TAN409E – Tiếng Anh thư tin thương mại và Hợp đồng

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  1. 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.

 

  1. 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

1

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

  

 

  1. 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%