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CommentsonlegalEnglishcourseThisessayaimstosummarizewhatIhavelearnedinthelegalEnglishcourseandexpressmyviewonthedisadvantagesofthecourseandprovidesomesuggestions.Ⅰ.WhatIhavelearnedAsweallknow,legalEnglishismorethanEnglish.ThismainideaofthecourseistellusaboutAmericanlegalsystem.Alllessonsinthecourseisveryhelpful,whichbroadenourhorizons,especiallyforstudentswhowanttogetMasterdegreeinEnglandorAmerica.Thiscourseislikeawindow,throughwhichwecanhavealookofcommonlawlegalsystem.Inaddition,intheclass,wehavelearnedsomeskillsfordoingpresentationandwritingabstractandsoon.·SolvingpuzzlesaboutjudicialsystemTobehonest,beforetakingthelegalEnglishclass,IfeltconfusedaboutthejudicialsysteminAmerica.Ithinkthehavecomplicatedcourtsystem.Finally,thecourseprovidesmewithaclearpictureaboutAmericanjudicialsystem.IhavelearnedAmericahastwoparallelcourtsystems.ThefederalcourtsandthestatecourtsareanindependentcoordinatesystemauthorizedbytheUnitedStatesconstitution.Thefederalcourtsarenotsuperiortothestatecourts.BeforelearninglegalEnglish,IthinktheremedysysteminAmericaissuperiortochina,becausetheyarebasedonthree-tieredmodel.Forthelitigant,theyhavemorechancetoappealandjustifythemselves.Afterlearningtheclass,IgottoknowthatnotallcivilappallscanbereviewedbytheUnitedStatessupremecourt.IfafederalconstitutionalquestionisinvolvedthedecisionofthestateSupremeCourtmaybereviewedbytheunitedstatecourt.·MakingpresentationskillWiththewideusingofcomputertechniques,makingpresentationiscritical,especiallywhenwewanttodemonstratesomething.UsingPowerPointcanhelpusbuildaclearstructureofourspeechandattractaudiences’attention.Youshouldhaveapositiveattitudetocontactwithyouraudiencesandmakethemfollowyourthinking.Intheclass,ourteachertoldus“six”principle.YoushouldlimityourwordstolessthansixwordstolessthanineverylineandtherearelessthansixlinesinonePPT.Inthisway,youcanavoidtediousandlongcontents.Itisvitaltoexplainthekeywordsformtimetotime.Ⅱ.Disadvantagesoftheclass·ParticipationArrangingagroupofstudentstoprepareandmakepresentationisagoodchancetodemonstratetheirideasandskills.However,whatIhaveseenisjustonestudenttomakepresentation.Ican’tsayothermembersintheirteamsdidn’tbrainstormandproposeideas,buttheparticipationingivingspeechislimited.·UnderstandingcontentsAsfarasI’mconcerned,someessaysinthetextbookaretoocomplicatedtotranslateintoChinesesincetherearemanyconfusingsentencesstructureandprofessionalwords.Consideringourlimitedbackgroundknowledge,wecan’tclearlyunderstandthecontentsandfollowtheteacherallthetime.Ⅲ.RecommendationsLearninglegalEnglishandmaritimeEnglishwellisbynomeansaneasyjob.Itrelyoneffortsformus.Thefollowingsuggestionsarebasedonmyownexperienceandview.Firstly,IhopeMsYugiveusabriefintroductionaboutthelessonandprovidesomerelatedknowledgebeforetheclass.Bydoingso,wecanlearnquicklyandhaveaclearmind.Secondly,ifthecontentsinthePPThavesometranslation,itwillbebetterforustoconcentrate.BecausewhenwelookatthePPTandfindnewwords,wemaylookthemupindigitaldictionaryanddistractourattentioninlisteningtotheteacher.Thirdly,asforencouragingmorestudentstomakepresentationinsteadofonlyone,IthinkMsYucanasktheteammemberstoberesponsiblefordifferentpartsinpresentation.LegalEnglishcourseishardbutinteresting.ThankstothepatientteachingandhardworkingformMsYu,wehavelearnedmuch.Ihopenexttermwecanlearnmoreformthecoursenotonlyaboutlegalknowledge,butalsosomeskillstouseit.