The discipline "Professional Foreign Language" is taught in the second, third and fourth years of the bachelor's level of training in the specialties "Law", "Political Technologies and Leadership", "Law of Public and Political Activity" of the Law Institute. The discipline consists of two main areas of study and is taught taking into account the levels of foreign language proficiency according to the CEFR scale: English for Specific Purposes (ESP) and General English, and is completed in the seventh semester with a test.

The purpose of the discipline. "Professional Foreign Language" is to form a special intercultural communicative competence, which includes linguistic, social, cultural, professional and educational competence, which will allow combining special knowledge, skills and abilities for professional foreign language oral and written speech, increasing the effectiveness of intercultural communication in the professional sphere.

The process of foreign language training of students is aimed at the formation of professional communicative competence, which is considered as a linguistic behavior that requires the acquisition of linguistic competence (speech and language skills) in combination with sociolinguistic and pragmatic competencies necessary for the performance of tasks related to study and work. The development of foreign language professional communicative competence occurs in accordance with the ability of students to learn, their subject knowledge and previous experience, and is carried out within the situational context associated with study and specialization.

The result of mastering the program in the discipline "Professional Foreign Language" is the formation of linguistic competence, which consists of lexical, grammatical, semantic, phonological, orthographic and orthoepic competencies.

Discipline objectives. Students' acquisition of reading skills with full understanding of the content; analysis of professional, socio-political, socio-economic and literary literature; mastery of oral monological and dialogical language within the framework of socio-political, general legal topics; summarizing and annotating special literature; drafting official letters and documents on legal issues in English.

Subject of the discipline. The subject of the discipline is foreign discourse, necessary for the formation of professionally oriented communicative speech competence (linguistic, sociolinguistic and pragmatic) to ensure effective communication in a variety of modern legal problems. In accordance with international and domestic standards for studying a foreign language, there are certain volumes of special vocabulary, speech, speech, functional and grammatical structures of the English language, which makes it possible to carry out professional oral and written communication and obtain the necessary professional information in English from foreign sources.

As a result of studying the academic discipline in accordance with the requirements of the educational and professional program, the student must:

· know:

– linguistic and regional realities of the country whose language is being studied (professional terms and concepts);

– stable word combinations that occur in texts;

– the main meanings of some official words and their ambiguity;

– the principles and doctrines of international public law, as well as the content of the main international legal institutions;

- the foundations of the law of the European Union;

· be able to:

- communicate in a foreign language both orally and in writing, including in the professional sphere;

– read and understand original texts in the specialty;

– work with various types of dictionaries;

– read about oneself in order to obtain basic information from new texts of special and general topics;

– conduct discussions on topics provided for by the program;

– correctly apply the vocabulary of topics in real situations, conduct conversations on professional topics;

– analyze information from national and international sources, assess its reliability;

– use modern information technologies and databases;

– give clear, systematically detailed descriptions of a wide range of subjects related to the circle of professional interests;

– present information and prepare public speeches on a wide range of issues in the professional sphere;

– write detailed professional texts and documents within the framework of industry issues and the sphere of their professional interests, summarizing and evaluating information and giving arguments;

– understand the content of professional speech (live or recorded).

Content of the discipline on the topics of English for Specific Purposes (ESP) for YU and YU (edition 2022):

1. Evolution of Law: Roman Law and Anglo-Saxon Law

2. Legislation versus Case Law

3. Constitutional Law in the UK and USA.

4. Local Authorities in Ukraine.

Local Authorities in Great Britain and the USA.

5. Unification of European Civil Law.

6. Protection of Employees. Employment Protection Legislation.

7. General Principles of Intellectual Property Law.

8. International Environmental Law.

9. Local Administrative Justice.

10. Criminal Law of the UK and the USA.

11. Crime Investigation in Different Countries.

12. Functions of Lawyers in Different Countries.

13. Consideration and intention in the contract law of Great Britain.

14. Civil Procedure Law. Parties and Legal Proceedings in Civil Cases.

15. Custom Law.

16. Prosecutor’s Office in Ukraine. Penal System in Ukraine.

17. Status and Role of Judges in Legal Proceedings.

18. Notary Bodies of Ukraine. Notary Bodies of the UK and the USA.

Content of the discipline on the topics of English for Specific Purposes (ESP) for legal entities (2022 edition):

1. Overview and definition of political science. The analysis of political systems

2. Political system of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. General information of the British Monarchy

3. Legislative Power of  the UK. Historical development. Magna Carta.  Bill of Rights

4. British Parliament. The status of the House of Lords

5. House of Commons. Elected MPs

6. Parliamentary sessions. Adopting new laws

7. The Executive Power of the UK. Cabinet of Ministers. Prime Minister

8. The Judicial Power of the UK. Judicial Committee of the Privy Council

9. Judicial system of every part of the UK.( England and Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland)

10. Coroners` Court, Supreme Court, Courts of magistrates and counties

11. Countries of the British Commonwealth. Membership criteria

12. Historical background of the British Commonwealth establishment

13. Role of the Sovereign in the governing the country

14. The UK’s global future. Britain’s role in the world’s politics

15. The main characteristic of the USA.  Historical past of the country. Fathers founders

16. Political System of the USA. Federal type of government

17. The Legislative branch of Power. Bicameral legislature

18. Senate as the upper chamber of the Congress

19. The role of the House of Representatives

20. The Executive branch of Power

21. The Judicial Power. Federal District Courts, the Supreme Court

22. The Constitution of the USA. Main articles. Amendments

23. The role of the USA in the world politics

24. Ukraine as a unitary republic. Declaration of Independence 1991

25. Constitutional framework. President of the country

26. Judicial branch. Supreme Court, Constitutional Court, Courts of Appeal, regional, district, city courts

27. Political parties and leaders

28. International Organizations participation