Advantages and disadvantages of teaching legal English vocabulary and pronunciation online

Abstract

Today a teacher of legal English is lucky enough to be offered a vast selection of materials to use for his/her work with online teaching and the usage of online resources becoming more and more popular. Online teaching provides timely and meaningful feedback, creates learning activities that engage students, keep them interested, motivated and reflective. Legal English vocabulary and pronunciation can be effectively taught and learnt while using e-learning environment Moodle, resting on a variety of online dictionaries, video resources, online games, etc. However, a teacher involved in online teaching may encounter certain problems like the technological side of it, difficulties with transferring the phonetic symbols into a desired document, accessing the Internet in some classrooms, etc. However, the study revealed that the general attitude of students towards learning legal English vocabulary and pronunciation online is positive.