Ukraine. Zaporizhzhya National University. / Zaporozhia National University. Talks delivered while a visiting Professor at Zaporizhzhya National University, South East Ukraine. ZNU / ЗНУ.

Talks delivered and notes prepared while a visiting Professor at Zaporizhzhya National University. / Zaporozhia National University Запорізький національний університет Faculty of Foreign Languages (Foreign Philology), Факультет іноземної філології and Faculty of Law, Юридичний факультет, and Faculty of Journalism, Факультет журналістики. October – December 2014. Kiron Reid. 14 December 2014.

These files include many of the prepared talks that I gave, and notes for some other meetings with students.

With special thanks to all the students from the Faculty of Foreign Philology who translated for me, and also to the staff in the Faculties who also assisted with the talks.

Several of the talks are basic introductions for students. Much of the content was amplified and covered in more detail in subsequent classes and discussions. This included in a three session Legal English course in the Faculty of Law, that focused on advanced conversation using the legal system language already learned. The course was co-delivered by Steven Andrew. The specialist English tutors of the Faculty of Law also participated.

Feel free to use the material non-commercially if you like, especially anyone at Zaporizhzhya National University, or anyone learning English in Ukraine or elsewhere, but do just acknowledge the source, and author, and place first used.

Kiron Reid, Liverpool 14 December 2014.

(1) Introduction to students on Lawyers’ Day at Zaporizhia National University, 8 October 2014.

Talk delivered to the Magister (Masters) and selected second year and other students of the Faculty of Law, and staff.

The sections highlighted in yellow I did not include on the day. I did mention these points in subsequent talks with students.

(2) Introduction to students in the Faculty of Journalism at Zaporizhia National University, 16 October 2014.

What I am going to do today is:

(1) tell you why I know about journalism;

(2) tell you a little about my friends in the UK who have kindly volunteered - at my suggestion - to help the journalism students here at Zaporizhia National University (ZNU);

(3) and answer any questions at all that you want to put to me. If I don’t know the answer I will ‘phone a friend’ (ask one of my friends, or better get you to ask one of my friends), or ask your professors if they know the answer as they are the experts in modern journalism, or just make up the answer and say something I think sounds plausible.

My media experience.

Who I would talk to in the media.

Why did the media want to talk to me?

The University press office.

My friends in the media.

(Some of them).

The notes do not include the illustrations that I intended to include (due to the intermittent problems with internet access). However, I left in the captions where they could go so students can always spend a few minutes on the internet and look up the pictures. Plus I ask them to look up the relevant company websites (both for information and because of course I want to promote internet traffic to my friends' websites :-), even if their business is not aimed at Ukraine). I have added one illustration and a couple of links that I didn't manage to put in the original.

(3) Introduction to the English and Welsh criminal justice system. Law Speaking Club in the Faculty of Law at Zaporizhia National University, 16 October 2014.

What I am going to do today.

What I am going to do today is give you a very short introduction to how the English criminal justice system is organised.

I will mention the role of the courts, the police and the prosecution.

I will then talk about what I am interested in – criminal law.

I will briefly identify problems that we have with our definitions of important definitional elements of criminal offences.

And I will mention examples of problems of defining elements of some specific offences. So I am going to talk to you about the same things I would talk to my students of criminal law at home about.

Finally I am going to ask you questions about these legal definitions. How you define in Ukrainian criminal law the key elements of offences, or what conduct (what behaviour) is included in some types of crime.

The talk did not originally include the diagram of the English Court System that I intended to include due to the intermittent problems with internet access. I said instead that “students can always spend a few minutes on the internet and look up a diagram of the UK court system on Her Majesty's Court Service website.” That would have been fruitless as the UK government webpages no longer include such a diagram on the court pages. I have included my copy of it here.

On the day I did not actually deliver a talk but rather discussed a few issues with the students following questions. Some of those concerned my background and the legal points in the first three pages of this paper. We did not discuss the legal detail in the next two pages and the law students and psychology students may be interested in this. This basic explanation will also be of interest to students of the Faculty of Foreign Languages who are learning about the English legal system and the Common Law system.

(4) The Plain English Campaign.

Talk on Plain English to the Foreign Philology in the 21st Century conference, 17 October 2014.

7 things about the Plain English Campaign.

I am going to tell you 7 quick things about the Plain English Campaign.

The Plain English campaign does “exactly what it says on the tin”. It is a campaign to get government officials, and companies, bureaucratic organisations, to use ordinary everyday simple English that ordinary people can understand, instead of complex bureaucratic language and jargon.

There are lots of good resources on the Plain English Campaign website and I recommend that as a place to start.

(5) The Scottish Independence Referendum, 18 September 2014. Smaller file.

Presentation to teachers of English in Zaporozhia region, 23 October 2014.

This is the shorter version - without the pictures and with the key text. The references and notes at the end are still included. It should be quicker to download than the large file with pictures included and more detailed text.

A presentation and hopefully fun but informative discussion about both Scotland, and about the Independence Referendum. Including what I found that surprised me when I visited as an unofficial observer, and observations on the political implications of the No vote and the very large Yes vote.

This is a very large file because of a dozen photos. The text is also lengthy - although people interested can just glance at the headlines and key points, and look at any detail only if interested.

I have also added a home task of things to look up about Scotland, though there are lots of particular points that the teachers may like more information about and that they can easily look up on the internet.

I have more links to general English websites that I have put together that I post here as well.

(6) The Scottish Independence Referendum, 18 September 2014.

Presentation to teachers of English in Zaporozhia region, 23 October 2014.

A presentation and hopefully fun but informative discussion about both Scotland, and about the Independence Referendum. Including what I found that surprised me when I visited as an unofficial observer, and observations on the political implications of the No vote and the very large Yes vote.

Note - very large attachment. It took a few minutes to upload even on our good broadband.

This is a very large file because of a dozen photos. The text is also lengthy - although people interested can just glance at the headlines and key points, and look at any detail only if interested.

It is the talk that I gave, written up with full notes, extra detail and illustrations. Plus references and links at the end. A few about Scotland, and more about general English links that may be interesting.

I have also added a home task of things to look up about Scotland, though there are lots of particular points that the teachers may like more information about and that they can easily look up on the internet.

I have more links to general English websites that I have put together that I post here as well.