Conoscenza e comprensione
Lo studente che frequenta con assiduità e profitto il corso di Lingua straniera giuridica inglese sarà incoraggiato a riflettere sul diritto nella prospettiva linguistico-culturale che interessa il Regno Unito; attraverso la lettura e il commento di alcuni testi specificatamente selezionati, saprà rilevare la dimensione lessicale, morfosintattica e fraseologica delle fonti legislative (bills, acts, common law, law reports), del sistema delle corti, delle professioni legali (solicitors, barristers), delle responsabilità civili (law of tort) e di altri aspetti del sistema legale britannico (intellectual property, information technology law, enviormental law).
Capacità di applicare conoscenza e comprensione
Alla fine del corso saprà comprendere un ampio spettro di testi mediamente lunghi e impegnativi in lingua inglese; esprimersi in modo spontaneo in inglese; impiegare la lingua in modo flessibile ed efficace per i diversi ambiti sociali, accademici e professionali, focalizzando in particolare la dimensione giuridica dell’inglese; produrre testi chiari, ben strutturati e dettagliati su argomenti concernenti l’ambito dell’inglese giuridico.
Lezioni frontali, apprendimento cooperativo, presentazioni, lavoro di gruppo, ricerca-azione.
Conoscenza generale della lingua inglese al livello A2+/B1 del CEFR (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages).
Consigliata
Il corso mira a (1) sviluppare le abilità degli studenti nell’ambito della grammatica, del lessico e delle funzioni linguistiche dell’inglese giuridico e accademico; (2) a fornire agli studenti uno strumento pragmatico per l’investigazione linguistica; (3) a costruire un bagaglio informativo utile per l’analisi dei testi di ambito giuridico in lingua inglese.
Alla fine del corso, gli studenti saranno in grado di comprendere un ampio spettro di testi in inglese e di impiegare la lingua in modo flessibile ed efficace nel contesto accademico e professionale, in particolare per quello che concerne i diversi aspetti dell’inglese giuridico.
1. Parte istituzionale: Amy Krois-Lindner, Matt Firth. Introduction to International Legal English. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2008.
2. Approfondimento: Helen Gubby. English Legal Terminolgy. Legal Concepts in Language, Ch. 1 "Legal System Terminology" (pp. 15-47). The Hague, Eleven International Publishing, 2016.
3. Testo consigliato per il ripasso delle conoscenze di General English: Antonia Clare, JJ Wilson. SpeakOut Intermediate. Student’s Book & Workbook. Pearson Longman, 2011.
4. Esercitazioni su Academic English: David Porter. Check your Vocabulary for Academic English. London, A&C Black, 2007.
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Argomenti | Riferimenti testi | |
1 | Introduction to International Legal English | Krois-Lindner, Firth. Introduction to International Legal English. pp. 8-17 |
2 | Contract Law | Krois-Lindner, Firth. Introduction to International Legal English. pp. 18-27 |
3 | Tort Law | Krois-Lindner, Firth. Introduction to International Legal English. pp. 28-38 |
4 | Criminal Law | Krois-Lindner, Firth. Introduction to International Legal English. pp. 39-49 |
5 | Company Law | Krois-Lindner, Firth. Introduction to International Legal English. pp. 50-59 |
6 | Commerial Law | Krois-Lindner, Firth. Introduction to International Legal English. pp. 60-71 |
7 | Real Property Law | Krois-Lindner, Firth. Introduction to International Legal English. pp. 72-82 |
8 | Litigation and Arbitration | Krois-Lindner, Firth. Introduction to International Legal English. pp. 83-93 |
9 | International Law | Krois-Lindner, Firth. Introduction to International Legal English. pp. 94-105 |
10 | Comparative Law | Krois-Lindner, Firth. Introduction to International Legal English. pp. 106-114 |
11 | Legal System Terminology | Gubby. English Legal Terminolgy. Legal Concepts in Language, Ch. 1 ''Legal System Terminology'' (pp. 15-47) |
12 | Exercises: fill in the gaps, choose the right/best word, finish the sentence, word substitution, make a collocation. | Porter. Check your Vocabulary for Academic English |
13 | Question forms (object questions, yes/no questions, subject questions, questions with prepositions). Review of verb tenses (present simple, present continuous, past continuous) | Clare, Wilson. SpeakOut Intermediate. Student’s Book & Workbook. Unit 1 |
14 | Talking about yourself. Family, relationships, collocations with take, get, do, go | Clare, Wilson. SpeakOut Intermediate. Student’s Book & Workbook. Unit 1 |
15 | Present perfect & past simple (time up to now, recent events). Narrative tenses (past simple, past continuous, past perfect) | Clare, Wilson. SpeakOut Intermediate. Student’s Book & Workbook. Unit 2 |
16 | Telling a story. Prepositions, say tell collocations, crime collocations, narrative phrases | Clare, Wilson. SpeakOut Intermediate. Student’s Book & Workbook. Unit 2 |
17 | The future / plans (be going to, present continuous, will, might). The future / predictions (will, be going to, may and might, could, be likely to) | Clare, Wilson. SpeakOut Intermediate. Student’s Book & Workbook. Unit 3 |
18 | Dealing with misunderstandings. Communication technology, future time markers for speculation, idioms | Clare, Wilson. SpeakOut Intermediate. Student’s Book & Workbook. Unit 3 |
19 | Must, have to, should (obligation). Used to, would | Clare, Wilson. SpeakOut Intermediate. Student’s Book & Workbook. Unit 4 |
20 | Reaching an agreement. Personal qualities, confusing words, strong adjectives, business vocabulary | Clare, Wilson. SpeakOut Intermediate. Student’s Book & Workbook. Unit 4 |
21 | Comparatives and superlatives (structure, ways and use). Question tags | Clare, Wilson. SpeakOut Intermediate. Student’s Book & Workbook. Unit 5 |
22 | Polite requests. Technology, Q words, word building adjectives, problems and solutions, describe a machine | Clare, Wilson. SpeakOut Intermediate. Student’s Book & Workbook. Unit 5 |
23 | Zero and first conditionals. Second conditional | Clare, Wilson. SpeakOut Intermediate. Student’s Book & Workbook. Unit 6 |
24 | Giving news. -ing / -ed adjectives, multiword verbs with on, off, up, down, verb/noun collocations, life events, describing good/bad experiences | Clare, Wilson. SpeakOut Intermediate. Student’s Book & Workbook. Unit 6 |
25 | Present perfect simple vs Present perfect continuous. Present and past ability | Clare, Wilson. SpeakOut Intermediate. Student’s Book & Workbook. Unit 7 |
26 | Clarifying opinions. Success: verb phrases, ability, qualifications, describe an achievement | Clare, Wilson. SpeakOut Intermediate. Student’s Book & Workbook. Unit 7 |
27 | Articles and quantifiers. Relative clauses (defining and non-defining relative clauses) | Clare, Wilson. SpeakOut Intermediate. Student’s Book & Workbook. Unit 8 |
28 | Being a good guest. Compound nouns, internet, welcoming, discuss ideas | Clare, Wilson. SpeakOut Intermediate. Student’s Book & Workbook. Unit 8 |
29 | Third conditional. Active vs passive voice | Clare, Wilson. SpeakOut Intermediate. Student’s Book & Workbook. Unit 9 |
30 | Expressing uncertainty. History, time periods, collocations, describing people, outstanding work, role models | Clare, Wilson. SpeakOut Intermediate. Student’s Book & Workbook. Unit 9 |
31 | Reported speech. Verb patterns | Clare, Wilson. SpeakOut Intermediate. Student’s Book & Workbook. Unit 10 |
32 | Giving advice / warnings. Environment, prefixes, reporting verbs, airports, phrases to describe places | Clare, Wilson. SpeakOut Intermediate. Student’s Book & Workbook. Unit 10 |
L’esame finale consiste in due test a risposta parzialmente chiusa composti rispettivamente da 16 domande, da svolgere in rispettivamente 30 minuti.
Valutazione: risposta esatta = 2 punti, risposta non data = 0,5 punti, risposta sbagliata = -1 punto
L'esame sarà valutato secondo i seguenti criteri (Delibera Consiglio CdS 17 settembre 2018):
A)
Complete the sentence.
The Berlin Wall _________________ in 1989. a) fell b) has fallen c) felt
B)
Make a collocation and use it in the sentence below; use two words from the box.
energy – invest – utters – power – dissipates – service |
Many students make the mistake of reading without considering first why they are reading, which just _________________ _________________ for no good reason.
C)
Complete the sentence.
Article 14 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that everyone has the right to seek and enjoy in other countries asylum from __________________. a) persecution b) prosecution c) prosecutor
D)
Complete the text with words from the box.
a – bind – evidence – less – printed |
Apart from certain contracts, no formality is required to ____________ the parties. An oral agreement is generally no ____________ binding than a written one, though the common law requires ____________ of consideration in return for a promise. Increasing government paternalism has however generated ____________ rise in the number of formalities, including written, or more usually, ____________ contracts required by legislation.