Accomplished Minneapolis attorney and English legal language consultant Karen Lundquist announces the release of her newest book, English for the Law: Legal English Discussion for ESL and EFL Students. Published October 12, 2011, the work is directed at ESL (English as a Second Language) or EFL (English as a Foreign Language) students who are studying English for their jobs as lawyers, judges, notaries or other legal professionals. It also serves as an indispensable learning tool for those students who need to know technical legal English for their work, and those who want to be comfortable discussing complex legal issues in English.
Karen states, "The objective of the book is to encourage discussion. It is based on the belief that the most effective way of learning a foreign language and its vocabulary, especially technical terminology, is by using it in directed exercises that focus on the specific subject matter such as law. This book provides exercises that allow students to do precisely that." This professional learning guide is available through Smashwords and costs just $4.99 to download in electronic format. Readers are also able to download a sample of the book for free.
This book is best suited to students who have at least an intermediate level of English, as there are no discussions or lessons aimed specifically at grammar. Instead, it is assumed that the students are comfortable talking and reading in English but are not necessarily familiar with the specific vocabulary of English for the law. Specifically, the book addresses legal English topics including:
* The Practice of Law
* Attorney Ethics
* Attorney Fees
* Women in the Legal Profession
* Employment Law
* Civil Procedure
* The Courts
* Judicial Reforms
* And many more...
Each section of English for the Law: Legal English Discussion for ESL and EFL Students is divided into chapters, each of which represents a discussion topic. Each chapter includes materials that introduce the topic, such as a statute or court decision. Discussion questions follow. The exercises are based on American law, although they are not lessons in American law. Instead, U.S. statutes, rules and constitutional articles are used as departure points and vehicles for the discussion.
About Karen Lundquist:
Karen Lundquist is a multilingual business attorney who owns the Attenza Law Firm in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She is also a veteran professor of English, serving for two decades as a cultured, caring instructor. She specializes in training professionals from various legal realms in developing specific legal-based vocabulary sets that are integral for their abilities to perform an array of spoken career duties. Catering to a global market of legal professionals that need to develop legal English vocabularies, Miss Lundquist can be reached at http://www.karenlundquist.com.
Contact:
Karen Lundquist
Legal Language Consultant
Attenza Law, LLC
125 Main St. SE, Suite 250
Minneapolis, MN 55414
Tel: 001-612-702-1399
Fax: 001-651-379-5503
