LINGUA GIURIDICA INGLESE A - L

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NICOLA MAURIZIO STRAZZANTI

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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.

Prerequisiti richiesti

Nessuno

Frequenza lezioni

Facoltativa

Contenuti del corso

Il corso mira a sviluppare le abilità degli studenti nell’ambito della grammatica, del lessico e delle funzioni lessicali dell’inglese giuridico e accademico, fornendo agli studenti uno strumento pragmatico per l’investigazione linguistica e per l’analisi dei testi. 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.

Testi di riferimento

- David Porter. Check your Vocabulary for Academic English. London, A&C Black, 2007.

- Rawdon Wyatt. Check your English Vocabulary for Law. London, A&C Black, 2006.

- Antonia Clare, JJ Wilson. SpeakOut Intermediate. Student’s Book & Workbook. Pearson Longman, 2011.

Altro materiale didattico

http://studium.unict.it/dokeos/2016/index.php?category=21051b9f99e0

Programmazione del corso

	Argomenti	Riferimenti testi
1	Question forms (object questions, yes/no questions, subject questions, questions with prepositions). Review of verb tenses (present simple, present continuous, past continuous)	Antonia Clare, JJ Wilson. SpeakOut Intermediate. Student’s Book & Workbook. Pearson Longman, 2011.
2	Talking about yourself. Family, relationships, collocations with take, get, do, go	Antonia Clare, JJ Wilson. SpeakOut Intermediate. Student’s Book & Workbook. Pearson Longman, 2011.
3	Present perfect & past simple (time up to now, recent events). Narrative tenses (past simple, past continuous, past perfect)	Antonia Clare, JJ Wilson. SpeakOut Intermediate. Student’s Book & Workbook. Pearson Longman, 2011.
4	Telling a story. Prepositions, say tell collocations, crime collocations, narrative phrases	Antonia Clare, JJ Wilson. SpeakOut Intermediate. Student’s Book & Workbook. Pearson Longman, 2011.
5	The future / plans (be going to, present continuous, will, might). The future / predictions (will, be going to, may and might, could, be likely to)	Antonia Clare, JJ Wilson. SpeakOut Intermediate. Student’s Book & Workbook. Pearson Longman, 2011.
6	Dealing with misunderstandings. Communication technology, future time markers for speculation, idioms	Antonia Clare, JJ Wilson. SpeakOut Intermediate. Student’s Book & Workbook. Pearson Longman, 2011.
7	Must, have to, should (obligation). Used to, would	Antonia Clare, JJ Wilson. SpeakOut Intermediate. Student’s Book & Workbook. Pearson Longman, 2011.
8	Reaching an agreement. Personal qualities, confusing words, strong adjectives, business vocabulary	Antonia Clare, JJ Wilson. SpeakOut Intermediate. Student’s Book & Workbook. Pearson Longman, 2011.
9	Comparatives and superlatives (structure, ways and use). Question tags	Antonia Clare, JJ Wilson. SpeakOut Intermediate. Student’s Book & Workbook. Pearson Longman, 2011.
10	Polite requests. Technology, Q words, word building adjectives, problems and solutions, describe a machine	Antonia Clare, JJ Wilson. SpeakOut Intermediate. Student’s Book & Workbook. Pearson Longman, 2011.
11	Zero and first conditionals. Second conditional	Antonia Clare, JJ Wilson. SpeakOut Intermediate. Student’s Book & Workbook. Pearson Longman, 2011.
12	Giving news. -ing / -ed adjectives, multiword verbs with on, off, up, down, verb/noun collocations, life events, describing good/bad experiences	Antonia Clare, JJ Wilson. SpeakOut Intermediate. Student’s Book & Workbook. Pearson Longman, 2011.
13	Present perfect simple vs Present perfect continuous. Present and past ability	Antonia Clare, JJ Wilson. SpeakOut Intermediate. Student’s Book & Workbook. Pearson Longman, 2011.
14	Clarifying opinions. Success: verb phrases, ability, qualifications, describe an achievement	Antonia Clare, JJ Wilson. SpeakOut Intermediate. Student’s Book & Workbook. Pearson Longman, 2011.
15	Articles and quantifiers. Relative clauses (defining and non-defining relative clauses)	Antonia Clare, JJ Wilson. SpeakOut Intermediate. Student’s Book & Workbook. Pearson Longman, 2011.
16	Being a good guest. Compound nouns, internet, welcoming, discuss ideas	Antonia Clare, JJ Wilson. SpeakOut Intermediate. Student’s Book & Workbook. Pearson Longman, 2011.
17	Third conditional. Active vs passive voice	Antonia Clare, JJ Wilson. SpeakOut Intermediate. Student’s Book & Workbook. Pearson Longman, 2011.
18	Expressing uncertainty. History, time periods, collocations, describing people, outstanding work, role models	Antonia Clare, JJ Wilson. SpeakOut Intermediate. Student’s Book & Workbook. Pearson Longman, 2011.
19	Reported speech. Verb patterns	Antonia Clare, JJ Wilson. SpeakOut Intermediate. Student’s Book & Workbook. Pearson Longman, 2011.
20	Giving advice / warnings. Environment, prefixes, reporting verbs, airports, phrases to describe places	Antonia Clare, JJ Wilson. SpeakOut Intermediate. Student’s Book & Workbook. Pearson Longman, 2011.
21	Business law: key adjectives, nouns, verbs and expressions	Rawdon Wyatt. Check your English Vocabulary for Law. London, A&C Black, 2006.
22	Consumer rights	Rawdon Wyatt. Check your English Vocabulary for Law. London, A&C Black, 2006.
23	Contracts	Rawdon Wyatt. Check your English Vocabulary for Law. London, A&C Black, 2006.
24	Corporate responsibility: environment, communities, employment, financial and ethical integrity	Rawdon Wyatt. Check your English Vocabulary for Law. London, A&C Black, 2006.
25	Court orders and injunctions. Court structures	Rawdon Wyatt. Check your English Vocabulary for Law. London, A&C Black, 2006.
26	Crime: categories and offences; criminal procedure	Rawdon Wyatt. Check your English Vocabulary for Law. London, A&C Black, 2006.
27	Dispute resolution	Rawdon Wyatt. Check your English Vocabulary for Law. London, A&C Black, 2006.
28	Employment and human resources	Rawdon Wyatt. Check your English Vocabulary for Law. London, A&C Black, 2006.
29	Family: relationships and children	Rawdon Wyatt. Check your English Vocabulary for Law. London, A&C Black, 2006.
30	Human rights	Rawdon Wyatt. Check your English Vocabulary for Law. London, A&C Black, 2006.
31	Legal Latin and legal referencing	Rawdon Wyatt. Check your English Vocabulary for Law. London, A&C Black, 2006.
32	People in the law	Rawdon Wyatt. Check your English Vocabulary for Law. London, A&C Black, 2006.
33	Privacy and data protection	Rawdon Wyatt. Check your English Vocabulary for Law. London, A&C Black, 2006.
34	Property	Rawdon Wyatt. Check your English Vocabulary for Law. London, A&C Black, 2006.
35	Punishment and penalties. Types of court	Rawdon Wyatt. Check your English Vocabulary for Law. London, A&C Black, 2006.
36	Wills	Rawdon Wyatt. Check your English Vocabulary for Law. London, A&C Black, 2006.
37	Exercises: fill in the gaps, choose the right/best word, finish the sentence, word substitution, make a collocation.	David Porter. Check your Vocabulary for Academic English. London, A&C Black, 2007.

Verifica dell'apprendimento

MODALITÀ DI VERIFICA DELL'APPRENDIMENTO

L’esame finale consisterà in un test a risposta chiusa composto da 16 domande da svolgere in 30 minuti.

Valutazione: risposta esatta = 2 punti, risposta non data = 0,5 punti, risposta sbagliata = -1 punto

PROVE IN ITINERE

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PROVE DI FINE CORSO

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ESEMPI DI DOMANDE E/O ESERCIZI FREQUENTI

* Two people are talking:

Direct speech: “I’m telling you, I don’t understand why you’re always late.” Reported speech: She said she didn’t understand why _______ always late.

a. I was b. he is

* One of the most important skills to learn as a student is how to _______ of your time effectively.

a. make use b. utilize

* A _______ is someone whom the police believe has committed a crime.

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