This document describes a project to create an online collection of law PhD thesis abstracts using the FLAX tools to build language learning activities for a pre-sessional English law course. The process involved obtaining permissions to use the abstracts, selecting and uploading them to FLAX, building the collection, creating various activities including cloze tests, sentence matching, and scrambled sentences. Lessons learned included selecting appropriately lengthy texts, consulting the FLAX team on procedures, and allocating sufficient time to build and test the collection.

1. Law
PhD
Theses
Abstracts
(EThOS
at
the
Bri6sh
Library)
A
collec6on
compiled
at
Queen
Mary
University
of
London
with
FLAX

2. Ra6onale
to
trial
FLAX
tools
to
create
materials
for
use
on
Pre-­‐Sessional
English
Law
Pathway

3. 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

4. The
Collec6on

5. For
example

6. Word
List
Func6ons
1
Academic
words

7. Word
List
Func6ons
2
Topic-­‐specific
words

8. Word
List
Func6ons
3
keywords

9. Collocates
Adjec6ves

10. Collocates
Nouns

11. Collocates
Verbs

12. Ac6vi6es
1
Word
Guessing
(Cloze)

13. Ac6vity
Crea6on
1
Word
Guessing
(Cloze)

14. Ac6vity
Crea6on
1
Word
Guessing
(Cloze)

15. Ac6vi6es
2
Split
Sentences
(Matching)

16. Ac6vity
Crea6on
2
Split
Sentences
(Matching)

17. Ac6vi6es
3
Punctua6on
and
Capitalisa6on

18. Ac6vi6es
3
Punctua6on
and
Capitalisa6on
-­‐
Hints

19. Ac6vity
Crea6on
3
Punctua6on
and
Capitalisa6on

20. Ac6vi6es
4
Scrambled
Sentences

21. Ac6vity
Crea6on
4
Scrambled
Sentences

22. 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