Law  PhD  Theses  Abstracts  (EThOS  at  the  Bri6sh  Library)  

A  collec6on  compiled  at    Queen  Mary  University  of  London  

with  FLAX  

Ra6onale  

to  trial  FLAX  tools  to  create  materials  for  use  on  Pre-­‐Sessional  English  Law  

Pathway  

Process  1.  Obtain  permissions  (to  use  abstracts)  2.  Select  and  download  3.  Obtain  FLAX  Account  4.  Upload  abstracts  to  FLAX  5.  Build  Collec6on  (publish)  6.  Review  collec6on  and  edit  7.  Create  ac6vi6es    8.  Review  ac6vi6es  

   

The  Collec6on  

For  example  

Word  List  Func6ons  1    Academic  words  

Word  List  Func6ons  2    Topic-­‐specific  words  

Word  List  Func6ons  3    keywords  

Collocates  Adjec6ves  

Collocates  Nouns  

Collocates  Verbs  

Ac6vi6es  1  Word  Guessing  (Cloze)  

Ac6vity  Crea6on  1  Word  Guessing  (Cloze)  

Ac6vity  Crea6on  1  Word  Guessing  (Cloze)  

Ac6vi6es  2  Split  Sentences  (Matching)  

Ac6vity  Crea6on  2  Split  Sentences  (Matching)  

Ac6vi6es  3  Punctua6on  and  Capitalisa6on  

Ac6vi6es  3  Punctua6on  and  Capitalisa6on  -­‐  Hints  

Ac6vity  Crea6on  3  Punctua6on  and  Capitalisa6on  

Ac6vi6es  4  Scrambled  Sentences  

Ac6vity  Crea6on  4  Scrambled  Sentences  

Lessons  Learned  

•  Select  texts  of  suitable,  yet  sufficient,  length  for  proposed  pedagogical  ac6vity  

•  Consult  FLAX  team  re:  order  of  procedure  •  (e.g.  rebuilding  deletes  ac6vi6es)  

•  Refer  to  Book  of  FLAX  •  Allocate  sufficient  6me  to  build  and  test  

collec6ons