I        Description

The course is aimed at law students and professionals who are non-native English speakers with the focus on the fundamentals of international legal English of Anglo-Saxon and Anglo-American jurisdictions in practice.

The required level of general English proficiency is intermediate to upper intermediate. Course will be held 100% in English.

II       Objectives

The main objectives of the course are:

• to increase law practitioners’ range of vocabulary of legal English,
• to practise and increase comprehension of legal texts in various areas of law with a hands-on approach,
• to gain confidence in communicating in applied legal English language, both in speaking and writing
• to extend the knowledge of international legal English practice.

III      Methodology

A broadly communicative methodology and a text and task-based approach is used. Pair and group work is an important part of the learning process. The reading texts are authentic or semi-authentic and provide context for international English legal vocabulary.

EXPOSITORA

Francisca Garcia-Huidobro Rosene

2013 Oxford Brookes University, UK. Master of Artas in Education (TESOL)

2001 Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile Law School – Pending Bar Exam

1998 Pontifica Universidad de Chile Bachelor of Science.

INFORMACIÓN GENERAL

– Lugar: Sede San Carlos de Apoquindo, Av. La Plaza 680, Las Condes.

– Duración: 30 horas, distribuidas en 15 sesiones.

– Fechas: 4, 8, 10, 11, 17, 18, 22, 24, 25, 29, 31 de Agosto y 1, 5, 7 y 8 de Septiembre

– Horario: 19:00 a 21:15 hrs.

– Periodo de postulación: hasta el 4 de Agosto de 2016

– Valor: $450.000

Curso Ingles Juridico