Linguistic and legal competence of students enrolled in the specialty 40.05.03 «forensic expertise»

Abstract

The article discusses issues related to the implementation of an integrated approach to the training of future experts. The knowledge increment pyramid is presented. The principles of selection of educational material are described. The author spoke about the basic didactic principles underlying the training. As an illustration, a fragment of educational work with phraseological units is presented. In the article differences between the subject areas of forensic linguistics and judicial speech studies are revealed. It is shown that the subject area of forensic linguistics in Russia is determined by the types of lawyers» professional activity, and the objectis juridical discourse. The object of judicial speech studies can be any discourse, and the subject area is determined by a complex of special knowledge that allows identifying the linguistic features that have evidentiary value for legal proceedings, basedon reliable scientific facts and obtained with the use of verified expert methods.