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Academic Literacy for law students
A content-based approach
M POTGIETER & A VAN WYK
The first year of legal studies can be daunting. In addition, many first-year students entering university work and learn in an additional language. Since law is all about language, it is especially important for law students to become highly skilled readers and writers. This book aims at giving students opportunities to gain the communicative skills needed at university. The text focuses on academic reading, writing, speaking and listening, with an emphasis on reading. Each lesson begins with pre-reading activities, followed by a reading, and ends with interactive post- reading activities.
CONTENTS
• Why study law?
• Language, literature and law
• Law in society
• South African sources of law
KEY FEATURES
• Law and democracy • International law
• FIRAC lessons
• Skills index
978 1 48512 234 0 978 1 48512 479 5
2017
296 PAGES
ZAR R230.00 ZAR R230.00
A4 Workbook format so that students can complete their work in the book.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Marike Potgieter completed her Master’s Degree in Language Studies in 2010. She has been working as a facilitator on the academic literacy programme at the University ofthe Free State since 2009. In 2014 she was promoted to junior lecturer/researcher at the Unit for Language Development (ULD). In this position Marike is responsible for the English Academic Literacy for Law course.
Arlys van Wyk has worked in the field of academic literacy development and curriculum design for the past twenty years and is an Adjunct Professor in the Unit for Language Development in the Centre for Teaching and Learning at the Free State University. She has been responsible for teacher training and has taught courses in classroom methodology, reading, writing and assessment. She has also been responsible for content-based instruction across the curriculum in the Faculty of Humanities.
SUITABLE FOR
First year undergraduate law students.
JUTA EDUCATION AND SOCIAL SCIENCES CATALOGUE | 2018/2019
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