Duration
15h Pr
Number of credits
| Bachelor in law | 2 crédits |
Lecturer
Frédéric Depas, Pierre Geron, Kevin Heyeres, Caroline Hougardy, Estelle Oger, Victoria Purchon
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the second semester
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
This course aims to help students to improve their speaking skills in legal and academic English.
Seven modules have been designed to make students interact orally in an academic setting, give presentations, express their views, and to exchange arguments and negotiate outcomes.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
The objective CEFR level of this course is B2+.
At the end of this class, students will have improved their discourse management skills in a legal and academic environment. Among other things, they will be able to:
- take and give the floor,
- acquire information,
- use linking words and transitional expressions appropriately,
- present and defend their opinions,
- debate by expressing agreement, disagreeement, and concession,
- negotiate an outcome, or
- explain legal terms.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
This course is a follow-up of the level 1 course "Legal and general English" (LANG0051).
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Regular attendance and active participation are requested.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
This course consists of in-class sessions.
Organisational adjustments related to the current health context
Dependent on the sanitary context or on logistical issues caused by the sanitary context, face-to-face classes might not remain possible. In that case, our interactive courses will take place live on Collaborate of Lifesize without any changes to the original schedule.
If possible, exams will take place face to face in the university buildings. If that is impossible, the oral exams will take place over LifeSize.
Recommended or required readings
The textbook will be available on e-campus in due time.
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
oral exam
- Remote
oral exam
- If evaluation in "hybrid"
preferred remote
Additional information:
The assessment will consist of an oral exam. It will take place during the June exam session.
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
Contacts
Frédéric Depas - F.Depas@ulg.ac.be
Pierre Geron - pierre.geron@ulg.ac.be
Kevin Heyeres - k.heyeres@ulg.ac.be
Caroline Hougardy - C.Hougardy@ulg.ac.be
Victoria Lemaire - vlemaire@ulg.ac.be
Estelle Oger - estelle.oger@ulg.ac.be
Coordination: Caroline Hougardy