Wednesday, 13 April 2016

Legal English at Bennett languages Civitavecchia Lesson 21

Class
Presentations - case briefs

Feedback
✔︎ Good introductions and effective linking and signposting language. Effective use of rhetorical questions too.
✔︎ Facts, procedural history, legal issues and reasonings were clearly explained.
✔︎ Accurate and appropriate use of legal vocabulary throughout .

Corrections
Pronunciation - check the vowel sounds in the following:
aiding, increase, imprisonment, breach, judge, claimant, clause, asylum, forfeit, circumstances.
Noun forms
performance, denial, guilt
Prefixes
uncorrect - incorrect
Irregular verbs
arise, arose, arisen
Use the correct collocation or a verb rather than noun
When the judge did the sentence to him
When the judge passed sentence
When the judge sentenced him

Homework

  1. Find an article and highlight all the modal auxiliary verbs - what are their uses?
  2. Think about whether you would like to extend the class and for how long for?
  3. What legal or language subjects should we cover in the remaining lessons?
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Monday 9th May - Legal English Pizza Night.


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