Legal English — What is the Point?
Journal Title: Kalbu studijos / Studies about Languages - Year 2011, Vol 19, Issue 0
Abstract
English for specific purposes (ESP) still constitutes the minority of courses in the English language instruction at the Foreign Language Centre of Vytautas Magnus University. Among possible explanations are that it is costly, time consuming and an intellectually challenging specialisation process on the part of the teacher and a more complex and challenging subject for the student. Students generally lack the basic language skills necessary to benefit fully from such specific purpose classes. This article focuses on the teaching of legal English to students of law and practicing lawyers in Lithuania. It touches upon the history of language for specific purposes, material used in the legal English classes, and the students themselves. It concludes with the case study investigating trends in Legal English classroom among students of legal English at Vytautas Magnus University. This article also deals with the levels of skill necessary for students attending legal English classes and the results such students achieve. It concludes that although the need for legal English in Lithuanian is not yet realised, it needs to be, if the country wants to to cooperate successfully internationally and contribute to the international and local legal environment.
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Aušra Labokaitė, David Ludvigsen
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