ENGLISH FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES - LEGAL ENGLISH A - L

7 CFU - 1° Semester

Teaching Staff

NICOLA MAURIZIO STRAZZANTI


Learning Objectives

Knowledge and understanding Students who attend classes assiduously and productively will gain knowledge about law in the United Kingdom and will learn how to understand the mechanics of the English language with respect to its specific cultural and professional context. They will learn how to dissect the language – morphology, lexis, idioms, syntax – of law; they will learn to distinguish bills from acts, law reports from other sources of law; they will learn to describe the court system, legal professions and other aspects of the British legal system (liability, intellectual property, environmental law...) Applying knowledge and understanding Students will be able to understand longer and fairly complex texts in English; to express themselves with a degree of fluency that makes interaction quite possible; to use the language flexibly and effectively in the social, academic and professional contexts (focusing in particular on the nuances of legal English); to present clear descriptions on the range of subjects covered during classes, explaining their viewpoint on topical issues and giving advantages and disadvantages of various options.



Detailed Course Content

The course seeks to develop students’ grammatical skills, vocabulary and the use of syntactic functions with reference to the specific language of law and academic English, and to provide a pragmatic tool for linguistic investigation and text analysis. The course also aims to provide students with the ability to understand a wide range of texts in English and to use the language flexibly and effectively in the academic and professional contexts, focusing in particular on the nuances of legal English.



Textbook Information

1. Parte istituzionale: Amy Krois-Lindner, Matt Firth. Introduction to International Legal English. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2008.

2. Approfondimento: Raymond Wacks. Law. A Very Short Introduction, ch. 2 "Law's Branches" (pp. 36-66). Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2008.

3. Testo consigliato per il ripasso delle conoscenze di General English: Antonia Clare, JJ Wilson. SpeakOut Intermediate. Student’s Book & Workbook. Pearson Longman, 2011.

4. Esercitazioni su Academic English: David Porter. Check your Vocabulary for Academic English. London, A&C Black, 2007.




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