Interview

Designation:
Age: Sex:
Educational Qualifications:
Years of Professional Experience:
1. Makes an Effort to Improve English
2. Frequency of Practicing English Outside of work
3. How proficiently you can communicate in Legal English? What challenges do you face regarding
communicating in English?
4. What initiatives should have been taken to develop the English skills of the legal practitioners of
Bangladesh?
5. What should Bangladeshi Legal practitioners do to develop their proficiency in English?
1. Which section do you work in? What is your job? Do you ever use English when working in
Bangladesh?
2. Have you ever talked to a foreigner other than your teacher? If yes, how did you feel? Did you feel you
could communicate effectively? What problems did you encounter? What success do you feel you had in
communicating?
3. Do you have any background in Legal Communication? Have you ever taken an English for Legal
Purposes Course? If yes, for what immediate purposes did you need to learn English as Legal Purposes?
What is your experience of practicing “English as Legal Purposes”? Where, when and how was it
practised in your job? How well do you feel it prepared you for your working situation? Are there any
topics or language areas you feel were particularly useful for your work? Are there any areas you feel
should have been included that would have been useful for you in your working situation?
4. What is your current level of English in writing and speaking?
6. Which key ELP skills do you lack? What ELP skills does an ideal legal practitioner need to have?
If you were setting up a syllabus of topics areas for an “English for Legal Purposes” course for
trainee practitioners, what areas would you feel would be useful for these students? Why?