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PerceptionsofLanguage
andSubjectSpecialists
ontheLinguisticNeeds
ofLawStudents
HalinaSierocka
UniversityofBiałystok
FacultyofLaw
Abstract
Manyresearchershighlightthefactthatitisaconvolutedtasktomakeadistinction
betweenthepedagogiccontentandsubjectmatterknowledgewhileteachingEnglishfor
SpecificPurposes.Otherscholarsclaimthatsubjectspecialistsdifiersignificantlyfrom
languagespecialistsduetodifierentteachingmethods,aswellasduetothestatusof
disciplinaryentities.
TispaperendeavourstoshowtheoutcomesofresearchconductedattheFacultyof
Law,UniversityofBiałystok,amongsubject-specialiststeachinglawinEnglishandlanguage
specialiststeachingLegalEnglish.Teaimoftheresearchwastoinvestigatehowbothgroups
perceivetheneedsoflawstudentsasregardslearningEnglishforprofessionalpurposes
(i.e.LegalEnglish)andwhatmethodologytheyexploittomaketheprocessoflearning
LegalEnglishefiective.Testudyassumedmainlyaqualitativemethodologyencompassing
aquestionnaireandasemi-structuredinterview.Teauthoralsohopestoshedsomelight
onpossiblewaysofefiectiveco-operationbetweenlanguageandsubjectspecialists,which
wouldcontributetobetterlanguageacquisitiononthepartofthelawstudents.
Keywords:languagespecialist,subjectspecialist,needsanalysis,EnglishforLegal
Purposes.
1.Introduction
TedemandsofaBraveNewWorld(theendoftheSecondWorldWarandthe
Oilcrisiswhichhadamajorimpactontheworldeconomy),therevolutionin
linguistics(whichmeantfocusingmoreonthewaysinwhichlanguageisused
inrealcommunicationinsteadofconcentratingonthefeaturesofthelanguage)
andfocusonthelearner(thedemandtodesignlanguagecoursesspecificallyto
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