- COURSE OBJECTIVES
Business Correspondence and contract in English is an intensive course designed to help students deal with contracts from a business, technical or legal perspective. Specifically, the course aims to:
– Equip learners with some theoretical basis about international business contracts, language, style, form and basic principles when drafting an international commercial contract.
– Equip learners with the skills to read and interpret an international business contract.
– Equip learners with skills to translate an international business contract.
– Examine some sample contracts for different commodities.
– Provide instructions on how to draft an international business contract based on the model contract of the International Chamber of Commerce.
- COURSE CONTENT AND SCHEDULE
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No. |
Content |
Time Allocation |
CLO |
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Hour(s) on the class |
Essays, exercise, Assignments.. |
Self-study with teacher’s tutorials |
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Lecture |
Practice, Seminar… |
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1 |
Introduction to the course Chapter 1: The Contract and the Law: |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
1,2,7 |
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2 |
Chapter 2 – Interpreting a Contract |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
3,4,7 |
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3 |
Chapter 6 – Contract English: |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
3,4,5,6,7 |
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4 |
Chương 6 – Contract English (cont) |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
3,4,5,6,7 |
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5 |
ICC model contract- Contract for the purchase of goods |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
1,2,3,4,5,6 |
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6 |
ICC model contract- Contract for the purchase of goods |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
1,2,3,4,5,6 |
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7 |
ICC model contract- Contract for the purchase of goods |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
1,2,3,4,5,6 |
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8 |
ICC model contract- Contract for the purchase of goods |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
1,2,3,4,5,6 |
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9 |
Midterm Exam Sales contract of SUMITOMO CORPORATION |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 |
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10 |
Sales contract of SUMITOMO CORPORATION |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 |
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11 |
Contract For Rice |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 |
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12 |
Contract For Rice |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 |
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13 |
Service contract ETC |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 |
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14 |
Contract for Lease of Premises |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 |
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15 |
Revision |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 |
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Total |
15 |
30 |
45 |
60 |
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- COURSE ASSESSMENT
Grading scale: 10
Criteria assessment:
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Form |
Content |
Criteria |
CLO |
Proportion |
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Formative |
Attendance |
+ understand concepts, principles of signing international business contract + apply English contract language in contract negotiation |
The number of attendances + answers for questions, homework. (Students who have not done their homework shall be considered absent on that day) |
1,2,3 |
10% |
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Midterm |
Evaluate students’ ability to:
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60 min written test about business contract interpretation and translation. Criteria: + Use of Language of contract: 5 points + Interpretation, understanding and drafting contracts: 5 points |
2, 4, 5 |
30% |
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Summative |
Final |
Evaluate students’ ability to:
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60 min written test. Test content about business contract interpretation and translation. Criteria: + Use of the Language of contract: 5 points + Interpretation, understanding, drafting business contract: 5 points |
4,5,6,7,8 |
60% |
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Total: |
100% |
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