Brief Course Outline (28 contact hours)LAW INSTITUTE
DEPARTMENT OF MASTER’S PROGRAMMES
THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Syllabus
February 2016 –June 2016 Semester
| Instructor:
| senior lecturer A. V. Belousova
| | Contact:
| http://vk.com/Englishsfu
| | Course Location:
| Room4-18, 6, Maerchaka street
| | Course Description:
| It is a multi-skills course and it aims at developing the student’s proficiency in language and communication skills. The course is designed to provide intensive listening, speaking, reading and writing in English at intermediate level.
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Course books:
1. Amy Krois-Lindner and Translegal. International Legal English. A course for Classroom or Self-Study Use. Cambridge. Professional English. Cambridge University Press, 2008.
2. William R. McKay, Helen E. Charlton. Legal English. How to Understand and Master the Language of Law. Pearson Educational Limited, 2005.
3. Bryan A. Garner. Legal Writing in Plain English. A text with exercises. The University of Chicago Press, 2001.
4. Rupert Haigh. Oxford Handbook of Legal Correspondence. Oxford University Press, 2006.
5. Amy Krois-Lindner and Translegal. International Legal English. A course for Classroom or Self-Study Use. Cambridge. Professional English. Cambridge University Press, 2006.
6. Cox, Kathy. English for Academic Purposes: Students’ Book. Pearson Education, 2007.
Useful Resources:
1. http://en.jurispedia.org
2. http://legal.wikicities.com
3. http://www.law.com
4. http://www.legal-term.com/
5. http://www.jus.uio
6. http://news.surwax.com/law
7. http://dictionary.cambridge.org
8. http://www.cambridge.org/elt/legalenglish
9. http://www.translegal.com
10. www.oup.com/elt
Brief Course Outline (28 contact hours)
| Week
| Module
| Speaking Topics/Writing
| | 1.
The first week.
| Unit 6. Contracts: Remedies.
Unit 7. Contracts: Assignment and Third-Party Rights
| Speaking:
Talking about court actions and rulings.
Presentation: contract remedies.
Initial interview with a client.
Explaining third-party rights.
Debates: discussing and evaluating legal and illegal sources of information.
Writing:
Follow-up correspondence to a client.
Memo giving advice.
| | 2.
The second week.
| Unit 8. Employment Law.
Revision.
| Speaking:
Agreeing and disagreeing.
Case – discussion: sex discrimination in labor relations.
Writing:
Advising on advantages and disadvantages in an email.
| | 3.
The third week.
| Unit 9. Sale of Goods.
| Speaking:
A case brief.
Debates: talking about corresponding laws and institutions.
Writing:
A case brief.
| | 4.
The fourth week.
| Unit 10. Real Property Law.
| Speaking:
Presentation: An aspect of real property law.
Case discussion.
Giving a presentation: structuring and signaling transitions.
Writing:
Describing a law firm’s practice areas.
Summarizing and requesting.
| | 5.
The fifth week.
| Unit 11. Intellectual Property.
Unit 12. Negotiable Instruments.
| Speaking:
Paraphrasing in plain language.
Mini –conference in groups devoted to complicated issues in intellectual property law.
Describing a legal situation: usury.
Exchanging ideas to a client. Role-play: court proceedings.
Writing:
Summarizing requirements. Providing advice and makingsuggestions.
Notes for a case brief.
| | 6.
The sixth week.
| Unit 13. Secured Transactions.
Unit 14. Debtor- Creditor.
| Speaking:
Requesting and presenting information.
Discussing insolvency work. Role-play. A job interview.
Writing:
A polite refusal.
A covering letter.
A thank you note.
| | 7.
The seventh week.
| Unit 15. Competition Law.
Revision.
| Speaking:
Round-table:giving opinions: a competition law case.
Writing:
A proposal.
An informative email
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