Naslov
Interdepartmental Co-operation in ELP Curriculum Development

Autori
Javornik Čubrić, Marijana ; Matijašević, Miljen

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u zbornicima skupova, cjeloviti rad (in extenso), stručni

Izvornik
Proceedings of the 6th International Language Conference on the Importance of Learning Professional Foreign Languages for Communication Between Cultures 2013 / Vičić, Polona ; Ipavec, Vesna Mia - Celje : Fakulteta za logistiko Univerze v Mariboru, 2013, 175-179

ISBN
978-961-6562-84-3

Skup
The 6th International Language Conference on the Importance of Learning Professional Foreign Languages for Communication Between Cultures 2013

Mjesto i datum
Celje, Slovenija, 19.09.2013. - 20.09.2013

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
curriculum development; English for Legal Purposes; language skills

Sažetak
Courses of foreign languages for special purposes provided in tertiary education are generally focused on developing students' foreign language competence with a view to their use in their future professions. Course design also generally follows this line of reasoning. However, foreign language competences might also be useful to students for meeting the requirements of the courses pertaining to their field of study. Foreign language competences are often taken to be of relatively low importance in the legal profession, which is largely restricted to a single jurisdiction and thus to the national language. On the other hand, the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union and to the single market, including the market of legal services, are likely to change both this perception and the reality. This clearly points to the need of updating the content of the curriculum of the Legal English courses provided by the Foreign Language Department of the Faculty of Law in Zagreb bearing in mind these considerations. Relevant input for this purpose can be provided from multiple sources. Having already conducted a needs assessment survey among the students, the authors have endeavoured to acquire additional information relevant to course design. A survey was conducted among the teaching staff of all departments of the Faculty with a view to discovering several relevant points, among which are their attitudes and opinions regarding the importance of English for law students and particularly for their subjects, information regarding any material used in their courses in English language, and areas and topics which should be included in the curriculum of the Legal English courses. In this paper, the findings of this survey are presented and analysed, along with their implications for course design.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Filologija

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