Tuesday, 27 February 2018

Lombardi Segni & Associati Legal English Course - Lesson 17

Lesson 17
12:00 pm Level B1
Class
Writing & Discussion:

  • Choosing the best medium for workplace communication (phone, message, email)
  • Deciding on the formality of an email

Vocabulary
False Friends
Process or Trial/hearing?
Court or Tribunal?

Homework
Write 2 (or 3) emails replying to your boss's request and contacting the client adapting the material on p. 117 as far as possible to your own working situation.

1:30pm Level C1/C2
Legalese 3
Class
Solving Structural Problems

  • Keep the subject, verb and object together at the beginning go the sentence.
  • Use strong, precise verbs. Minimize is, are, was, and were.
  • Turn -ion words into verbs when you can.
  • Simplify wordy phrases. Watch out for of.
  • Make everything you write “speakable”.

Corrections
alleged alleged
informal informal
advices advice
depends from depends on

Vocabulary
alas

Homework
Look at the final question on passive/active voice. How many passive forms can you find? How many of these could be changed to the active voice? What effect does this have on the writing? 



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