This module aims to provide students with a very good grounding in the foundational doctrines of European Union (EU) Law. It will focus both on the institutional and constitutional law of the EU and in particular on the processes of political and administrative decision-making, legislation and adjudication. Available to: Affiliates and all years from other departments. Prerequisites: None

Module Content and Indicative Topics

This is a basic module in Danish language for ab initio students. The module aims to strengthen the individual...

Module Content and Indicative Topics

This is a basic module in Danish language for ab initio students. The module aims to strengthen the individual student’s awareness of different strategies and methods for language learning; be goal-oriented in the work with the language skills: speaking, understanding, writing and reading and with the basic elements pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar; enable the students to express themselves about everyday topics in speech and writing, to understand everyday conversations, and to read texts of a reasonable level of difficulty. Class work is communicative and task-oriented, encouraging students to be active participants, to take responsibility for their own learning and to see work outside class as an integrated part of classroom teaching.

Teaching Delivery

2x2-hour seminar per week, consisting of tutor-led discussions, communicative exercises and student presentations. Moodle to be used as a repository for reading materials as well as for preparatory assignments and forum discussions.

By the end of the module, you should be able to:

1. Understand and communicate in Danish at B1 level (reading, writing, speaking and listening)

2. Understand processes involved in language acquisition

3. Use strategies for consolidating vocabulary and linguistic structures

4. Understand basic grammatical and syntactical rules in Danish

5. Pronounce Danish sounds that do not exist in English

Recommended Reading

In preparation for the module, we advise that you acquire the following core texts.

Grammar: It is recommended that students have their own copy of R Allan, P Holmes & T Lundskær-Nielsen, Danish. An Essential Grammar (Routledge 2011).Dictionaries: Dansk-engelsk ordbog
	Engelsk-dansk ordbog (Gyldendal) or similar. Make sure that the dictionary gives you the gender of nouns.