ENGLISH FOR LAWYERS III INTRODUCTION Snjeana Husinec Ph
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ENGLISH FOR LAWYERS III INTRODUCTION Snježana Husinec, Ph. D; shusinec@pravo. hr
LECTURER Snježana Husinec, Ph. D Office hours: Monday, 11. 30 – 12. 30, Gundulićeva 10, Office 2 A Contact: shusinec@pravo. hr
English for Lawyers I Obligatory literature 1. Coursebook Sočanac, Matijašević, Javornik Čubrić, Husinec, Horvatić Bilić: English for the Legal Profession. 2 nd edition. Zagreb: Narodne novine, 2017. Additional source 2. Teacher’s presentations (www. pravo. hr – Katedra za strane jezike, predmeti, Engleski jezik pravne struke I, Nastavni materijali, Snježana Husinec
Additional reading RECOMMENDED GRAMMAR BOOK M. Hewings, Advanced grammar in Use, 12 th printing, Cambridge University Press, 2004
RECOMMENDED DICTIONARIES GENERAL ENGLISH Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary LEGAL ENGLISH A) Monolingual Black’s Law Dictionary P. H. Collin, Dictionary of Law, 03 rd edition, Peter Collin Publishing, London, 2002 Online dictionaries: www. legal-dictionary. org legal-dictionary. thefreedictionary. com B) Bilingual M. Gačić, English-Croatian Dictionary of Law, Naklada Ljevak, Zagreb, 2004 V. Ivir, Croatian-English Dictionary of Business and Government, Školska knjiga, Zagreb, 1998
Course syllabus MODULE III: Branches of English Law Unit 14: Criminal Law Unit 15: The Law of Torts Unit 16: Contract Law Unit 17: Family Law Unit 18: Company Law Unit 19: Employment Law
Participation and Attendance PARTICIPATION in the lecture – OBLIGATORY ! REGULAR ATTENDANCE = no more than 3 absences REGULAR ATTENDANCE REWARDED by: A) the possibility to take the mid-term and endterm test B) bonus task and bonus points in the end-term test REQUIREMENT FOR SIGNATURE = no more than 6 absences
Requirements for the examination Tested knowledge: A) vocabulary B) content (presented in the coursebook and during the lecture) 1. Written qualifying exam (focus on terminology and relevant grammar) OR MID-TERM EXAM – session 8 (end of November) END-TERM EXAM – session 13 (mid-January) (for those with 3 or fewer absences) 2. Oral exam (speaking about the topics covered by the curriculum – using relevant legal terms)
Additional information STUDENT MENTORS - students with excellent command of English assisting their weaker colleagues
Optional assignment - 15 minute presentations on topics related to the curriculum - 1 or 2 students prepare an oral report and present it in the class Before giving the presentation students must: a) discuss the chosen topic with the lecturer, who then (if acceptable) approves it b) consult at least 3 RELIABLE sources and prepare a draft of their presentation c) show the PP presentation and the draft to the lecturer REWARD for successful presentation – exemption from oral exam
What makes a good presentation? - good preparation – be “an expert” in the area that you present - usage of reliable sources – don’t copy the whole paragraphs of text from your sources – retell them in your own words - relevant information – separate the important facts from the less relevant ones - clear structure – introduction, body, conclusion - speaking freely to the audience – practice the whole presentation aloud a few times
How to become a good presenter? 3 basic rules: 1) KISS – “keep it short and simple” principle 1) TTT – introduction- Tell them what you are going to tell them - body – Tell them what you want to tell them. - conclusion – Tell them what you have just told them. 1) audience oriented – eye-contact !!! - voice - speak up, use pauses, - face - enthusiasm
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