Helping law undergraduates make their learning more effective

BILOVÁ, Štěpánka. Helping law undergraduates make their learning more effective. In The EULETA Legal English Hybrid Conference 2021. 2021.

Basic information

Original name

Helping law undergraduates make their learning more effective

Authors

BILOVÁ, Štěpánka

Edition

The EULETA Legal English Hybrid Conference 2021, 2021

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Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Prezentace na konferencích

Field of Study

60202 Specific languages

Country of publisher

France

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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Organization unit

Language Centre

Keywords in English

legal English; metacognition on learning and teaching languages

Tags

International impact, Reviewed

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Abstract

V originále

Law undergraduates are often not aware of their needs and expectations in legal English classes. They usually mention learning specific vocabulary, but it is difficult for them to formulate what they should practise in order to cover the full spectrum of situations in which they could use English in their future professional lives. It becomes the role of the teacher to increase their awareness of what and why they work on in the lessons and to make their learning more effective by helping them with metacognition. The presentation mapped the situation in a four-semester Legal English course at Masaryk University taught online. Based on the outcomes of questionnaires it showed how the content of the course is reflected in the students’ feedback about what they actually learnt and practised. The results bring interesting insights into students’ learning and open directions for further improvements of the course.