The paper tackles the issue of law-related cinematic and television productions, metaphorically described as reel justice, in the context of teaching Legal English as a foreign language. In the light of current trends in ESP and film pedagogy, an integrated skills teaching approach is presented that attempts to invoke subject-specific, intercultural and language knowledge of Polish learners of Legal English. The core of the paper focuses on different film-based tasks, exploiting the American series Boston Legal as a didactic material. The paper concludes with recommendations for further research.
Film pedagogy is one of the educational topics of bp Adam Lepa’s media studies. It concerns the problem of the domination of images over words in audiovisual culture, the development of visual thinking skills and axiological understanding of communication, as well as practical educational principles addressed to young viewers. This original concept can be integrated with the problems of contemporary sports film to looking for new opportunities in audiovisual media education.
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