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- Title
Measuring Reading Comprehension of Pakistani Legal Discourse Community With Reference to Legal Textbooks and Law Review Journals.
- Authors
Naveed Ahmad
- Abstract
Legal English has distinct linguistic features which make it different from General English (GE). The genre of legal English is further divided into various subgenres like statutes, legal judgments and textbooks/law review journals etc. Focusing on legal textbooks/law review journals, in this paper, I measured the reading comprehension levels of the members of legal discourse community i.e. law students and recent law graduates who started practicing law. The context of the research is Pakistani academic and occupational legal settings. As a tool of data collection, three questionnaires were designed having similar items on them. Information related to reading comprehension of Pakistani legal discourse community with reference to legal textbooks/law review journals was gathered from teachers of law, recent law graduates, and senior lawyers (under whom supervision recent graduates start practicing law). Subsequently, data was analyzed quantitatively and qualitatively. The findings are highly useful as they provide insights to policy makers and course designers in the context of legal education.
- Subjects
PAKISTAN; READING comprehension; LAW reviews; LAW students; LAWYERS
- Publication
Journal of Educational Research (1027-9776), 2011, Vol 14, Issue 2, p76
- ISSN
1027-9776
- Publication type
Article