Walenn, Jeremy <br/><br/>
English for Law in Higher Education Studies /  
Jeremy Walenn ; Terry Phillips (Series Editor).  
 - 1st ed.  
 - Reading, UK :  Garnet Education Limited,  2008. 
 - 136 p. :  ill. ;  28 cm.   + 2 CDs 
 - English for Specific Academic Purposes .
<br/><br/>Includes glossary and transcripts.  
<br/><br/>"English for Law is a skills-based course designed specifically for students of law who are about to enter English-medium tertiary level studies. It provides carefully graded practice and progressions in the key academic skills that all students need, such as listening to lectures and speaking in seminars. It also equips students with the specialist legal language they need to participate successfully within a law faculty. Extensive listening exercises come from law lectures, and all reading texts are taken from the same field of study. There is also a focus throughout on the key legal vocabulary that students will need. Listening: how to understand and take effective notes on extended lectures, including how to follow the argument and identify the speaker's point of view. Speaking: how to participate effectively in a variety of realistic situations, from seminars to presentations, including how to develop an argument and use stance markers. Reading: how to understand a wide range of texts, from academic textbooks to Internet articles, including how to analyze complex sentences and identify such things as the writer's stance. Writing: how to produce coherent and well-structured assignments, including such skills as paraphrasing and the use of the appropriate academic phrases. Vocabulary: a wide range of activities to develop students' knowledge and use of key vocabulary, both in the field of management and of academic study in general. Vocabulary and Skills banks: a reference source to provide students with revision of the key words and phrases and skills presented in each unit. Full transcripts of all listening exercises." (Book Cover). CONTENTS UNIT 1 - LAW AND ORDER (Listening - Speaking) TOPICS<br/>  Branches of law<br/>  Key features of law VOCABULARY FOCUS <br/>  Words from general English with a special meaning in law<br/>  Prefixes and suffixes SKILLS FOCUS Listening:<br/>  preparing for a lecture<br/>  predicting lecture content from the introduction<br/>  understanding lecture organization<br/>  choosing an appropriate form of notes<br/>  making lecture notes Speaking:<br/>  speaking from notes UNIT 2 - LANDMARKS IN LAW (Reading - Writing) TOPICS<br/>  Historical landmarks in the development of law<br/>  Lord Denning and 20th century English law<br/>  Judicial precedent VOCABULARY FOCUS<br/>  English-English dictionaries: headwords - definitions - parts of speech - phonemes - stress markers - countable/uncountable - transitive/intransitive SKILLS FOCUS Reading:<br/>  using research questions to focus on relevant information in a text<br/>  using topic sentences to get an overview of the text Writing:<br/>  writing topic sentences<br/>  summarizing a text UNIT 3 - CRIMES AND CIVIL WRONGS (Listening - Speaking) TOPICS<br/>  Tort v. crime<br/>  Criminal and civil courts<br/>  Trespass to the person VOCABULARY FOCUS<br/>  Stress patterns in multi-syllable words<br/>  Prefixes SKILLS FOCUS Listening:<br/>  preparing for a lecture<br/>  predicting lecture content<br/>  making lecture notes<br/>  using different information sources Speaking:<br/>  reporting research findings<br/>  formulating questions UNIT 4 - COMPUTERS IN LAW (Reading - Writing) TOPICS<br/>  Computers for research<br/>  Types of legal information available on the web VOCABULARY FOCUS<br/>  Computer jargon<br/>  Abbreviations and acronyms<br/>  Discourse and stance markers<br/>  Verb and noun suffixes SKILLS FOCUS Reading:<br/>  identifying topic development within a paragraph<br/>  using the Internet effectively<br/>  evaluating Internet search results Writing:<br/>  reporting research findings UNIT 5 - THEFT 1: THE THEFT ACT (Listening - Speaking) TOPICS<br/>  Definition of theft<br/>  Components of theft<br/>  Important case law VOCABULARY FOCUS<br/>  Words sets: synonyms, antonyms, etc.<br/>  The language of trends<br/>  Common lecture language SKILLS FOCUS Listening:<br/>  understanding 'signpost language' in lectures<br/>  using symbols and abbreviations in note-taking Speaking<br/>  making effective contributions to a seminar UNIT 6 - THEFT 3: APPROPRIATION (Reading - Writing) TOPICS<br/>  Taking without owner's consent<br/>  Differences between: burglary, aggravated burglary and robbery VOCABULARY FOCUS<br/>  Synonyms, replacement subjects, etc., for sentence-level paraphrasing SKILLS FOCUS Reading:<br/>  reporting findings from other sources: avoiding plagiarism<br/>  locating key information in complex sentences Writing:<br/>  writing complex sentences UNIT 7 - CONTRACT LAW 1: CONSIDERATION (Listening - Speaking) TOPICS<br/>  Definition of a contract<br/>  Doctrine of consideration<br/>  Judicial interpretation VOCABULARY FOCUS<br/>  Compound nouns<br/>  Fixed phrases from legal English<br/>  Fixed phrases from academic English<br/>  Common lecture language SKILLS FOCUS Listening:<br/>  understanding speaker emphasis Speaking:<br/>  asking for clarification<br/>  responding to queries and requests for clarification UNIT 8 - CONTRACT LAW 2: MISREPRESENTATION (Reading - Writing) TOPICS<br/>  Four types of misrepresentation: <br/>  1. fraudulent misrepresentation<br/>  2. negligent misrepresentation<br/>   3. wholly innocent misrepresentation <br/>  4. negligent misrepresentation under statute VOCABULARY FOCUS<br/>  Synonyms<br/>  Nouns from verbs<br/>  Definitions<br/>  Common 'direction' verbs in essay titles (discuss, analyze, evaluate, etc.) SKILLS FOCUS Reading:<br/>  understanding dependent clauses with passives Writing:<br/>  paraphrasing<br/>  expanding notes into complex sentences<br/>  recognizing different essay types/structures: descriptive, analytical, comparison/evaluation, argument<br/>  writing essay plans<br/>  writing essays UNIT 9 - EMPLOYMENT LAW (Listening - Speaking) TOPICS<br/>  Fair, unfair and wrongful dismissal<br/>  Employment tribunals VOCABULARY FOCUS<br/>  Fixed phrases from legal English<br/>  Fixed phrases from academic English SKILLS FOCUS Listening:<br/>  using the Cornell note-taking system<br/>  recognizing digressions in lectures Speaking:<br/>  making effective contributions to a seminar<br/>  referring to other people's ideas in a seminar UNIT 10 - HOMICIDE (Reading - Writing) TOPICS<br/>  Types of homicide<br/>  Defences to homicide<br/>  Murder vs. manslaughter VOCABULARY FOCUS<br/>  'Neutral' and 'marked' words<br/>  Fixed phrases from legal English<br/>  Fixed phrases from academic English SKILLS FOCUS Reading:<br/>  recognizing the writer's stance and level of confidence or tentativeness<br/>  inferring implicit ideas Writing:<br/>  writing situation-problem-solution-evaluation essays<br/>  using direct quotations<br/>  compiling a bibliography/reference list UNIT 11 - INTERNATIONAL LAW (Listening - Speaking) TOPICS<br/>  Origins of international law<br/>  Influence of international law on domestic law<br/>  International law and the environment VOCABULARY FOCUS<br/>  Words/phrases used to link ideas (moreover, as a result, etc.)<br/>  Stress patterns in noun phrases and compounds<br/>  Fixed phrases from academic English SKILLS FOCUS Listening:<br/>  recognizing the speaker's stance<br/>  writing up notes in full Speaking:<br/>  building an argument in a seminar<br/>  agreeing/disagreeing UNIT 12 - HUMAN RIGHTS LAW (Reading - Writing) TOPICS<br/>  UN Charter of Human Rights)<br/>  UN Convention on the Rights of the Child<br/>  Equal opportunities VOCABULARY FOCUS<br/>  Verbs used to introduce ideas from other sources (X contends/suggests/asserts that ...)<br/>  Linking words/phrases conveying contrast (whereas), result (consequently), reasons (due to), etc.<br/>  Words for quantities (a significant minority) SKILLS FOCUS Reading:<br/>  understanding how ideas in a text are linked Writing:<br/>  deciding whether to use direct quotation or paraphrase<br/>  incorporating quotations<br/>  writing research reports<br/>  writing effective introductions/conclusions 
<br/><br/> Intended for students of law who are about to enter English-medium tertiary level studies. Designed for students at the upper-intermediate to proficient level (CEF B2-C2).  
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781859644171 (Student Book with CDs) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>English language--Textbook for foreign speakers<br/>English language--Terminology--Law<br/>English language--Studying and Teaching<br/>B2-C2 (CEFR).<br/>Upper-intermediate to proficiency.