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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.

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