Lombardi Segni & Associati Legal English Course Lesson 16

Lesson 16
12:00pm B1
Class

Writing Skills - emails to clients.
identifying relationships, abbreviations, formality, openings, closings, functions.
Source: Business Advantage upper Intermediate Writing 6 pp. 116 -117.

Homework
Finish the three questions on email functions on p. 117.

• identify functions
• underline useful phrases
• plot the email on the graph

Corrections

Noun forms: professionalism professional

Verb forms: interpretated interpreted

Over translation: or...or either... or

1:30pm C1/C2
Class

Legalese Part II
(1) Reading & Vocabulary: The Drive For Plain English

Vocabulary
singing from the same hymn book
to turn on its head
ropey 
stilted
turgid
to junk something
jargon
old habits die hard

(2) Editing Skills 1 - Keep sentences to around 20 words

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