- •Lesson 1
- •Give your definition to the concept “terrorism”.
- •Read the text below and compare your definition with those in the text. Text 1. Terrorism
- •Discussion points.
- •Quote the sentences in which the following words and word combinations are used. Explain the meaning of the given vocabulary units, give the Russian equivalents:
- •Speaking. Role-play.
- •Lesson 2
- •Reading and Speaking.
- •Text 2. Russian apartment bombings
- •Lesson 3
- •1. Answer the questions:
- •October 19, 1999
- •Lesson 4
- •Who do you think sponsors acts of terrorism? How can a state do that?
- •Match the words in columns to make word combinations.
- •Read text 4 State-Sponsored Terrorism to check your answers to ex. 1, 2. Text 4. State-sponsored terrorism
- •Lesson 5
- •Text 5. Moscow metro explosions kill at least 35
- •Text 6. Sarin gas attack on the tokyo subway
- •Render the following articles in English and comment on them. Терроризм и проблема государственной безопасности
- •Терроризм: Интерпретация понятия
- •8. Acting as an interpreter.
- •Интервью первого заместителя Министра иностранных дел России агентству «Интерфакс» по вопросам борьбы с международным терроризмом (сокращено)
- •Final projects
- •I. Final roundtable group discussion
- •II. Topics for essay writing and oral presentations:
- •III. Mini-lessons.
- •IV. Project.
- •1. Wages of the war
- •Speaking and Reading.
- •Text 4. Russia and chechnya
- •Find the English equivalents for the following words and word combinations:
- •Look through the article and contextualize the following vocabulary, then give the Russian equivalents of the word combinations given:
- •Answer the following questions:
- •Translate the sentences into English, use active vocabulary:
- •3.Read the article below. Fill in the gaps with prepositions where necessary. Beslan School Hostage Crisis North Ossetia -Russia – 1 September 2004
- •Stockholm syndrome
- •4. Chechen rebel leader asserts role in Moscow subway bombings
- •5. Fear of more terror attacks drives demand for sniffer dogs in India
- •6. India gives death penalty to gunman in Mumbai terrorist attack
- •7. Video from Times Square may show would-be bomber
- •8. Fifty-eight hours of terror.
- •Texts for rendering.
- •1. «Теракты в России направлены на снос политической системы»
- •2. Терроризм в России
- •3. В Москве проходит международная конференция "Ислам победит терроризм"
- •4. В результате спецоперации в Дагестане была задержана группа боевиков
- •Supplement 1
Discussion points.
There is no internationally agreed definition of terrorism. Why?
Give specific examples to illustrate the saying: 'One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter.'
Try to give your own definition of terrorism.
Quote the sentences in which the following words and word combinations are used. Explain the meaning of the given vocabulary units, give the Russian equivalents:
statute, law enforcement personnel, resistance movement, ultimately, a non-combatant, a perpetrator, to instill fear, a pejorative term, freedom fighter, to commit (carry out) terrorist acts, media outlets.
Speaking. Role-play.
Student A: You are a journalist and sociologist and you wrote a number of books and articles on the problem terrorism. You’re being interviewed by a college student working on a course project about terrorism. Explain the basic concepts of the discussed phenomenon to him and answer his questions.
Student B: You are a student working on a course project about terrorism. You are interviewing a journalist and sociologist who wrote a number of books and articles on the problem terrorism. Speak to him to make sure you understand the basic concepts of the discussed phenomenon correctly and ask questions for detail.
Make use of the following words and word combinations: to perpetrate smth for an ideological goal, non-combatant, unconventional warfare, to force political change, disgruntled, indiscriminate, to further one’s objective, application of the laws of war, domestic jurisprudence, law enforcement personnel, to instill fear, to accomplish one’s end, deliberate targeting, unlawfulness, illegitimacy, firebombing, to diverge from, a pejorative term, intrinsically, to attach the label to smb, to adopt one’s viewpoint, terrorist acts.
Oral presentation. Make an internet or library research on one of the topics provided and report to the class. Use Power Point Presentation and word lists if necessary:
“Terrorism” and “extremism”: what’s the difference?
Politics and Terrorism: Historical Controversy:
Speak about one of the following events mentioned in the text TERRORISM and give your own assessment to the situation:
A. The Malayan People’s Anti-Japanese Army and the British (WWII), the Malayan Emergency, the Malayan Races Liberation Army.
Afghan Mujahideen are freedom fighters when at war with the Soviet Union, and are labelled terrorists 20 years later by George W. Bush.
An outstanding statesman or a terrorist?
A. Nobel Peace Prize laureate Menachem Begin.
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Nelson Mandela.
An International Roundtable on Constructing Peace, Deconstructing Terror (2004) (http://www.strategicforesight.com/wir-firstroundtable_report.htm).
The Madrid Conference on terrorism (hosts, cosponsors, objectives, results, the impact of the conference).
ALDE (http://www.alde.eu/).
Earth Liberation Front (http://earth-liberation-front.org/).
Animal Liberation Front (http://www.animalliberationfront.com/index.html).