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MINISTRY OF JUSTICE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING HANOI LAW UNIVERSITY NGUYEN HA MY 443057 STUDENTS' DIFFICULTIES IN LEARNING LEGAL CORRESPONDENCE - A CASE STUDY AT HANOI LAW UNIVERSITY Hanoi — 2023 MINISTRY OF JUSTICE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING HANOI LAW UNIVERSITY NGUYEN HA MY 443057 STUDENTS' DIFFICULTIES IN LEARNING LEGAL CORRESPONDENCE - A CASE AT HANOT LAW UNIVERSITY KHO KHAN CUA SINH VIEN TRONG VIEC HOC THU TIN TRONG LĨNH VUC LUẬT - NGHIÊN CỨU TẠI TRUONG DAI HỌC LUẬT HÀ NỘI Major: Legal English Nhac Thanh Huong, M.A Hanoi — 2023 DECLARATIONS T hereby state that I: Nguyen Ha My, class 4430, being a candidate for the degree ofBachelor ofArts accept the requirements of the University relating to the retention and use of Bachelor’s Graduation Paper deposited in the library In terms of these conditions, I agree that the origin of my paper deposited in the library should be accessible for the purposes of study and research, in accordance with the normal conditions established by the librarian for the care, loan or reproduction of the paper Supervisor’s confirmation April 032, 2022 Student’s signature M.A Nhac Thanh Huong Nguyen Ha My ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The researcher could not have undertaken this journey without the enthusiastic support of many people in various ways First and foremost, the researcher would like to express her deepest appreciation to her supervisor, Mrs Nhac Thanh Huong, M.A., Hanoi Law University, Hanoi for her unconditional guidance, invaluable advice, and unlimited support when reviewing the progress constantly with endless patience and outstanding feedback Words are insufficient to express how grateful the researcher is to her supervisor for being her biggest inspiration - not just during this time when the researcher has been working on her graduation thesis but also ever since the immensely valuable Legal English course that she took at Hanoi Law University Besides that, the researcher would like to extend her sincere thanks to all staff and lecturers at Hanoi Law University's Faculty of Foreign Legal Languages, where she has had the honor and pleasure of studying for the past four years Additionally, the researcher has the great opportunity to not only broaden her language knowledge but also develop her character thanks to all the English lessons and extracurricular activities the department offers Last but not least, her heartfelt gratitude goes to her family, who have been incredibly supportive throughout her life and especially during the time she carried out this thesis The researcher is also thankful for the unwavering assistance of her classmates in class 4430, as well as other peers of hers in the Faculty of Foreign Legal Languages during the implementation of the study Special thanks also belong to all K43 and K44 English-legal major students at HLU for their significant contribution to my research data collection Without all of you, this endeavor would not have been possible il ABSTRACT The globalization of business activity has been accompanied by an unprecedented need for lawyers to communicate internationally One of the main focuses of their work is the legal writing, that includes drafting and understanding contracts and other essential documents, which are not only syntactically complex but also contain highly technical vocabulary, proving to be extremely challenging for non-native speakers The existing literature on legal writing in general, and legal correspondence in particular, contains various rules and suggestions as to how legal writers can improve their writing skills However, it lacks a sufficient theoretical explanation of the fundamental characteristics of effective legal writing As a result, legal writers are left without a solid conceptual framework upon which to ground individual rules and suggestions Although the development of resources for legal writing has significantly increased in recent years, only a few of them are targeted at second language learners Therefore, this study aims at clarifying English learners’ attitudes as well as identifying their difficulties while dealing with legal correspondence as a learning course in the context of Hanoi Law University Furthermore, it serves the purpose of finding solutions to such challenges and strategic orientation suitable for students to improve their skills in writing legal correspondence To accomplish the primary goal, the research employed a survey questionnaire as the main data collection method and semi-structured interviews as a supplement The survey questionnaire was created and distributed virtually via Google Form to 109 random legal English major students from K43 to K44 In addition, an online interview consisting of eight questions was conducted making use of the assistance of either Google Meets or Microsoft Office Teams For frequency and percentage analysis, the statistics were analyzed using Microsoft Office Excel and IBM SPSS The research provides some notable results that were consistent with the findings in experimental documents The most obvious result indicates that, while a number of English majors believe that a lack of legal knowledge is the biggest obstacle in implementing legal correspondence, others reveal that their academic writing skills are weak, which significantly impacts how they perform legal correspondence Additionally, ill insufficient motivation to learn generic English writing skills and difficulties in transferring skills to a specific legal writing environment also constitute such challenges Based on the findings, several recommendations have been drawn up Most importantly, it is highly recommended that providing helpful information about learners’ weaknesses in their writing task can raise awareness among EFL instructors and learners This can also be combined with other appropriate teaching approaches toward making significant contributions in having a detailed profile of students’ weaknesses in legal writing Such valued descriptions would be beneficial for EFL instructors to design and develop their writing programs and to further support learners’ writing development IV TABLE OF CONTENTS DECLARA TIONS cu cause sesnssccens coun temscesi cess senses cuss came anes naneenaesesesiss i ACKNG WLEDGENIEN TS rxxenoccncsmnonnananesancacceenossaRInEnRAsnIcNaCInaITEnNE ii ABSTIRAACCTT G5
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