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Academic language and literacy for participation in postgraduate law programmes

Teaching Matters Student Engagement

Studying law in your own country is better than studying abroad ) but was subject to a specific rule (e.g., An intercultural training exercise 2 which involved a very brief discussion of a simple topic that required no preparation (e.g., Before making your contribution, you must summarise what the previous speaker said ).

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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. And if that was not enough – another peculiar thing happened.