MP422Zk Examination in Language I - English for Lawyers

Faculty of Law
Spring 2000
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 0 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Bc. Hana Forest, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Alena Hradilová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
prof. Mgr. Jan Chovanec, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
PhDr. Hana Kallus, M.A., Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Donald Meyer, M.A. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Radek Šimek, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
PhDr. Radoslava Šopovová (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Hana Kallus, M.A., Ph.D.
Language Centre, Faculty of Law Division – Language Centre
Contact Person: JUDr. Helena Sýkorová
Prerequisites
The students are expected to show their command of English in writing as well as orally. They are expected to reach at least upper intermediate level or higher and present their academic skills and to show their legal English expertise.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
  • Law (programme PrF, M-PPV)
Syllabus
  • Examination consists of two parts: written and oral. Written part: 45 minutes - controlled cloze test (in the first part deleted expressions will be given in Czech and students will translate them to stuit the context, in the second part there will be underlined expressions in English to be translated into Czech - find a term for a provided definition - language focus exercises (e.g. sentence transformation) - collocations or terminology related to a certain topic - reading comprehension questions related to the initial text Oral part: text - reading, summary, comments and discussion discussion related to the topic chosen conversation topic - Law studies, Faculty of law, Masaryk university terminology based on texts in Law Today Topics: What is law, Sources of modern law, Civil and public law, Judicial institutions, Lawyers at work, Contracts, Criminal law,Torts, Trusts, Land law, Running a business, The law and the family, The law and consumers, Employment law, Intellectual property, Freedom of speech and expression, The rights of citizens, Human rights, Enforcing the law, Internationalization of the law
Assessment methods (in Czech)
The examination has two parts - written and oral. See above the structure of both of the parts.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
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