Lombardi Segni & Associati Legal English Course Lesson 15

12:00pm Level B1

Class

Listening Skills: How To Learn A Language (More or Less 19/01/18) Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p05vgzm0 The item starts at 19:20.

Corrections

Pronunciation

Think about stress: fifteen, fifty

Think about the pronunciation of th in author & mother is it /d/, or / θ/or / ð/? Check your dictionary to find out. 

Verb Structure

He suggest to watch watching (suggest +-ing)

High Numbers

Fifteen thousands words (hundreds and thousands remain singular)

Vocabulary

Keen = enthusiastic e.g. He's a keen student.

See also: to be keen to do something, to be keen on someone/something
to put someone through their paces 
on the back of someone/something
to build up
to hit a wall
to bluff your way through
to get by
to give something a bash

to take the Mickey out of someone

Homework

Listen to the podcast again to notice the new vocabulary (especially the fixed expressions).

Read the Upgoer 5 comic - you can find it here: https://xkcd.com/1133/

1:30 pm Level C1/C2

Legalese Part I

Class

(1) Language: Legalese adverbs and dependent prepositions.

Taken from: International Legal English Worksheet 10.4

Things to think about:

• What does the preposition collocate with?

Accused of an offence = The offence whereof he had been accused

Share a border with other land = A piece of land wherewith the defendant's land shared a common border.

• Are you referring to the document or a time?

Hereinafter/hereafter/heretofore

• Compare:

Therefor and Therefore

Whereby and Whereas

Whereon and Whereupon

(2) Reading: Drive For Plain English

Taken from: http://seansenglishclassroom.pbworks.com/w/page/25080245/Legal%20Writing%20In%20Plain%20English

Homework

Reread the article and summarise its advice for good legal writing in a list of DOs and DON'Ts  e.g.

You should avoid"antiques" (e.g. legalese adverbs hereinafter etc)
Your writing should be persuasive...
You should write clearly... 
Your writing should not be ...