PrF:DSDANG3 Second language - English - Course Information

DSDANG3 Second language - English

Extent and Intensity

0/0/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Radek Šimek, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Kateřina Chudová (assistant)

Guaranteed by

Mgr. Radek Šimek, Ph.D.
Language Centre, Faculty of Law Division – Faculty Branches of University Departments – Faculty of Law
Contact Person: Lenka Pavlíková

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

• Civil Law (programme PrF, OBCP_) (2)
• Procedural Civil Law (programme PrF, OBCP_) (2)
• History of Law (programme PrF, DPRP_) (2)
• Financial Law and Financial Sciences (programme PrF, FPFV_) (2)
• Private International Law (programme PrF, MEPS_) (2)
• International Law (programme PrF, MEEP_) (2)
• Commercial Law (programme PrF, OBPR_) (2)
• European Law (programme PrF, MEEP_) (2)
• Environmental Law (programme PrF, SP_) (2)
• Roman Law (programme PrF, DPRP_) (2)
• Administrative Law (programme PrF, SP_) (2)
• Theory of Law (programme PrF, TEPR_) (2)
• Criminal Law (programme PrF, TRPR_) (2)
• Constitutional Law and Theory of State (jednooborový) (programme PrF, USPS_) (2)

Course objectives

The course is not focused on the complex mastery of a foreign language in all its components (reading, writing, speaking, listening), but exclusively on the ability to read, respectively. understanding professional texts, especially professional literature and case law. The aim is to develop such skills that students will be able to use foreign sources in their professional scientific activities, especially in the preparation of the dissertation, including the use of language aids (dictionaries, electronic translators and other electronic aids). The course is not aimed at the knowledge of a foreign language as such, but only at the ability to use foreign-language professional resources.

Learning outcomes

The output should be the ability of the student to understand foreign-language scientific texts on a level that can be used in his / her professional work, even if it is using language tools (dictionaries and translators, including electronic ones).

Syllabus

• It will be determined individually according to the research focus of the dissertation and according to the level of previous knowledge of the language.

Teaching methods

Independent study of literature. Consultation with the teacher. Working with language tools.

Assessment methods

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes: The course-unit credit is awarded on the basis of an assessment of the ability to understand the content of a scientific text from the field of dissertation research.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further Comments

Study Materials

• Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2023, recent)
  
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