A Law Unto Itself: Course Design for Legal English Undergradutates

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

A Law Unto Itself: Course Design for Legal English Undergradutates

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

While it is customary for ESP courses to be based on the analysis of the students? future needs, course design can be made even more effective by surveying the experience of recent graduates.A group of recent graduates from the Faculty of Law who enteredthe legal world of work within the past five years were approached and interviewed about their use of legal English in the workplace. Their comments about legal language and skills they listed as most relevant in their context included working with written texts (judgments, case law, contracts), drafting of contracts and correspondence, translating and cooperation with professional translators and speaking skills. The presentation documents some changes in a legal English syllabus and shares materialsand activities developed on the basis of such a ´transferred? needs analysis survey.

Název v anglickém jazyce

A Law Unto Itself: Course Design for Legal English Undergradutates

Popis výsledku anglicky

While it is customary for ESP courses to be based on the analysis of the students? future needs, course design can be made even more effective by surveying the experience of recent graduates.A group of recent graduates from the Faculty of Law who enteredthe legal world of work within the past five years were approached and interviewed about their use of legal English in the workplace. Their comments about legal language and skills they listed as most relevant in their context included working with written texts (judgments, case law, contracts), drafting of contracts and correspondence, translating and cooperation with professional translators and speaking skills. The presentation documents some changes in a legal English syllabus and shares materialsand activities developed on the basis of such a ´transferred? needs analysis survey.

Druh

O - Ostatní výsledky

CEP obor

AM - Pedagogika a školství

OECD FORD obor

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Projekt

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Návaznosti

O - Projekt operacniho programu

Rok uplatnění

2014

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů