DIPARTIMENTO DI GIURISPRUDENZA
Corso di laurea magistrale in Giurisprudenza Anno accademico 2019/2020 - 3° anno
LINGUA GIURIDICA INGLESE A - L
7 CFU - 1° semestre
Docente titolare dell'insegnamento NICOLA MAURIZIO STRAZZANTI
Email: nstrazzanti@lex.unict.it
Edificio / Indirizzo: Via Gallo 24 / Via Santa Sofia, 78
Orario ricevimento: http://www.lex.unict.it/docenti/nicola.maurizio.strazzanti
OBIETTIVI FORMATIVI
Conoscenza e comprensioneLo studente che frequenta con assiduità e profitto il corso di Lingua straniera giuridica inglese sarà incoraggiato a riflettere sul diritto nella prospettiva linguistico-culturale che interessa il Regno Unito;
attraverso la lettura e il commento di alcuni testi specificatamente selezionati, saprà rilevare la
dimensione lessicale, morfosintattica e fraseologica delle fonti legislative (bills, acts, common law, law reports), del sistema delle corti, delle professioni legali (solicitors, barristers), delle responsabilità civili (law of tort) e di altri aspetti del sistema legale britannico (intellectual property, information technology law, enviormental law).
Capacità di applicare conoscenza e comprensione
Alla fine del corso saprà comprendere un ampio spettro di testi mediamente lunghi e impegnativi in lingua inglese; esprimersi in modo spontaneo in inglese; impiegare la lingua in modo flessibile ed efficace per i diversi ambiti sociali, accademici e professionali, focalizzando in particolare la dimensione giuridica dell’inglese; produrre testi chiari, ben strutturati e dettagliati su argomenti concernenti l’ambito
dell’inglese giuridico.
MODALITÀ DI SVOLGIMENTO DELL'INSEGNAMENTO
Lezioni frontali, apprendimento cooperativo, presentazioni, lavoro di gruppo, ricerca-azione.
PREREQUISITI RICHIESTI
Conoscenza generale della lingua inglese al livello A2+/B1 del CEFR (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages).
FREQUENZA LEZIONI
ConsigliataCONTENUTI DEL CORSO
Il corso mira a (1) sviluppare le abilità degli studenti nell’ambito della grammatica, del lessico e delle funzioni linguistiche dell’inglese giuridico e accademico; (2) a fornire agli studenti uno strumento pragmatico per l’investigazione linguistica; (3) a costruire un bagaglio informativo utile per l’analisi dei testi di ambito giuridico in lingua inglese.
Alla fine del corso, gli studenti saranno in grado di comprendere un ampio spettro di testi in inglese e di impiegare la lingua in modo flessibile ed efficace nel contesto accademico e professionale, in particolare per quello che concerne i diversi aspetti dell’inglese giuridico.
TESTI DI RIFERIMENTO
1. Parte istituzionale: Amy Krois-Lindner, Matt Firth. Introduction to International Legal English.
Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2008.
2. Approfondimento: Helen Gubby. English Legal Terminolgy. Legal Concepts in Language, Ch. 1 "Legal System Terminology" (pp. 15-47). The Hague, Eleven International Publishing, 2016.
3. Testo consigliato per il ripasso delle conoscenze di General English: Antonia Clare, JJ Wilson. SpeakOut Intermediate. Student’s Book & Workbook. Pearson Longman, 2011.
4. Esercitazioni su Academic English: David Porter. Check your Vocabulary for Academic English. London, A&C Black, 2007.
ALTRO MATERIALE DIDATTICO
//PROGRAMMAZIONE DEL CORSO
Argomenti Riferimenti testi
1 Introduction to International Legal English Krois-Lindner, Firth. Introduction to International Legal English. pp. 8-17
2 Contract Law Krois-Lindner, Firth. Introduction to
International Legal English. pp. 18-27
3 Tort Law Krois-Lindner, Firth. Introduction to
International Legal English. pp. 28-38
4 Criminal Law Krois-Lindner, Firth. Introduction to International Legal English. pp. 39-49
5 Company Law Krois-Lindner, Firth. Introduction to
International Legal English. pp. 50-59
6 Commerial Law Krois-Lindner, Firth. Introduction to
International Legal English. pp. 60-71
7 Real Property Law Krois-Lindner, Firth. Introduction to
International Legal English. pp. 72-82 8 Litigation and Arbitration Krois-Lindner, Firth. Introduction to
International Legal English. pp. 83-93
9 International Law Krois-Lindner, Firth. Introduction to
International Legal English. pp. 94-105
10 Comparative Law Krois-Lindner, Firth. Introduction to
International Legal English. pp. 106-114 11 Legal System Terminology Gubby. English Legal Terminolgy. Legal
Concepts in Language, Ch. 1 ''Legal System Terminology'' (pp. 15-47)
12 Exercises: fill in the gaps, choose the right/best word, finish the sentence, word substitution, make a collocation.
Porter. Check your Vocabulary for Academic English
13 Question forms (object questions, yes/no questions, subject questions, questions with prepositions). Review of verb tenses (present simple, present continuous, past continuous)
Clare, Wilson. SpeakOut Intermediate.
Student’s Book & Workbook. Unit 1
14 Talking about yourself. Family, relationships, collocations with take, get, do, go
Clare, Wilson. SpeakOut Intermediate.
Student’s Book & Workbook. Unit 1 15 Present perfect & past simple (time up to now,
recent events). Narrative tenses (past simple, past continuous, past perfect)
Clare, Wilson. SpeakOut Intermediate.
Student’s Book & Workbook. Unit 2
16 Telling a story. Prepositions, say tell collocations, crime collocations, narrative phrases
Clare, Wilson. SpeakOut Intermediate.
Student’s Book & Workbook. Unit 2 17 The future / plans (be going to, present
continuous, will, might). The future / predictions (will, be going to, may and might, could, be likely to)
Clare, Wilson. SpeakOut Intermediate.
Student’s Book & Workbook. Unit 3
18 Dealing with misunderstandings. Communication technology, future time markers for speculation, idioms
Clare, Wilson. SpeakOut Intermediate.
Student’s Book & Workbook. Unit 3
19 Must, have to, should (obligation). Used to, would Clare, Wilson. SpeakOut Intermediate.
Student’s Book & Workbook. Unit 4 20 Reaching an agreement. Personal qualities,
confusing words, strong adjectives, business vocabulary
Clare, Wilson. SpeakOut Intermediate.
Student’s Book & Workbook. Unit 4
21 Comparatives and superlatives (structure, ways and use). Question tags
Clare, Wilson. SpeakOut Intermediate.
Student’s Book & Workbook. Unit 5 22 Polite requests. Technology, Q words, word
building adjectives, problems and solutions, describe a machine
Clare, Wilson. SpeakOut Intermediate.
Student’s Book & Workbook. Unit 5
23 Zero and first conditionals. Second conditional Clare, Wilson. SpeakOut Intermediate.
Student’s Book & Workbook. Unit 6 24 Giving news. -ing / -ed adjectives, multiword
verbs with on, off, up, down, verb/noun collocations, life events, describing good/bad experiences
Clare, Wilson. SpeakOut Intermediate.
Student’s Book & Workbook. Unit 6
25 Present perfect simple vs Present perfect continuous. Present and past ability
Clare, Wilson. SpeakOut Intermediate.
Student’s Book & Workbook. Unit 7 26 Clarifying opinions. Success: verb phrases,
ability, qualifications, describe an achievement
Clare, Wilson. SpeakOut Intermediate.
Student’s Book & Workbook. Unit 7 27 Articles and quantifiers. Relative clauses
(defining and non-defining relative clauses)
Clare, Wilson. SpeakOut Intermediate.
Student’s Book & Workbook. Unit 8 28 Being a good guest. Compound nouns, internet,
welcoming, discuss ideas
Clare, Wilson. SpeakOut Intermediate.
Student’s Book & Workbook. Unit 8 29 Third conditional. Active vs passive voice Clare, Wilson. SpeakOut Intermediate.
Student’s Book & Workbook. Unit 9 30 Expressing uncertainty. History, time periods,
collocations, describing people, outstanding work, role models
Clare, Wilson. SpeakOut Intermediate.
Student’s Book & Workbook. Unit 9
31 Reported speech. Verb patterns Clare, Wilson. SpeakOut Intermediate.
Student’s Book & Workbook. Unit 10 32 Giving advice / warnings. Environment, prefixes,
reporting verbs, airports, phrases to describe places
Clare, Wilson. SpeakOut Intermediate.
Student’s Book & Workbook. Unit 10
VERIFICA DELL'APPRENDIMENTO
MODALITÀ DI VERIFICA DELL'APPRENDIMENTO
L’esame finale consiste in due test a risposta parzialmente chiusa composti rispettivamente da 16 domande, da svolgere in rispettivamente 30 minuti.
Valutazione: risposta esatta = 2 punti, risposta non data = 0,5 punti, risposta sbagliata = -1 punto L'esame sarà valutato secondo i seguenti criteri (Delibera Consiglio CdS 17 settembre 2018):
la pertinenza delle risposte rispetto alle domande formulate la qualità e comprensione dei contenuti
la capacità di collegamento con altri temi oggetto del programma (e la dimestichezza con i testi) la proprietà di linguaggio tecnico
ESEMPI DI DOMANDE E/O ESERCIZI FREQUENTI A)
Complete the sentence.
The Berlin Wall _________________ in 1989. a) fell b) has fallen c) felt B)
Make a collocation and use it in the sentence below; use two words from the box.
energy – invest – utters – power – dissipates – service
Many students make the mistake of reading without considering first why they are reading, which just _________________ _________________ for no good reason.
C)
Complete the sentence.
Article 14 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that everyone has the right to seek and enjoy in other countries asylum from __________________. a) persecution b) prosecution c) prosecutor D)
Complete the text with words from the box.
a – bind – evidence – less – printed
Apart from certain contracts, no formality is required to ____________ the parties. An oral agreement is generally no ____________ binding than a written one, though the common law requires ____________ of consideration in return for a promise. Increasing government paternalism has however generated ____________ rise in the number of formalities, including written, or more usually, ____________ contracts required by legislation.
