MP208Z Language I.2. - French For Lawyers

Faculty of Law
Spring 2010
Extent and Intensity
0/2. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
PaedDr. Mgr. Pavla Kellnerová (seminar tutor)
PaedDr. Marta Holasová, Ph.D. (assistant)
Mgr. Alena Hradilová, Ph.D. (assistant)
Ing. Boris Janča (assistant)
Mgr. Zuzana Janoušková (assistant)
PhDr. Hana Němcová (assistant)
PhDr. Hana Reichová, Ph.D. (assistant)
PhDr. Radoslava Šopovová (assistant)
Guaranteed by
PaedDr. Mgr. Pavla Kellnerová
Language Centre, Faculty of Law Division – Language Centre
Contact Person: Magdalena Kunzová
Timetable of Seminar Groups
MP208Z/01: Mon 1. 3. to Fri 21. 5. Mon 15:05–16:35 124, P. Kellnerová
MP208Z/02: Mon 1. 3. to Fri 21. 5. Mon 16:40–18:10 126, P. Kellnerová
MP208Z/03: No timetable has been entered into IS. P. Kellnerová
Prerequisites
MP109Z French for Lawyers && !NOWANY( MP207Z German for Lawyers I.2. , MP210Z English for Lawyers )
The students are supposed to have attended and passed successfully the course in Language I.1. - French for Lawyers.
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 : Family Law, Judiciary in France, Administrative Courts, Common Courts, Civil Procedure, Judicature - Comparisons, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure. European union, European Law. 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
  • Exploring and working with the texts relating to the following fields: Family Law, Judiciary in France, Administrative Courts, Common Courts, Civil Procedure, Judicature - Comparisons, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure. European union, European Law.
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)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Předmět je určen pro max. 10 studentů jiných fakult. Počet studentů v 1 seminární skupině 16.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

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