gb - Englisches Seminar - Ruhr-Universität Bochum
gb - Englisches Seminar - Ruhr-Universität Bochum
gb - Englisches Seminar - Ruhr-Universität Bochum
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050 687 Versteegen<br />
Legal English, 3 CP<br />
2 st. di 12-14 GABF 04/614 Süd<br />
Students will develop their skills in the use of English in various legal contexts, and<br />
will get extensive practice in understanding, writing on, and discussing legal topics. In<br />
so doing, they will get to know central concepts both from the English and the<br />
German legal systems. The course will mainly focus on legal issues that might be<br />
encountered in everyday life, e.g. road traffic incidents, employment relations,<br />
accidents, relations between neighbours, etc., and we will be dealing with these<br />
issues in various communicative and institutional contexts by practising written and<br />
oral forms of communication with different interlocutors: laypeople, police, lawyers,<br />
courts etc. Materials will be provided in a course reader and on Blackboard.<br />
050 688 Smith<br />
Technical English, 3 CP<br />
2 st. di 12-14 GABF 04/614 Süd<br />
The course will look at the intricacies and challenges of a wide variety of technical<br />
texts. The manner in which students can obtain their credit points will be discussed at<br />
the beginning of the course.