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Academic language and literacy for participation in postgraduate law programmes

Teaching Matters Student Engagement

Credit Image: www.nealesmith.com In this extra post, David Caulton discusses developing postgraduate law students’ ability to participate effectively in seminars through a short course run jointly by English Language Education (ELE) and the Edinburgh Law School. Law seminars present students with an additional, quite unique set of challenges.

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Teaching activities that bring out the best in students – shouldn’t we all strive for that?

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

After her story, the previous two students asked her to return the microphone, after which they both told their real stories of studying abroad. By actively observing and reflecting on the adventures and challenges in unfamiliar learning zones, abstract thinking is developed, which can be used in new and broader real-world situations.