English Language 1
| GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE COURSE | |
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| Course title | English Language 1 |
| Chair of Foreign Languages and Sociology | |
| Number of ECTS credits | 3 |
| Lecturer | prof.dr.sc. Ljubica Kordić |
| Office Address | Radićeva 13 K2 75 |
| Telephone | +385 91 1266 287 |
| kordic.ljubica@pravos.hr | |
| Lecturer | doc.dr.sc. Dubravka Papa |
| Office Address | Radićeva 13 S. Radića 13, kabinet 75 |
| Telephone | +385 31 224 583 |
| dubravka.papa@pravos.hr | |
| Lecturer | Željko Rišner |
| Office Address | Radićeva 13 45 |
| Telephone | +385 91 2245 545 |
| zeljko.risner@pravos.hr | |
| Lecturer | doc.dr.sc. Dubravka Papa |
| Office Address | Radićeva 13 S. Radića 13, kabinet 75 |
| Telephone | +385 31 224 583 |
| dubravka.papa@pravos.hr | |
| Lecturer | prof.dr.sc. Ljubica Kordić |
| Office Address | Radićeva 13 K2 75 |
| Telephone | +385 91 1266 287 |
| kordic.ljubica@pravos.hr | |
| Lecturer | Željko Rišner |
| Office Address | Radićeva 13 45 |
| Telephone | +385 91 2245 545 |
| zeljko.risner@pravos.hr | |
| COURSE DESCRIPTION |
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| Course content |
Mastering the contents of the following legal texts and corresponding professional terminology: Crime, Death and the Law, The Death Penalty, Marriage, Divorce, The Legal Character of International Law. Internalizing grammatical rules and structures typical of the English language of law, particularly the sequence of tenses in conditional clauses and the rules of usage of relative clauses. Understanding of professional legal texts is enhanced by learning the function of text connectors as well as recognizing different types of legal texts. |
| Course learning outcomes |
After completing the course, the students will be able to: compare and critically analyse basic legal terminology in English , analyze in English the basic characteristics, origin and development of English law , define in English the basic terms and concepts of the Common Law , connect existing and new data when forming all types of simple and extended sentences, apply verb tenses common in everyday communication and in the context of the legal profession , apply newly acquired legal terminology in spoken and written communication in English, Independently present in English a paper related to some of the English legal terms., |
| TEACHING METHODS | |
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| ☐ Lectures ☐ Seminars and workshops ☐ Exercises ☐ Independent tasks ☐ Multimedia and internet | ☐ Distance education ☐ Office hours ☐ Laboratory ☐ Field work ☐ Mentoring work ☐ Knowledge test |
| EXAMINATION PROCEDURE | |
| ☐ Oral exam ☐ Written exam ☐ Colloquium |
Other: |
| ADDITIONAL FACTS |
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| ECTS are also achieved by regular attendance of classes and student activity in lectures and exercises. |
| LIST OF LITERATURE FOR STUDIES AND EXAMS |
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| Required reading |
| - Sočanac; Matijašević; Javornik-Čubrić; Horvatić-Bilić; Husinec . ENGLISH FOR THE LEGAL PROFESSION,. 2017. Narodne novine, Zagreb |
| Vićan-Pavić-Smerdel. ENGLESKI ZA PRAVNIKE. 2012. Narodne novine, Zagreb |
| Ivir, V.. ENGLESKO-HRVATSKI UPRAVNO-PRAVNI RJEČNIK. 1994. Školska knjiga, Zagreb |
| Bujas, Ž.. VELIKI ENGLESKO – HRVATSKI RJEČNIK. 2008. Nakladni zavod Globus, Zagreb |
| Karlovčan, V.. A SURVEY OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR. 1991. Nakladni zavod Matice hrvatske, Zagreb |
| Optional reading |
| Davis, H. W. C.. MEDIEVAL ENGLAND. 1995. Bracken Books, London |
| Quirk, R., Greenbaum, S.. A UNIVERSITY GRAMMAR OF ENGLISH. 1985. Longman |
| Karlovčan, V.. A SURVEY OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR - WORKBOOK. 1991. Nakladni zavod Matice hrvatske, Zagreb |
| Wild-Bićanić, S. and Crawford, I.. A SOCIAL AND CULTURAL HISTORY OF BRITAIN 1688 – 1981. 1982. SNL, Zagreb |
| Biber, D.; Conrad, S.; Leech, G.. STUDENT GRAMMAR OF SPOKEN AND WRITTEN ENGLISH. 2005. Longman, Harlow |
| Walker, D.M.. THE OXFORD COMPANION TO LAW. 1980. Clarendon Press, Oxford |
| . USTAV SJEDINJENIH AMERIČKIH DRŽAVA. 1994. Pan liber, Osijek |
| . THE CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA. 2013. Zagreb |
