%0 Journal Article %T The Role of legal English in Kazakhstan %A Anash Ramazanova %A Bektursyn Kaliev %A Zhanar Ramazanova %J European Researcher %D 2013 %I European Researcher %X The present paper is devoted to describe the features and objectives of teaching English to law students in Kazakhstan, to report the results of recent research in the given field and challenging the educators, teachers and researchers for further studies in the field of legal English. In Kazakhstan the educational institutions require all students and graduates to master at least one foreign language. English as a foreign language is being taught from the primary school.Teaching English in higher schools is different from teaching English in secondary schools. And in this case the teachers are asked to take an appropriate approach to meet and satisfy the learners¡¯ needs. Since we focus on the law students of higher schools this approach is called as teaching English for legal purposes.Why do law students need English for legal purposes? This question is the matter of this paper %K Legal English %K English for legal Purposes %K teaching English %U http://www.erjournal.ru/pdf.html?n=1362429943.pdf