in January

Schedule

Schedule online

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, hybrid 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.

Organisational adjustments related to the current health context

Dependent on the sanitary context, face-to-face classes might not remain possible. In that case, the course will take place live on ZOOM or Collaborate according to the normal schedule.
An on-site written examination in January will remain the preferred option. If that is impossible, the written examination will be organized via ZOOM or Collaborate.
In May/June: if possible, an on-site written examination and a face-to-face oral examination, also in the university buildings. If that is impossible: oral examination via ZOOM or Collaborate.

Assessment methods and criteria

Below you will find information on the evaluation methods planned for in-person and remote exams as well as those planned for hybrid sessions. Depending on how the health crisis evolves, the chosen method will be communicated to you no later than one month before the start of the exam session.

Any session :

- In-person

written exam ( multiple-choice questionnaire, open-ended questions ) AND oral exam

- Remote

oral exam

- If evaluation in "hybrid"

preferred in-person

Additional information:

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 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 22. 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.
If covid regulations do not allow in-person assessments, the examination will consist of an oral examination organized by videoconference

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

Lectures will resume on 29 september.

Contacts

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

Dutch, Standard and legal language