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Lecturer(s)
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Kucíková Monika, PhDr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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Students know and explain legal terminology on the basis of work with authentic professional text.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Discussion, Seminar classes, Textual studies
- Contact hours
- 26 hours per semester
- Preparation for formative assessments (2-20)
- 20 hours per semester
- Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40)
- 58 hours per semester
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| prerequisite |
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| Knowledge |
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| to have the knowledge of spoken and written English corresponding to the independent user B2 according to CEFR |
| to have a good knowledge of current political and legal affairs in the Czech Republic and the EU; English |
| to have a good knowledge of more advanced grammatical stuctures |
| to define the fundamental specialist linguistic terminology from the field of morphosyntax |
| to distinguish adequately between written and spoken formal and informal English |
| Skills |
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| to carry out the morphosyntactic and stylistic analysis of texts at the fundamental level |
| to formulate adequately the main ideas of authentic specialized legal texts at the fundametal level |
| translate correctly selected parts of texts from English into Czech |
| to summarise the main ideas of listenings during listening comprehension exercises |
| to take part in discussions adequately |
| learning outcomes |
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| Knowledge |
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| to have the knowledge of spoken and written English corresponding to the independent user B2 according to CEFR |
| to use the specialist English legal vocabulary at the fundamental level |
| to have a good knowledge of current political aaffairs in the Czech Republic and the EU; English |
| to have a good knowledge of key concepts and new concepts used in the EU |
| to explain characteristic features of official documents of the EU |
| Skills |
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| to explain the basic legal terminology while working with specialist authentic texts |
| to extract the most important information from specialist authentic legal texts |
| to interpret current news from the field of key politics of the EU at the fundamental level |
| to formulate adequately the main ideas from authentic specialized legal texts |
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| teaching methods |
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| Textual studies |
| Discussion |
| Seminar classes |
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| Lecture |
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| Lecture |
| Practicum |
| Multimedia supported teaching |
| Textual studies |
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| Test |
| Combined exam |
| Continuous assessment |
| Skills |
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| Combined exam |
| Test |
| Skills demonstration during practicum |
| Continuous assessment |
| Competences |
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| Self-evaluation |
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Recommended literature
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Chromá, Marta; Coats, Thomas. Introduction to legal English I : skripta pro posluchače práv.fakulty = Úvod do právnické angličtiny. Praha : Karolinum, 1996. ISBN 80-7184-254-0.
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Chromá, Marta; Coats, Thomas. Introduction to legal English. Vol. II.. Praha : Karolinum, 1996. ISBN 80-7184-263-X.
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Whittaker, Paul; Whittaker, Jarmila. English for Europe. Olomouc : inStep, 2002. ISBN 80-238-9259-2.
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