3.2 Listening


preparing for a lecture • predicting lecture content • making notes A Study the slides from a lecture.


1 What do you expect to learn in this lecture? Make a list of points.


2 Write down some key words you expect to hear.


3 Check the pronunciation of the key words, with other students or with a dictionary.


4 How are you going to prepare for this lecture? B Listen to Part 1 of the lecture.


1 What exactly is the lecturer going to talk about? Tick the topic(s) you heard. • civil courts • criminal courts • characteristics of wrongdoing • assault and battery • trespass to goods • injunctions • tribunals


2 What reason does the lecturer give for talking about the court system?


3 What might be a good way to organize notes for this lecture?


C Listen to Part 2 of the lecture. 1 What is the main idea of this section?


2 Is trespass a crime or a tort?


3 What remedy for trespass does the lecturer mention?


4 What is the legal definition of battery? 5 Where would a case of theft be tried?


6 What do you expect to hear in the next part of the lecture?


D Listen to Part 3 of the lecture. 1 How could you write notes for this part?


2 What are the types of court and cases that they hear?


E Listen to Part 4 of the lecture. 1 Check your answers to Exercise D, question 2.


2 What will the next lecture be about?


F Listen and say whether the sentences are true or false. Explain your reasons. 1


2 34 56 24 . Slide 3


Crimes (breaches of the law heard in criminal courts)


• offences against the person • assault • murder • manslaughter • theft


Slide 1


Torts (disputes between private citizens resolved in civil courts)


• trespass to the person • assault • battery • false imprisionment • trespass to property


Slide 2 Faculty: Law


Lecture 5A Courts in the English Legal System


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