ENGLISH FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES - LEGAL ENGLISH D - L

Frontal lessons.

Should teaching be carried out in mixed mode or remotely, it may be necessary to introduce changes with respect to previous statements, in line with the programme planned and outlined in the syllabus.

Learning assessment may also be carried out on line, should the conditions require it.

The course aims to develop students' skills in the grammar, vocabulary and language functions of legal and academic English; to provide students with a pragmatic tool for linguistic investigation; and to build a body of information useful for the analysis of legal texts in English.
By the end of the course, students will be able to understand a wide range of English texts and be able to use the language flexibly and effectively in academic and professional contexts, particularly with regard to different aspects of legal English.
The course will be divided into two parts: the first part will cover aspects of English linguistics, grammar and syntax; the second part will deal with legal texts and topics in English.

1. Institutional part. Amy Krois-Lindner, International Legal English, Cambridge University Press, 2008 (Selected parts).

2. Text for General English knowledge. Michael McCarthy, Felicity O'Dell, English Collocations in Use, Intermediate, Cambridge University Press, 2017.

3. Insights. Marc Roche, TOLES Legal English, IDM Business & Law, 2019.

4. Reference dictionary. https://dictionary.law.com