MV319Z Language II.1. - French for Lawyers

Faculty of Law
Autumn 2013
Extent and Intensity
0/2. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
PaedDr. Mgr. Pavla Kellnerová (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Kateřina Sedláčková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Daniela Veškrnová (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
PaedDr. Mgr. Pavla Kellnerová
Language Centre, Faculty of Law Division – Language Centre
Contact Person: Lenka Pavlíková
Supplier department: Language Centre, Faculty of Law Division – Language Centre
Prerequisites
! MP109Z French for Lawyers && ! MP208Z French For Lawyers I.2. && ! MP307Z French for Lawyers && ! MP407Z French for Lawyers I.4. && ! MP407Zk French for Lawyers
The students are supposed to be of general French competence at the level of a secondary school.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
  • Law (programme PrF, M-PPV)
Course objectives
The main objectives can be summarized as follows: to be introduced to legal French to learn specific features of the French administrative and legal system to get new knowledge and new communicative competences and oral skills, in particular understanding both written and spoken texts. At the end of the course students will be able to understand texts on specific topics and explain the key concepts in the following areas: Administrative organisation in France. Executive and Legislative Bodies. Parliament and Constitutional Council. French constitution. Elections. Basic concepts in law and in civil Law. Judiciary employees. Practice of the courts. Lexis and grammar of the language for specific purposes. They will be able to use this information in discussions on specific topics, to explain and to support their arguments. Using acquired knowledge students will be able to interpret unknown texts.
Syllabus
  • Topics for exploring and working with the texts and communicating professional issues relating to the following fields: Administrative Organisation in France, Executive and Legislative Bodies, Elections, Basic Concepts in Law and in Civil Law. Judiciary employees. Practice of the courts. Lexis and grammar of the language for specific purposes.
Literature
  • ŠEDOVÁ, Marie. Cahier d'exercices de grammaire pour les juristes. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1995, 62 s. ISBN 80-210-1208-0. info
Teaching methods
The instruction will be held in the form of seminars, two teaching units a week. Students will receive teaching materials for self-study in advance. The materials will be analyzed and interpreted during seminars. Acquired skills will be evaluated by means of exercises; an individual exercise in the form of an on-line drill coursebook. Instruction techniques: analysis of legal texts, reading comprehension, listening comprehension, independent speaking.
Assessment methods
Acquisition of key professional and language skills will be verified by means of a written test (questions with controlled answers, questions with open answers, translation, filling in terms and sentences). The minimum success rate is 70%. Prerequisites for a successful completion of the course include active participation in the seminars (80 %).
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
Teacher's information
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