Abstract：The Belt and Road initiative requires the training of comprehensive foreign language talents in higher education, especially legal English talents. Compared with traditional foreign language education in China’s higher education, the Medium of Instruction (MOI) in the textbooks and classrooms is much more complicated in comprehensive foreign language courses such as legal English. There are few studies on the MOI in legal English textbooks and classrooms, from the perspective of language planning. A survey was conducted in this study on the MOI in legal English classes and textbooks published after 2013. In addition, a questionnaire survey and interviews were conducted among the college teachers, students, and relevant practitioners to assess their attitudes and evaluations on the MOI in legal English courses. The results show that major problems concerning the MOI in legal English courses are the disconnection between textbooks and teaching, and the mismatch between teaching and cultivation goals. The current situation of the MOI in legal English courses reflects the problems in foreign language planning: lack of in-depth domain planning, systematic and coherent foreign language education planning, and clear foreign language capability planning. It is hoped that this study can provide a language planning research perspective for compound foreign language discipline construction and be of some reference value for the reform of its relevant courses.
张振达，李文龙. 法律英语教材及课堂媒介语调查研究[J]. 语言战略研究, 2021, 6(2): 37-46.
Zhang Zhenda and Li Wenlong. A Study of the Medium of Instruction in the Textbooks and Classrooms of Legal English Course. , 2021, 6(2): 37-46.
