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Teaching Legal English
Globalization of International Business, Commerce, Trade and Communication
Demands That Legal Terms, Concepts and Agreements Be Clearly Communicated In
English.
Globalization
requires that legal terms, concepts and agreements be understood in
English.
Course
Overview:
Lawyers, law students and international business people worldwide who do not
speak
English as their native language are filling up Legal English classes.
Schools,
corporations and government bodies are looking for teachers who specialize
in
teaching legal terminology, concepts and attitudes to teach these people.
Teaching Legal English is becoming an
increasingly popular industry, with TESOL,
TESL and TEFL teachers in high demand.
Working with legal issues demands special
skills, knowledge and experience. It is also
an area of teaching that can favor the legal-minded teacher. Students are
highly
motivated since the course has clear advantages for them personally, or
within their
company.
The teacher also
needs to be highly flexible. Legal English needs vary from client to
client and from business to business, but each client/company will have
specific
demands and needs for their individual desired results.
Course Content:
-
An introduction and overview of what Legal
English is, who your target students are,
and the process of teaching Legal English. - Methods and approaches to teaching Legal English.
-
Legal English terminology and how to teach
Legal English terminology acquisition
skills. - Examination and evaluation of legal case studies.
- Developing Legal English materials.
- Developing Legal English courses.
-
Legal grammar.
Course Requirements:
- Study and evaluate case studies
- Material development assignment
- Legal terminology task
- Legal concepts task
- Legal agreements task
- Final course assignment
- Various other Legal English exercises
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