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.
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
- Various reading exercises to test the reading comprehension.
- 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
- In-class group activities
- Activities on how to use a dictionary effectively
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face course
Additional information:
2 hours/week, first term
Students are required to prepare activities and exercises on a weekly basis as indicated by the teacher. Regular class attendance is mandatory.
Some classes may take plaice online, students will be notified of this via email and on Celcat.
Students cannot change groups during term.
Recommended or required readings
Syllabus:
Lecture de textes juridiques en néerlandais.
Available on eCampus and at Intercopy
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
written exam ( multiple-choice questionnaire, open-ended questions )
- Remote
written exam ( multiple-choice questionnaire, open-ended questions )
Additional information:
Written exam: reading comprehension.
The exam will be made up of reading comprehension questions: MCQ and open questions.
These questions will be based on the texts/documents covered in class + sight texts
An exemption exam will be organised. It will coincide with the second session exam.
Students are 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.
If covid regulations do not allow in-person assessments, the examination will consist of an online written examination (multiple choice questions + translation) on eCampus.
Work placement(s)
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
This year, we'll use a new textbook, that won't be the same as the previous years.
Contacts
Peeters Catherine
c.peeters@uliege.be