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English for International Trade Law

BILOVÁ, Štěpánka

Basic information

Original name

English for International Trade Law

Authors

BILOVÁ, Štěpánka (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Studies in Logic, Grammar and Rhetoric, 2014, 0860-150X

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

50300 5.3 Education

Country of publisher

Czech Republic

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14640/14:00079110

Organization unit

Language Centre

Keywords in English

ESP; syllabus design; needs analysis

Tags

International impact, Reviewed
Změněno: 1/4/2015 11:16, Mgr. Štěpánka Dillingerová, Ph.D.

Abstract

V originále

The paper describes the process of re-designing a syllabus in the 2-semester undergraduate course of English for International Trade Law. The target group are part-time students who attend 10 in-class lessons of English per semester. After recalling the theoretical background, the author provides an overview of the main issues connected to developing a syllabus: aims of the course, needs analysis, teaching situations. The created course includes both product and process oriented goals and covers not only the language practice and field specific vocabulary, but also the development of professional skills, such as negotiating or advising. The course provides a basic overview of several topics: international trade organizations, contracts, the Incoterms, payment mechanism and agency and distributorship agreements. In order to deal with the topic meaningfully and efficiently within the set limited time frame, the students need to work both before and after the in-class sessions, however, the tasks tend to be varied, even though always focusing on both the language and the work with the field specific information. The new syllabus showed to be effective, though the teaching situation is complicated because of the varied professional needs of the learners.

Links

CZ.1.07/2.2.00/28.0233, interní kód MU
Name: Inovace, metodika a kvalita jazykového vzdělávání a odborného vzdělávání v cizích jazycích v terciární sféře v ČR (Acronym: IMPACT)
Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR, 2.2 Higher education