UNIVERSITE METHODISTE DE CÔTE D’IVOIRE

SYLLABUS DU COURS
Année universitaire 2023-2024
TITRE DU COURS :
Semestre : 1
Code : (ECUE)

Type :

Volume horaire : 16 heures

Niveau du cours : Licence 3
Filière ou UFR : Droit Public
UE de rattachement :
Code UE :
Parcours :
Nombre de crédit :
Nom de l’enseignant : SAYNI Kouamé
Grade : Professeur Titulaire
Emploi : Enseignant-Chercheur
Employeur : MESRS/UAO-Bouaké
Email ou courriel : saykoa1@gmail.com
Contact : 07 07 24 04 30

LES OBJECTIFS DU COURS

Objectif général :

This syllabus covers an extract that chronicles issues of judicial and social

interest. Designed for Bachelor students in Law, it provides basic tools for

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effective communication, with special emphasis on judicial words and

expressions, grammatical exercises, etc.

Objectifs spécifiques :

In the term of this course BA students are expected to grasp sufficient

materials to develop skills for:

- (1) a thorough and fluent conversation in English using basic items in law

- (2) writing standard English based on the competence in law

LES PRE-REQUIS
Notions of law in French and English etc.
CONTENU DU COURS

Stage I/ READING & COMPREHENSION: Text1: Revenge of a Rejected

Wife
Stage II/ DEFINITION/MATCHING
Stage III/ CLOZE TEST: Filling in blank space
Stage IV/ TRANSLATION & SIMULATING DISCUSSION: English
Version/ French Theme
PROGRAMME DU COURS
N° de Séance Contenu
Séance 1 READING & COMPREHENSION: Text1: Revenge of a
Jour 1 Rejected Wife
Séance 2
DEFINITION/MATCHING
Jour 1
Séance 3
CLOZE TEST: Filling in blank space
Jour2
Séance 4 TRANSLATION & SIMULATING DISCUSSION: English
Jour2 Version/ French Theme

METHODES ET STRATEGIES PEDAGOGIQUES

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Tutorial: The course is based on practice of reading for developing
communication skills

LANGUE D’ENSEIGNEMENT :
The teaching language is English

MODALITES D’EVALUATION
Following the tutorials, students will go through sessions of live communication
and writing. A special attention will be placed on most commonly used law items.

BIBLIOGRAPHIE

TEXT 1: Revenge of a Rejected Wife

The intruder’s mind was spelling over with anger, jealousy, depression
and hate. She had born this man four children, worked at menial jobs and
suffered hard times with him. She had given him 16 years of her life.
And then, when he was earning millions, he turned on her. He called
her old, boring and fat. In a final rejection he divorced her and married
his attractive blonde assistant Linda Kolkena, who was only 28.
When Betty Broderick entered the bedroom early that morning,
Linda stirred and turned to her husband. From the bed, he stared at his
vengeful former wife and reached for the telephone.
That was when the gun roared and the bullets smashed into Daniel
and Linda. Broderick, 44, suffocated in the blood from his injuries. Betty
Broderick gave herself up to the police. The drama of the Broderick’s, a
lethal mixture of Fatal Attraction and War of the Roses, is riveting
women in southern California where the discarded wife is on trial for
double murder. The Betty-bashers argue that she was getting £100,000 a
year in alimony and had no right to kill.
The Betty-boosters say that too often men abandon their wives in
favour of a younger, more appealing model. “A lot of us believe he drove
her to it”, said spectator Barbara Harbin at the trial in San Diego where

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Betty Broderick claimed she meant to commit suicide, not murder. “I had
no plan”, testified Betty tearfully. “I just wanted to die”. Last night the
jury was still out. Behind her anguished plea was the rancorous, bitter
story of a love which turned into jealous hate as Daniel Broderick, a
lawyer with a medical degree became wealthy and prominent in the
fashionable Californian coastal town of La Jalla.
As he rose, making millions as a medical malpractice lawyer, he left
Betty behind. He hired Lisson Linda Kolkena as his receptionist, promoted
her to be his assistant and began an affair with her. The resentful Betty
reacted by shopping extravagantly, sometimes making dawn phone calls to
east coast mail ordered companies. The Brodericks separated and last
year they were divorced. She was awarded alimony, but custody of their
children went to the father. Distraught, Betty began a campaign of
harassment right out of the Kathleen Turner / Michael Douglas film.

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I-READING COMPREHENSION
1-Definitions: Find in the text a word or expression which corresponds to
each of the definitions below, and give their French meanings . (The numbers
in parentheses refer to the paragraph where to find the answers.)

1-The examination before a juridical tribunal of the facts in order to

determine a person’s guilt or innocence by the process of law.(4)
2- A person who enters a building, ground etc., without permission.(1)
3-The wounds or any violation of the rights for which legal action to recover
damages may be made.(4)
4-To reject or cast out a person or a thing (4)
5-A wrong feeling of displeasure and belligerence aroused by a wrong, wrath. (1)
6-A small metal projectile, part of a cartridge, for firing from small arms.(4)
7-The defendants’ answer to a legal declaration or charge but alleges special or
new matter in avoidance.(5)
8-A person or thing that boosts, especially an energetic and enthusiastic
supporter.(5)
9-An allowance paid to a person by that person’s former spouse for
maintenance, granted by a court.(5)
10-A work which is not interesting, which is degrading and servile (1)

1-2:SYNONYMS/ANTONYMS:
Find in A the synonyms (=) or antonyms (≠) of the words in B.
A-jury; rancorous; rejection; suffocated; malpractice; to murder; stir;
harassment.
B-asphyxiated; acceptance; board; misconduct; kind; torment; disturbed; to
save.

2- COMPREHENSION: Guided text-understanding

II- CLOZE TEST

Complete this passage with these words: revenge, wound, exclusion, banish,
punishment, criminal, legitimating, legal, justice (There are three extra
words).

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 To speak of revenge in a course on law is to lay bare an open……1…… at the
heart of law. Law is built upon the..….2…….of vengeance. On the other hand,
revenge remains a constant presence in…….3…….law. In spite of the best efforts
of jurists to ……4……. it, revenge remains an irrepressible social and………
5…….force. This course asks the question: Can revenge be a just motive for
criminal …......6…….?

III-TRANSLATION
1-Translate selected sentences from the reading text into French.
2-Translate the following text into English
La violence conjugale est au sein d’un couple, la violence exercée par l’un des
conjoints sur l’autre. Il peut s’agir d’un phénomène circonstanciel, mais aussi
parfois d’un processus systémique et évolutif, au cours duquel l’un des
partenaires exerce une domination : Agressions physiques, psychologiques,
sexuelles qui parfois peuvent aboutir à la mort.