MV418K Language II.2. - French for Lawyers

Faculty of Law
Spring 2018
Extent and Intensity
0/2. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Kateřina Sedláčková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Daniela Veškrnová (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Kateřina Sedláčková, Ph.D.
Language Centre, Faculty of Law Division – Language Centre
Contact Person: Lenka Pavlíková
Supplier department: Language Centre, Faculty of Law Division – Language Centre
Timetable of Seminar Groups
MV418K/01: No timetable has been entered into IS. D. Veškrnová
MV418K/02: No timetable has been entered into IS. D. Veškrnová
MV418K/03: No timetable has been entered into IS. D. Veškrnová
Prerequisites
MV319Z French for Lawyers && ! MP109Z French for Lawyers && ! MP208Z French For Lawyers I.2. && ! MP307Z French for Lawyers && ! MP407Z French for Lawyers I.4. && ! MP407Zk French for Lawyers
The students are supposed to have attended and passed successfully the course in Language II.1. - French for Lawyers 1.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 16 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/16, only registered: 0/16
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
  • Law (programme PrF, M-PPV)
Course objectives
The main objectives can be summarized as follows: to be introduced to legal French to learn specific features of the French administrative and legal system to get new knowledge and new communicative competences and oral skills, in particular understanding both written and spoken texts. At the end of the course students will be able to understand texts on specific topics and explain the key concepts in the following areas : Family Law, Judiciary in France, Administrative Courts, Common Courts, Civil Procedure, Judicature - Comparisons, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure. Lexis and grammar of the language for specific purposes.
Learning outcomes
Students will be able to use this information in discussions on specific topics, to explain and to support their arguments. Using acquired knowledge students will be able to interpret unknown texts.
Syllabus
  • Exploring and working with the texts relating to the following fields: Judiciary in France, Administrative Courts, Common Courts, Civil Procedure, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure. Familly law. Practice of courts. Lexis and grammar of the language for specific purposes.
Literature
  • CARBONNIER, Jean. Droit civil. 1. éd. Paris: Presses universitaires de France, 2004, xv s. ISBN 2130547397. info
  • GRÉGOIRE, Maïa and Odile THIÉVENAZ. Grammaire progressive du français : avec 600 exercices. Edited by Elisabeth Franco - Alina Kostucki. Nouv. éd. Paris: CLE International, 2003, 271 s. ISBN 2090338482. info
  • BOULARES, Michèle and Jean-Louis FRÉROT. Grammaire progressive du français : avec 400 excercices. Paris: CLE International, 2001, 192 s. ISBN 2090338625. info
  • GRÉGOIRE, Maïa, Odile THIÉVENAZ and Elisabeth FRANCO. Grammaire progressive du français avec 500 exercices. Paris: CLE international, 1995, 255 s. ISBN 2090338547. info
Teaching methods
The instruction will be held in the form of seminars, two teaching units a week. Students will receive teaching materials for self-study in advance. The materials will be analyzed and interpreted during seminars. Acquired skills will be evaluated by means of exercises; an individual exercise in the form of an on-line drill coursebook. Instruction techniques: analysis of legal texts, reading comprehension, listening comprehension, independent speaking.
Assessment methods
The work done in seminars is based on interactive teaching. The credit test checks the acquisition of terminology, understanding the content of texts and language skills closely related to legal French. Requirements: Active participation in class discussion, submitting a written assignment, final written credit test, students need to score at least 70% points.
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
General note: Nutno absolvovat první semestr výuky francouzštiny pro právníky.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025.
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