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- 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
No.
Content
Time Allocation
CLO
Hour(s) on the class
Essays, exercise,
Assignments..
Self-study with teacher’s tutorials
Lecture
Practice, Seminar…
1
Introduction to the course
Chapter 1: The Contract and the Law:
1
2
3
4
1,2,7
2
Chapter 2 – Interpreting a Contract
1
2
3
4
3,4,7
3
Chapter 6 – Contract English:
1
2
3
4
3,4,5,6,7
4
Chương 6 – Contract English (cont)
1
2
3
4
3,4,5,6,7
5
ICC model contract- Contract for the purchase of goods
1
2
3
4
1,2,3,4,5,6
6
ICC model contract- Contract for the purchase of goods
1
2
3
4
1,2,3,4,5,6
7
ICC model contract- Contract for the purchase of goods
1
2
3
4
1,2,3,4,5,6
8
ICC model contract- Contract for the purchase of goods
1
2
3
4
1,2,3,4,5,6
9
Midterm Exam
Sales contract of SUMITOMO CORPORATION
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2
3
4
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8
10
Sales contract of SUMITOMO CORPORATION
1
2
3
4
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8
11
Contract For Rice
1
2
3
4
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8
12
Contract For Rice
1
2
3
4
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8
13
Service contract ETC
1
2
3
4
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8
14
Contract for Lease of Premises
1
2
3
4
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8
15
Revision
1
2
3
4
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8
Total
15
30
45
60
- COURSE ASSESSMENT
Grading scale: 10
Criteria assessment:
Form
Content
Criteria
CLO
Proportion
Formative
Attendance
- check attendance
- evaluate knowledge of each lesson by asking questions, homework. Questions and homework shall evaluate if students are able to:
+ 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%
Midterm
Evaluate students’ ability to:
- Understand applicable laws in signing international business contracts.
- Interpret provisions in a business contract
- Translate an international business contracts from English to Vietnamese and vice versa
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%
Summative
Final
Evaluate students’ ability to:
- Interpret provisions in a business contract
- Translate an international business from English to Vietnamese and vice versa
- Draft some contract provisions based on ICC model contract
- Examine, collect necessary information for references; self-study to prepare and get ready to draft and translate business contracts as required
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%
Total:
100%