Technical English – Juridical

Knowledge of the English language corresponding to level B1 of the European frame of reference.

Given the nature of the objectives and programmatic contents of this curricular unit, the chosen teaching methodology has the fundamental purpose of stimulating and optimizing student learning. In this way, an active teaching methodology centered on students will be privileged, such as through Problem based learning, Project based learning, Flipped classroom and Brainstorming.

Carrying out work in class, individually and also in small groups, as well as practicing debates/discussions in class, will be pedagogical strategies also used in classes in this subject.

Taking into account the role played by a professional in this area, this curricular unit aims to develop in the student the ability to plan and structure presentations, participate in meetings or even lead them. Some time will also be devoted to applying for a job: letter of application, curriculum vitae and interview. So that students can develop the written and oral tasks that are presented to them with the desired correction, grammatical structures of the English language will be revised and consolidated.

I – Applying for a job

1.   Letter of Application

2.   Curriculum Vitae

3.   Job interview

4.   Contracts of employment

II – Meetings

1.   Making meetings effective

2.   Chairing and participating

3.   Language of meetings

4. Arguments and opinions: agreeing vs disagreeing

5. Interrupting; clarifying; questioning; proposing  and convincing/persuading

III – Presentations 

1.   Planning and getting started

2.   Language and resources

3.   Ending a prsesentation

GRAMMAR REVISION:

1. Verbal tenses

2. Modal verbs

3. Degrees of the adjetives

4. If-clauses

NAO

Main bibliography

DUBICKA, Iwonna et al. (2019). Business Partner. Essex: Pearson Education Limited. FT Publishing, Financial Times.

HARMAN, Clive M. (2016). All You Need to Know About Job Searching Skills: C. V. / Resume: Cover Letters: Interviewing Techniques Application Forms for Home Study or Training Candidates. Createspace Independent Publishing Platform.

RAWDON, Wyatt (2020). Check your English Vocabulary for Law. London/New York: Bloomsbury Publishing.

WILSON, James, Teresa Lameiras e Raquel Cardoso (2007). Manual de Correspondência Inglês-Português (1ª ed. 2004). Correspondence Handbook English-Portuguese. Coimbra: Almedina.

Secondary bibliography 

ASHLEY, A. (2004). A Handbook of Commercial Correspondence. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

FRENDO, Evan, Sean Mahoney (2008). English for Accounting. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

VALENTINE, Craig and Mytch Meyerson (2014). World Class Speaking in Action. New York: Morgan James Publishing.