Course 2025-2026 a.y.

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The course is a one semester course. Classes will be held twice weekly over a period of ten weeks.  The course will be divided into 4 modules. (Per dettagli consultare il programma d’aula)

Students will improve their written legal competence enabling them to more confidently face their core subjects taught and tested in English.  Students will also  widen their legal knowledge of current legal issues while developing their oral skills set.

Students will improve their written legal competence enabling them to more confidently face their core subjects taught and tested in English.  Students will also  widen their legal knowledge of current legal issues while developing their oral skills set.

• Lectures
• Guest speaker's talks (in class or in distance)
• Practical Exercises
• Individual works / Assignments

• Face-to-face lectures
  • face-to-face lectures
• Exercises 
  • in-class use of software
• Individual assignments
  • exercises
• Interactive class activities 

DETAILS 

In addition to face-to-face lectures,  teaching methods also include:
 

• Exercises: preparation of case studies, legal essay language and layout, legal language development

• Individual assignments: production of legal essays, case studies, summaries

• Interactive class activities -communicative activities

The assessment will consist of a written exam of two parts: Part 1: reading comprehension, Part 2: listening to writing.

Part 1 Reading comprehension

Understanding a passage of a certain legal complexity. There will be a variety of question types (multiple-choice, open questions, true/false etc ) 10 marks

Part 2: Listening to Writing  

Objective: Check ability to follow authentic legal conversations/ talks and summarise the content clearly and concisely.

Skills: Identifying key ideas and important /interesting details. Communicating those key ideas and important/interesting details clearly and appropriately (as described in the course materials and lessons). 20 marks

Test: Write a 200-­220 word summary of an audio

There is no oral part to this exam.

The grade will be expressed in thirtieths            

The test lasts for 90 minutes. 

Student can sit the exam  as from the end of the second semester .

5 exam sessions are scheduled throughout the year 

All exams will be held in presence using your personal PC (with Respondus Lockdown Browser).

Continuous assessment Test:  one mark will be awarded for each of the two tests (max two marks). These marks will only be added to the full exam if it has been passed with 18 or over, and if students have attended at least 75% of the curricular course. These extra marks will only be added to an exam taken in either of the first two scheduled sessions after the end of the course. The test can only be sat in presence.

NON FREQUENTANTI

ALL THOSE WHO HAVE NOT SELECTED A CLASS OR ATTENDED LESS THAN A 75% OF THE TOTAL COURSE HOURS ARE CONSIDERED  NON ATTENDING STUDENTS

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