English for Professionals_4

Lesson 4 [11^th February 9:00 – 13:00]

Part one

Stage 1 Business law vocabulary [defendant – plaintiff – draft – bill of lading – no win no fee – promissory note – summons – punitive damages – judgement – negligence – stare decisis

Sts work in pairs – they have to define the given words into details

Stage 2 Contract clauses _ modal verbs 

Stage 3 Students are asked to determine the outcome of an actual case and decide which of the requirements of an offer are fulfilled

Reinforce Contract law practice vocabulary

Part two

·       RealProperty Law presentation

·       Licence  agreement

·       Atto di compravendita [real case]

·       Buying  a property in Italy Students are asked to outline the kind of service and support they could offer  to foreign customers who are interested in buying a property in Italy

 Part three

Grammar: phrasal verbs – idiomatic expressions

Language to be clarified : 

Deposito a garanzia: gli escrow accounts

Escrow account e lettera di credito