Open University

法律和语言高等教育文凭

Knowledge and understanding

You’ll be able to demonstrate:

• The concepts values, rules and principles of the legal system in England and Wales, and some awareness of the powers exercised by the devolved legislatures in Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales.
• A range of areas of substantive English law and their impact on individuals and society.
• The social, political, economic, historical and ethical dimensions of law.
• The ability to communicate fluently and appropriately with competent speakers of at least two languages in a broad variety of oral and written contexts, including academic ones, maintaining a good degree of grammatical accuracy and appropriate style.
• Solid knowledge and understanding of aspects of the societies of the countries where each language is spoken (including aspects such as literature, cultures, linguistic contexts, politics, geography, and social and economic structures).
• Solid intercultural communicative competence, including a reasoned awareness and critical understanding of the cultures and societies associated with each language and the ability to describe and evaluate the similarities and dissimilarities between cultures and societies with your own.

Cognitive skills

You’ll be able to demonstrate your ability to:

• Ask and answer appropriate questions about law and legal systems, identifying gaps in your own knowledge.
• Combine and criticise various sources of legal authority, identify their merits and shortcomings, and make a reasoned choice between them.
• Apply legal principles and authority to develop reasoned answers to questions.
• Make use of a wide variety of written, spoken and multimodal texts for different audiences in your chosen modern language and/or English, employing appropriate reading and listening strategies.
• Write texts of different types in your chosen modern language and/or English, following appropriate structures and conventions, including academic language, selecting and making critical use of written and spoken sources.
• Make spoken presentations on particular topics, using appropriate styles and techniques, and take part in a wide variety of spoken interactions in your chosen modern language, using appropriate discourse strategies.
• Interpret and critically evaluate evidence in the light of alternative explanations, arguments and theories.

Practical and/or professional skills

You’ll be able to demonstrate your ability to:

• Conduct independent legal research.
• Identify, retrieve and evaluate legal information from a range of electronic and other sources.
• Acknowledge the sources of information that you have used, in a style appropriate to the task.
• Gather and process information from a variety of paper, audio-visual and electronic sources, in English and your chosen language.

Key skills

You’ll be able to:

• Communicate relevant ideas clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing, and work with a range of textual, numerical and statistical data.
• Reflect on your own learning and development, making effective use of feedback, and demonstrating a willingness to acknowledge and correct errors.
• Demonstrate the ability to independently find, critically evaluate and use a wide range of information, data or tools accurately in complex contexts.
• Recognise and use effective learning strategies.

This diploma has two stages, each comprising 120 credits:

• In Stage 1, you’ll study a 60-credit introductory law module. You’ll choose your language and study two 30-credit language modules.
• Next, in Stage 2, you’ll study two 30-credit law modules and a 60-credit language module in your chosen language.

Stage 1 (120 credits)

French

You'll choose one from:

• Exploring languages and cultures (L161)
• Introduction to French studies (beginners) (L102)

You'll choose one from:

• Criminal law and the courts (W111)
• Civil justice and tort law (W112)

You'll study the following:

• 法语研究 1 (中级) (L112)

German

You'll choose one from:

• Exploring languages and cultures (L161)
• Introduction to German studies (beginners) (L103)

You'll choose one from:

• Criminal law and the courts (W111)
• Civil justice and tort law (W112)

You'll study the following:

• 德语研究 1 (中级) (L113)

Spanish

You'll choose one from:

• Exploring languages and cultures (L161)
• Introduction to Spanish studies (beginners) (L106)

You'll choose one from:

• Criminal law and the courts (W111)
• Civil justice and tort law (W112)

You'll study the following:

• Spanish Studies 1 (intermediate) (L116)

Stage 2 (120 credits)

French

You'll study both of the following:

• Public law (W211)
• 法语研究 2：法语世界的语言和文化（L222）

You'll choose one from:

• Family law (W230)
• Business and employment law (W240)
• Evidence law (W250)
• 国际、环境和空间法（W260）

German

You'll study both of the following:

• Public law (W211)
• German studies 2: language and culture of the German-speaking world (L223)

You'll choose one from:

• Family law (W230)
• Business and employment law (W240)
• Evidence law (W250)
• 国际、环境和空间法（W260）

Spanish

You'll study both of the following:

• Public law (W211)
• Spanish studies 2: language and culture of the Spanish-speaking world (L226)

您将从以下选项中选择一个：

• Family law (W230)
• Business and employment law (W240)
• Evidence law (W250)
• International, environmental and space law (W260)

Assessment

Our assessments are all designed to reinforce your learning and help you show your understanding of the topics. The mix of assessment methods will vary between modules.

Computer-Marked Assignments

• Usually, a series of online, multiple-choice questions.

Tutor-Marked Assignments

• You’ll have a number of these throughout each module, each with a submission deadline.
• They can be made up of essays, questions, experiments or something else to test your understanding of what you have learned.
• Your tutor will mark and return them to you with detailed feedback.

End-of-Module Assessments

• The final, marked piece of work on most modules.
• Modules with an end-of-module assessment won’t usually have an exam.

Exams

• Some modules end with an exam. You’ll be given time to revise and prepare.
• You’ll be given your exam date at least 5 months in advance.
• Most exams take place remotely, and you will complete them at home or an alternative location.
• If a module requires you to take a face-to-face exam, this will be made clear in the module description, and you will be required to take your exam in person at one of our exam centres.

职业发展技能

您将获得广泛的就业技能，包括以下能力：

• 了解法律的基础科目以及英格兰和威尔士的法律体系。
• 运用法律原则解决问题。
• 提出不同的意见和解决方案并做出合理的选择。
• 阅读并讨论复杂且技术性的法律材料。
• 与他人进行有效、清晰、准确的沟通。
• 有效使用信息和通信技术（ICT）。
• 管理时间并独立工作或作为团队的一员工作。
• 对自己的个人发展负责，设定切合实际的目标并实现自己的目标。
• 管理和激励自己。
• 计划、组织并确定您的工作优先顺序，然后对其进行评估和反思。

职业相关性

学习法律和现代语言可以让你在许多与法律相关的领域、商业和金融或国际组织中获得职业选择。你对另一种语言及其使用文化的理解是一种资产，雇主会高度重视它，这将拓宽你在国际市场上的机会。拥有法律和语言资格可以为你带来广泛领域的机会，例如：

• 商业和金融。
• 公务员。
• 人力资源。
• 律师助理职业。
• 新闻。
• 研究。
• 翻译和口译。
• 编辑出版。

通过我们独特的远程学习方法，您可以在家中、在工作中或在旅途中学习。

你需要满足一些评估截止日期，但除此之外，你可以自由地在适合自己的时间学习，将学习安排在工作、家庭和社交生活之间。

对于每个模块，您要么只使用在线资源，要么结合使用在线和印刷材料。

您学习的每个模块都会有一个模块网站

• 每周的学习计划，为你提供循序渐进的学习指导
• 课程材料，如阅读材料、视频、录音和自我评估活动
• 用于与其他学生进行讨论和合作活动的模块论坛
• 每项作业的详细信息及其截止日期
• 辅导预订系统、在线辅导室以及导师的联系方式
• 一些印刷模块材料和资源的在线版本。