DEMOTIVATING FACTORS AFFECTING ENGLISH MAJOR STUDENTS ACQUIRING LEGAL ENGLISH AT HANOI LAW UNIVERSITY

Abstract

This study examined four demotivating factors heavily influencing the progress of legal English major students acquiring legal English at Hanoi Law University. There were 222 representative legal English samples selected by Slovin’s formula over the population of 430 students, who were in K45, K46, and K47 at Hanoi Law University in a mixed-methods approach. The results reveal that infrastructure-related factors and university/faculty-related factors were regarded as demotivating factors. Teacher-related factors and student-related factors were generally not considered as problematic to the respondents. It is advisable for school administrators to adjust their policies to upgrade the infrastructures to serve better teaching qualities by reserving specialized spaces for legal English major students to improve their legal English competency in mooting situations there. Besides, they expect to be given more chances to exchange their legal English abilities with other institutions and current legal practical venues to keep them updated. The findings of this study would be resourceful for school administrators, teachers of legal English, students and anyone who is concerned about the capability of using legal English at work.