Special Notice To Euler Hermes Legal English Students

Remember to check your course outline available at http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/69449894/Euler%20Hermes%20Course%20Outlinewhere you will find a summary of what we have done as well as links to materials used in class. This page also contains a number of other links and references which you should find useful including:

Extra Materials:

For court procedures regarding insolvency in the U.K. http://www.justice.gov.uk/courts/procedure-rules/civil/rules/insolvency_pd

For a description of insolvency procedures in the U.K. http://www.out-law.com/page-8253

For a description of bankruptcy procedures in the U.K. http://www.desktoplawyer.co.uk/dtl/index.cfm?event=base:article&node=A76055B76267D32951

For a detailed pdf on the U.K. situation see:

http://www.squiresanders.com/files/Publication/b7493fd0-f2a7-497f-8539-4ef06e684c7f/Presentation/PublicationAttachment/7ab6a8c5-6efa-4e0f-9ce2-512094c959bf/EUR6182%20GIRR%20-%20Squire%20Sanders.pdf

Extra Reading & Articles:

http://www.theguardian.com/money/2013/oct/01/payday-lenders-bank-account-restricted-bills-rent
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-23122783

http://bankruptcy-law.freeadvice.com/bankruptcy-law/collections/

Grammar & Punctuation: 

http://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/sep/30/10-grammar-rules-you-can-forget
http://www.theguardian.com/media/mind-your-language/2013/aug/16/mind-your-language-apostrophe

GPII B2+2 Thursday Groups 8 & 15

Class

Unit 3.3 Ambassadors & the diplomatic service

(Reading, Vocabulary, Listening)

Modal Perfect

I didn’t need to book tickets but I did = I needn’t have booked tickets

For extra notes and examples on modals see: http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/11442644/Modals

Homework

Write 5 example sentences for the following diplomatic collocations:

diplomatic immunity, overseas posting, summit meeting/conference, international conflict, cultural awareness. 

Self Study

Make sentences about the GFC (Global Financial Crisis)

Should have done

Shouldn’t have done

Ought to have done

Ought not to have done 

To bring to book    =       to make someone take responsibility for their mistakes/to prosecute 

To put in the dock  

Now listen to the Law In Action Podcast

 http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03wpjg2

Do you agree with the different opinions expressed? Why haven’t bankers been prosecuted in the U.S. and the U.K.? Should they have been prosecuted? Write a paragraph expressing your opinion, try to use modals and modal perfect forms whenever appropriate. 

Homework Answers Group 15 (2pm)

Subordinate Clauses (page 28, questions 7a & 7b)

1. The scientists use video conferencing facilities in order to work together…(purpose)
2. The main CERN site has a large computer which contains… (relative clause)
3. Although CERN is currently famous for the LHC, it also gained prestige…(contrast)
4. In April 1993, CERN announced that ‘The web will be free to all’. (reported speech)
5. The LHC, buried 100 kms below ground, has a circumference of 27km. (non-finite verb phrase)
6. The system was shut down on 19th September 2008 when a magnet was found to be faulty. (time)
7. I think the LHC is very dangerous because we don’t know what will happen. (cause or reason)
8. If the LHC experiment works, it will revolutionise our understanding. (condition)

Euler Hermes Legal English Course Lesson 19

Lesson 19

• Protecting assets from judicial liens (listening)
• 3rd conditional revision
• Role-play - advising clients on protecting assets Speaking Assessment

For functional language for advising clients see: http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/59757708/Giving%20Advice

ECII Groups 1 & 10 Lesson 3

Lesson 3

Class
Budgets - Listening & Speaking Exercises
http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/76345343/Budgets
Unit 11.2 Reading - Global Financial Crisis, Commonly Confused Words (check your dictionary or English forums if you have any doubts e.g. rise/arise http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/learnit/learnitv242.shtml),
Body Metaphors
Introduction to Conditionals
http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/11442621/Conditionals
http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/42354161/A%20Comparison%20between%20Italian%20and%20English%20Conditional%20Forms
Notes

Pronunciation

Vowels – minister, crisis

Silent letters – high, debt

Suffixes – Economy,economics, economic

Body Metaphors
Shrug your shoulders
Point your finger
To rub shoulders
Word of mouth
To get cold feet
I’m all ears
Watch your back
Turn a blind eye

Homework
Alternatives to 'if' Q. 6,7,8 p. 115 of today's handout.

Self Study
Listen to the last part of the Law In Action podcast on the culpability of bankers. Do you agree with the views expressed?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03wpjg2

GPII Group 1 B2+1 Lesson 3

Lesson 3

Class
Tenses in English continued: http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/11442655/The%20English%20Tense%20System
The Continuous Aspect
Suffixes noun - adjective e.g. empathy - emapthetic 
Unit 1.2 Reading & Continuous Tenses, p. 8 - 9, P. 134 - 135 G1 notes & exercises
Introduction to the Perfect Aspect and common errors http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/11442655/The%20English%20Tense%20System

Self Study Suggestions

• In your vocabulary work this week, focus on suffixes. See also : http://www2.southampton.liu.edu/academic/pau/course/websuf.htm
• Find a text (reading or listening) summarise it, then highlight all the continous tenses. Why has the writer/speaker chosen them?
• Write a paragraph on one of the questions at the bottom of p. 9, Question 10. 

GPIII Group 12 B2+2 Lesson 3

Lesson 3

Class

• Getting a law job - common questions, listening.  Click here for the Top 10 Interview Questions: http://jobsearch.about.com/od/interviewquestionsanswers/a/top-10-interview-questions.htm
• Unit 3.2 p. 28 - 29   International Co-operation (1) International Organisations - Abbreviations and Acronyms n.b.  ASEAN, NATO and OPEC are acronyms. For definitions on acronyms and abbreviations see:http://www.abbreviations.com/?+ (2) Reading & Vocabulary CERN (n.b. collocations: shining example, joint venture, peer committee, group, review) (3) Subordinate Clauses

Homework

1. Unit 3.1 p. 26 -27 Reading & Vocabulary Q. 5 & 7
2. Find an internship position that you would be interested in applying for. print off the details and bring it to class with you next week. Come prepared to interview for this position. This will be your first speaking assessment. You could look at websites that specialise in interships with law firms in the U.S. or U.K. e.g. http://www.summerinternships.com/internships/legal/, http://www.internship-uk.com/program_placement.asp, Corporations e.g. http://www.goldmansachs.com/careers/why-goldman-sachs/our-divisions/legal/positions/interns.html or an International organisation (e.g. the WHO offers both an internship http://www.who.int/employment/internship/en/ and junior professional programme http://www.who.int/employment/jpo/en/

Self Study

Today's listening featured a lawyer who practised insolvency law. What is the key language in this area? 

See : http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/75861506/Debtor%20and%20Creditor What do the terms merger, consolidation and takeover mean?

GPIV Legal English Groups 1 & 3 Lesson 2

Lesson 2
Groups 1 (9am) & 3 (11:15am) 

Class
Legalese Adverbs
e.g. whereof, heretofore, therewith etc.
Approach:
(1) What are the general meanings
e.g.
where = which (c.f. time references e.g. whereas = while, whereupon = when)
here = now or in this document (c.f. hereafter = from now on, hereinafter = from now on in this document)
there = referring to a thing (c.f. therefor (legal English) = for that thing, therefore (general English) = so (it follows that)
(2)  Think about dependent prepositions when trying to work out the meaning. Look at the preposition and think about what it collocates with other words in the sentence:
e.g.  derive from > … any income deriving therefrom, attach something to something > …set out in the mission statement attached hereto.

Real Property Vocabulary
Lease, lessor, lessee
fee tail
easement

appurtenant
Legal Terms can be looked up on the Free Dictionary e.g. fee tail

Legal Writing in Plain English 
http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/25080245/Legal%20Writing%20In%20Plain%20English

Common Mistakes Today
applicate   - apply
modificate  - modify
revocate  - revoke
but terminate

Course Outline
http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/75673775/GPIV%20Legal%20English%20Groups%201%20and%203