Lesson plan - Chapter II of Introduction to English for International Trade Law:

- group presentations: the EU - advantages, disadvantages

- pre-reading exercise: vocabulary for the texts in ex. 1:

- the European Union and the European Communities: definitions, evolution of structures - ex. 1,2 - updated

- the legal sources of Community law - ex. 5, EU legislation

- differences between regulations, directives, decisions, recommendations and opinions - ex. 6

- the single market: definitions - ex. 7

After the seminar you should be able to

- define the European Union and the single market

- name legal sources of Community law

- give examples of primary legislation and secondary legislation

- explain the main differences between regulations, directives, decisions, recommendations and opinions