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VI. COURSE PLAN

Table: Total hours broken down by subject

№	Themes	Total hours		Auditory Hors				Self-Study Hours
				Lectures		Practical classes
1-semester
1.	Theme 1. Introduction to the course Where did English come from? Time management tips. (True/ False, matching, word choice)	6		-		2		4
2.	Theme 2. Identity. Personality and behavior. Interview Describing personality and character. How to write CV. Skills of a good lawyer. What makes a good lawyer?	13		-		4		9
3.	Theme 3. Careers Legal profession A job for life? Jobs for future. (gap filling) Areas of law. Importance of collocation and prepositions in Legal English.	8		-		2		6
4.	Theme 4. Education Professional profile Stages in a person’s education, Higher education. Online Education. CV and Resumes deception. Aspects of spoken English; tone, body language and emphasis. applying for legal position	11		-		4		7
5.	Theme 5.People and relationship, Common law and Civil law Life events and choices. (matching task) word formation, phrases, idioms. Reflecting on life events and choices. Small talk exercises. The family: Relationships. Common Law vs Civil Law (skimming and scanning)	13		-		4		9
6.	Theme 6. Communication. Initial client interview The rules of conversation. Intercultural relations, Idioms, phrasal verbs, patterns and collocations. Client interview. Note taking skills during the interview (Evernote)	14		-		4		10
7.	Theme 7. Success Employment law Success and Fame. (matching) Designing stories about personal job success and experience using app "story bird". Success and failure. Finding a new job. Collocations bank. Some clauses from an employment contract; an employment tribunal	14		-		4		10
8.	Theme 8. Health and Fitness, International Law Basics Sport and fitness metaphors. International law. Developments in EU law (completion task) Prepositions and Prefixes. Follow-up letter.	14		-		4		10
9.	Theme 9. Travel and Tourism Restaurant, Hotels, Store negligence cases Travel. Personal injury claim and Clinical negligence Restaurant and hotel negligence cases. Tort law, negligence vocabulary. Claims and counter-claims.	12		-		4		8
10.	Theme 10. Food, Drafting Contracts Food Contract Law, Terms of Contracts, Letter of advice	14		-		4		10
11.	Theme 11. Money, Language of Banking Importance of money in modern society. Management tips and recommendations. A bank account. Loan application (form filling) The Register of Letter Writing.	13		-		4		9
12.	Theme 12. Innovation and technology, Intellectual Property Law Information technology law and cybercrime. Intellectual property. Protecting intellectual property.	13		-		4		9
2- semester
13.	Theme 13. Entertainment, Tort Law Talking about plays and films. Personal injury claim, clinical negligence. An introduction to the law of tort.	14		-		4		10
14.	Theme 14. Media and Bloggers, Censorship Understanding news and journalism. In the news. Current affairs. What is censorship? When censorship becomes necessary?	13		-		4		9
15.	Theme 15. Art and Creativity Copyright issues The performance arts: reviews, critiques. How to protect artwork and creative innovations?	13		-		4		9
16.	Theme 16. The Environment, Environmental law Environmental problems. Environmental Law. (classification task)	12		-		4		8
17.	Theme 17. Violence, Terrorism and Security, Crime and criminals Criminal Justice: Identifying types of crime. Power and social issues. Criminal law. Talking about cause and effect	12		-		4		8
18.	Theme 18. Competitions, Competition Law Talkingabout competition in business. Cooperation and Competition. Competition Law. Giving advice on the case. Writing a memo.	13		-		4		9
19.	Theme 19. Leadership, Public speaking and Court language Leadership Skills and Styles. 5 Traits of Successful Leaders. Building a successful Law Career: The Ability to speak in Public. What you need to know if you're going to court?	12		-		4		8
20.	Theme 20. Storytelling, Crime Report Storytelling for lawyers. Reported speech. How to report a crime scene? Writing a crime report. Useful phrases for talking about crime.	8		-		2		6
21.	Theme 21. Mind and Memory, Understanding Contracts Issues about learning foreign languages, Forming and drafting Contracts.	12		-		4		8
22.	Theme 22. Old and New, Roman Law vs English Law History: since the dawn of civilization. Festivals in their cultural context. How Roman Law Evolved over 1,000 Years.	13		-		4		9
23.	Theme 23. Housing, Real estate law Town and Country Life. Buying and selling commercial property. Real Property Law. Precedents.	12		-		4		8
24.	Theme 24. Globalization Comparing and contrasting Comparative Law. Explaining, comparing and contrasting.	11		-		4		7
Total:			300		0		90 (10assessment)		200

VII. MODULE CONTENTS
Theme 1. Introduction to the course

1. 
   Self-introduction: about the university and its structure, requirements of the credit system.
   

Video analysis: A. Where did English come from?
2. Reading and vocabulary: Time management tips
Speaking and Vocabulary exercises: Act out the roles


The main required readings:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=19&v=YEaSxhcns7Y&feature=emb_title
Virginia Evans, Career Path-3, p. 4-7


Theme 2. Identity. Personality and behavior. Interview
1. Identity: Personality and behavior. Interview
Speaking: Language use
2. Vocabulary and Language exercises
3. Writing: Professional profile (for lawyers). How to write CV for Lawyers
4. Reading: Skills of a good lawyer
Video analysis. What makes a good lawyer?


The main required readings:
McCarthy, F. O’Dell, English Collocations in Use. Advanced M. p 94-95
M. McCarthy, F. O’Dell, English Collocations in Use. Intermediate. Cambridge University Press, p 38-39
Keynote Ted Talks. H. Stephenson, L. Lansford, P. Dummet. National Geographic Learning. p.17
https://blog.ipleaders.in/makes-great-lawyer/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcZGS9SUkeY&t=130s
Theme 3. Career(Legal profession)
1.Reading: A job for life? Jobs for future
Vocabulary: Job losses
2. The Legal Profession: Areas of law. Working skills
Importance of collocation and prepositions


The main required readings:
H. Stephenson, L. Lansford, P. Dummet. Keynote. National Geographic Learning. p.24-25
LELC – The Lawyer`s English Language Coursebook, Catherine Mason, Rosemary Atkins, p. 23-30


Theme 4. Education (Professional profile)
1. Video analysis: Online Education
Watch and debate
2. Vocabulary: Stages in a person’s education, Higher education.
3. Reading: CV deception
Speaking: Aspects of spoken English; tone, body language and emphasis
4. Writing: applying for legal position. Application forms and CVs


The main required readings:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=56&v=-ESqMeZGQKw&feature=emb_logo
Michael McCarthy, Felicity O’Dell; Vocabulary in Use Unit 14, p34-37
Lawyer Monthly, ISSN 2052-6474, p53-55
Rupert Haigh. Legal English (second edition), Unit 14, p166-169
Rupert Haigh. Legal English second edition, Unit 13, p 162


Theme 5. People and relationship (Equity and trust)
1. Reading: Life events and choices.
2.Vocabulary: word formation, phrases, idioms
Speaking: Reflecting on life events and choices.
3.Speaking: small talk exercises
Test your knowledge. The family: Relationships
4. Reading: . Common Law vs. Civil Law (skimming and scanning)


The main required readings:
Krantz C., Roberts R., - Oxford Navigate. B2. Upper-intermediate. Coursebook, Unit 12, p.118-121
Malcolm Mann & Steve Taylore-Knowles; Destination C1&C2, Unit 24, p 194-199
Krantz C., Roberts R., - Oxford Navigate. B2. Upper-intermediate. Coursebook, Unit 12, p.118-122
Rupert Haigh. Legal English second edition, Unit 15, p 178
Check your English vocabulary for Law. Rawdon Wyatt. p 36-37
Legal English: a practical approach W.G.W. Meulenberg p. 11-14
https://www.allaboutlaw.co.uk/stage/areas-of-law/equity-trusts