Open Uni: Academic and Professional English for Law

About this programme

Contents: Reading and writing assignments on the use of legal, academic and professional English, spoken individual and group assignments and discussions. Appropriate reading strategies, the structure of scientific articles in English, cues indicating relationships between concepts, general scientific and field-specific vocabulary. Learning outcomes: Student is able to use English texts efficiently for learning and following the latest developments in their field select the appropriate reading strategies use critical thinking and skills necessary for source criticism use vocabulary typical of academic English and terminology specific to their field present summaries of reading material write texts that follow the conventions of English on topics related to their field perform in the relevant spoken language situations, while taking account of the demands of cross-cultural communication work independently and with others, self-evaluate, and develop their learning by giving and receiving feedback. Open University students : the course is especially recommended if you are studying law for a degree.