Getting down to (international) business: practising negotiation in the course of English for International Trade Law

BILOVÁ, Štěpánka. Getting down to (international) business: practising negotiation in the course of English for International Trade Law. In 2016 EULETA Conference. 2016.

Basic information

Original name

Getting down to (international) business: practising negotiation in the course of English for International Trade Law

Authors

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

Edition

2016 EULETA Conference, 2016

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Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Prezentace na konferencích

Field of Study

60200 6.2 Languages and Literature

Country of publisher

Switzerland

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14640/16:00093689

Organization unit

Language Centre

Keywords in English

legal English; negotiation skills; part-time students

Tags

International impact, Reviewed

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Abstract

V originále

International Trade Law Programme is usually offered as a postgraduate course, however, this specialization can be also studied as an undergraduate course in Czech language at the Faculty of Law at Masaryk University. This paper deals with teaching English for International Trade Law as a compulsory subject of this course and it presents classroom activities which aim to develop students’ negotiation skills related to international business. Although the number of in-class sessions is limited, a series of micro-tasks enables students to notice intricacies which are involved in negotiations. The activities begin with the theory and controlled practice, but they mainly revolve around negotiating contractual terms. The tasks make use of existing teaching materials as well as authentic texts, nevertheless, the whole series is tailored to the specific teaching context as the students range from fresh secondary-school graduates to those from industry.