Developing speech culture in law students

Abstract

The article discusses the methods of developing law students’ speech culture. The relevance of the research topic is due to the fact that highly professional personnel are needed in various structures of the law enforcement system. Therefore, a future lawyer, along with possessing professional knowledge and skills, must be competent in various types and forms of business language. Introducing law students to the norms of speech culture involves the correct and appropriate use of language tools in various fields andconditions of communication. The aim of the study is to establish the level of first–year law students’ proficiency in speech culture and rhetorical skills, as well as to elaborate modern methods that contribute to the development of students’ communicative speech competence. The results of the study show that students’ proficiency in the norms of the Russian literary language and rhetorical techniques is not good enough. These data enable us to outline further work on improving the literacy level and the formation of communicative skills in law students. In order to improve the preparation of future specialists, it is necessary to use a variety of forms of classroom work: presentations, role-playing, discussions, etc. This research will be useful for students – future lawyers and teachers of the Russian language and speech culture.