Course objectives:
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Students become acquainted with legal terminology on the basis of work with authentic professional text. The emphasis is on learning key terms from the area of legislature and constitutional as well criminal law. Class attendance is recommended in accordance with FHS regulations.
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Requirements on student
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Credit and final test.
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Content
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Students know and explain legal terminology on the basis of work with authentic professional text.
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Activities
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Fields of study
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Guarantors and lecturers
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Literature
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Time requirements
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All forms of study
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Activities
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Time requirements for activity [h]
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Contact hours
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26
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Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40)
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58
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Preparation for formative assessments (2-20)
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20
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Total
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104
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Prerequisites
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Knowledge - students are expected to possess the following knowledge before the course commences to finish it successfully: |
to have the knowledge of spoken and written English corresponding to the independent user B2 according to CEFR |
to have a good knowledge of current political and legal affairs in the Czech Republic and the EU; English |
to have a good knowledge of more advanced grammatical stuctures |
to define the fundamental specialist linguistic terminology from the field of morphosyntax |
to distinguish adequately between written and spoken formal and informal English |
Skills - students are expected to possess the following skills before the course commences to finish it successfully: |
to carry out the morphosyntactic and stylistic analysis of texts at the fundamental level |
to formulate adequately the main ideas of authentic specialized legal texts at the fundametal level |
translate correctly selected parts of texts from English into Czech |
to summarise the main ideas of listenings during listening comprehension exercises |
to take part in discussions adequately |
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Learning outcomes
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Knowledge - knowledge resulting from the course: |
to have the knowledge of spoken and written English corresponding to the independent user B2 according to CEFR |
to use the specialist English legal vocabulary at the fundamental level |
to have a good knowledge of current political aaffairs in the Czech Republic and the EU; English |
to have a good knowledge of key concepts and new concepts used in the EU |
to explain characteristic features of official documents of the EU |
Skills - skills resulting from the course: |
to explain the basic legal terminology while working with specialist authentic
texts
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to extract the most important information from specialist authentic legal texts |
to interpret current news from the field of key politics of the EU at the fundamental level |
to formulate adequately the main ideas from authentic specialized legal texts |
Competences - competences resulting from the course: |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
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Assessment methods
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Knowledge - knowledge achieved by taking this course are verified by the following means: |
Test |
Combined exam |
Continuous assessment |
Skills - skills achieved by taking this course are verified by the following means: |
Combined exam |
Test |
Skills demonstration during practicum |
Continuous assessment |
Competences - competence achieved by taking this course are verified by the following means: |
Self-evaluation |
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Teaching methods
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Knowledge - the following training methods are used to achieve the required knowledge: |
Textual studies |
Discussion |
Seminar classes |
Skills - the following training methods are used to achieve the required skills: |
Lecture |
Competences - the following training methods are used to achieve the required competences: |
Lecture |
Practicum |
Multimedia supported teaching |
Textual studies |
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