English Language I
| GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE COURSE | |
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| Course title | English Language I |
| Chair of Foreign Languages and Sociology | |
| Number of ECTS credits | 3 |
| Lecturer | izv.prof.dr.sc. Dubravka Papa |
| Office Address | Radićeva 13 S. Radića 13, kabinet 75 |
| Telephone | +385 31 224 583 |
| dubravka.papa@pravos.hr | |
| Lecturer | Marinela Boras |
| Office Address | Radićeva 13 75/13 |
| Telephone | +385 31 224 575 |
| mboras@pravos.hr | |
| Lecturer | Željko Rišner |
| Office Address | Radićeva 13 45 |
| Telephone | +385 31 224 545 |
| zeljko.risner@pravos.hr | |
| Lecturer | izv.prof.dr.sc. Dubravka Papa |
| Office Address | Radićeva 13 S. Radića 13, kabinet 75 |
| Telephone | +385 31 224 583 |
| dubravka.papa@pravos.hr | |
| Lecturer | Marinela Boras |
| Office Address | Radićeva 13 75/13 |
| Telephone | +385 31 224 575 |
| mboras@pravos.hr | |
| Lecturer | Željko Rišner |
| Office Address | Radićeva 13 45 |
| Telephone | +385 31 224 545 |
| zeljko.risner@pravos.hr | |
| COURSE DESCRIPTION |
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| Course content |
Students work through topics that introduce them to fundamental English legal terminology and to the specific historical and contemporary features of the English legal system, the legal profession in the United Kingdom, and the English judiciary. These contents are presented to students through the following texts: What Is Meant by Law?; Sources and Varieties of English Law – Historical Development of Law; Branches of Law; Parliament and Legislation – Statute Law in Britain; The British Judiciary; The Hierarchy of English Courts and the Doctrine of Precedent; and The Legal Profession in England. Students also revise and consolidate their knowledge of word classes and their functions in a sentence, the structure of simple and expanded declarative, interrogative, and exclamatory sentences, as well as the formation and use of basic verb tenses. |
| Course learning outcomes |
Nakon odslušanog kolegija studenti će: 1. Usvojiti osnovnu pravnu/upravno-pravnu terminologiju na engleskom jeziku 2. Razumjeti pojmove vezane uz osnovna obilježja, nastanak i razvoj engleskoga prava 3. Pokazati razumijevanje engleske pravne terminologije parafraziranjem na engleskom jeziku i prevođenjem 4. Primijeniti postojeća i novostečena znanja u oblikovanju svih vrsta jednostavnih i proširenih rečenica 5. Pravilno primijeniti glagolska vremena uobičajena u svakodnevnoj komunikaciji u tijelima državne uprave 6. Samostalno pripremiti i u pisanom i usmenom obliku izložiti referat vezan uz neki od engleskih pravnih pojmova, |
| 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 |
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| ADDITIONAL FACTS |
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| 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 2017. |
| Vićan-Pavić-Smerdel. ENGLESKI ZA PRAVNIKE. 2012. NARODNE NOVINE |
| Ivir, V. ENGLESKO-HRVATSKI UPRAVNO-PRAVNI RJEČNIK. 1994. šKOLSKA KNJIGA |
| Bujas, Ž.. VELIKI ENGLESKO – HRVATSKI RJEČNIK. 2008. Nakladni zavod, Globus, Zagreb |
| Biber, D.; Conrad, S.; Leech, G. STUDENT GRAMMAR OF SPOKEN AND WRITTEN ENGLISH. 2005. Longman, Harlow |
| Optional reading |
| Quirk, R.& Greenbaum, S.. A UNIVERSITY GRAMMAR OF ENGLISH. 1985. Longman |
| Karlovčan, V. . A SURVEY OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR. 1991. Nakladni zavod Matice hrvatske |
| Karlovčan, V.. A SURVEY OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR - WORKBOOK. 1991. Nakladni zavod Matice hrvatske, Zagreb |
| Davis, H. W. C.. MEDIEVAL ENGLAND. 1995. Bracken Books, London |
| Riley, A.; Sours, P.. Common Law Legal English and Grammar – a Contextual Approach. 2014. Bloomsbury, Oxford and Portland, Oregon |
