Кто читает:: Школа иностранных языков

Статус:: Курс по выбору

Когда читается:: 5-й курс, 1 модуль

Преподаватели

Буримская Диана Валентиновна

Парамонова Елена Владимировна

Full Syllabus

Abstract

The programme is intended for 5-year students of the Higher School of Economics of the Bachelor's degree programmes “Jurisprudence” and “Jurisprudence: Private " The course is intended for law students to develop the following skills: 1) language skills (oral and written professional English language, legal terminology and professional vocabulary; active listening in the key typical situations of the legal discourse (an interview with the client, project work communication); efficiency in dealing with authentic legal texts of different amounts); 2) cognitive skills (critical thinking, communicating with the frame of team work, managing a team); discussion (identifying a problem, arranging and monitoring discussion, participating in a discussion, developing an argument). The programme is based on the Concept of Development the English-language Communicative Competence of HSE students of non-linguistic specialties. The course consists of 3 units: negotiable instruments, secured transactions, and debtor-creditor. The minimum requirement for successfully mastering this programme is B-2 English language proficiency.

Learning Objectives

- to improve student’s ability to read and understand commercial legislation, legal texts, legal correspondence;
- to increase student’s comprehension of spoken English (legal topics in lectures, presentations, interviews, discussions, etc);
- to strengthen student’s speaking and writing skills in a range of situations typical of the study of law and the practice of law;
- to develop an understanding of the law and consolidate language skills;
- to read or listen to legal articles, cases, law reports.

Expected Learning Outcomes

to understand the main concepts in the area of the law concerned with negotiable instruments
to explain the differences between the negotiable instruments
to determine the main features of the negotiable instruments;
to draft a promissory note;
to provide advice and make suggestions
identify the forms of security arrangement ;
• understand difference between te concepts of security and quasi-security;
• draft a security agreement;
understand the consequences of a default

Course Contents

Negotiable instruments
Secured transactions
Debtor-creditor

Assessment Elements

Independent Work Assessment
Written Work Assessment
Final Project Assessment
Oral Assessment

Interim Assessment

2024/2025 1st module
0.4 * Final Project Assessment + 0.2 * Independent Work Assessment + 0.2 * Oral Assessment + 0.2 * Written Work Assessment

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

International Legal English. A course for classroom or self-study use, Krois-Lindner, A., 2011

Recommended Additional Bibliography

Common law legal English and grammar : a contextual approach, Riley, A., 2014

Authors

BURIMSKAYA DIANA VALENTINOVNA
SEMINA NELLI VLADIMIROVNA
PARAMONOVA ELENA VLADIMIROVNA

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