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by Stephanie Langston (Author)
Learn from a college Spanish instructor who has taught judges and other court personnel through the Institute of Continuing Judicial Education and the Florida College of Advanced Judicial Studies for more than a decade. This book (a course manual) and audio course (6 hours of mp3 audio) are based on the online and live Spanish for the Courts program. We worked with judges and court clerks from each court division/class in order to best customize the content for this program and we incorporate the feedback of those who take our course live and online. Although the course is designed for someone who has not taken a Spanish class, many native speakers also take it in order to refine knowledge of specific legal terminology. We include over 1000 courtroom terms and complete ready-to-use phrases. This is a complete course with instruction and practice activities. You will learn to pronounce any word in Spanish, put together your own sentences for unique situations and to speak confidently with litigants/constituents. You'll even learn why you should file "Carolina Adriana Montalvo Romero" under "M." By purchasing this title you will also receive: 1. six hours of mp3 audio from our website 2. direct email access to the author/instructor From this course you will learn to do the following in Spanish: 1.Correctly pronounce any word in Spanish. 2.Understand basic Spanish grammar and use complete sentences when communicating. 3.Describe the impact of cultural differences, including the custom and use of Hispanic names, on courtroom decorum. 4.Communicate office procedures, including hours, directions and payment. 5.Gather necessary information from clients/litigants. 6.Identify and correctly pronounce frequently used legal terms and phrases in Spanish (including attorney matters, traffic, paying fines, granting extensions, definitions of legal terms, FAQs, dispossessory, warrants, probation, community service, city and county ordinances, home violations, estate, birth certificates, death certificates, marriage licenses, guardianship and paternity issues, questions about runaways and physical descriptions, serving jury duty, bond issues, charges and dispositions) 7.Demonstrate a basic understanding of the communication between the Spanish-speaking litigants and the court interpreter. 8. Communicate courtroom procedures in Spanish in a conversational manner.
Author Biography
Stephanie Langston has her M.Ed. in Foreign Language Education a B.A. in Spanish and a B.A. in Journalism. She teaches college Spanish (face-to-face and online) and owns Hands on Spanish, Inc. She received her degrees from the University of Georgia and also studied at the Universidad de Salamanca in Spain and the Forrester Institute in San Jose, Costa Rica. She has taught for Georgia State University, Perimeter College, the Georgia Institute of Technology and Oxford College of Emory University. She was the first Spanish Instructor at Perimeter College to teach online classes and has subsequently trained others. Her specialty is curriculum development. Her "Spanish for Nurses" offers 20 hours of ANCC continuing education credit and her "Pharmacy Spanish" online program offers 12 hours of ACPE continuing education credit. She has a children's program and a conversation web tutorial, also. She worked with General Dynamics Information Technology on a project in which she led the development of 200 hours of curriculum for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's ICE agents (Immigration and Customs Enforcement). Stephanie teaches programs live (to small groups of 20 or large ones of 200) and online and enjoys both delivery methods. She and her husband Chris have traveled to 46 countries, including over a dozen Spanish-speaking countries. They adopted two beautiful children adopted from Colombia, Emery and Maya (10 and 6 at the time of publication), both accomplished swimmers. Maya loves ballet and hip-hop while Emery prefers football and soccer. They have advised many couples on international adoption. They are active in their church in education, music and missions. Stephanie enjoys singing, dancing, playing the piano and swimming. Chris, a computer programmer and software developer, is the driving force behind the company's website and online program functionality. They enjoy the occasional adventure sport, too, like skydiving, hang gliding, paragliding and zip lining. They live in Monroe, GA and enjoy time with family and friends nearby and far away.
