- •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
Supplement 1
Banned terrorist organizations
The Russian government has banned seventeen terrorist organizations; the Highest Military Majlisul Shura of the United Forces of the Mujahedeen of the Caucasus, the Congress of the Peoples of Ichkeria and Daghestan, Al Qaeda, Asbat an-Ansar, Egyptian Islamic Jihad, Al-Jamaa al-Islami, Jamaat-e-Islami, Muslim Brotherhood, Hizb ut-Tahrir, Lashkar-e-Toiba, Taliban, Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, Society of Social Reforms (Jamiat al-Islah al-Ijtimai), Society of the Revival of Islamic Heritage (Jamiat Ihya at-Turaz al-Islami), al-Haramain Foundation, Junj ash-Sham (Army of the Great Syria), and the Islamic Jihad - jamaat of the mujahedeen
Causes of terrorism
The context in which terrorist tactics are used is often a large-scale, unresolved political conflict.
The type of conflict varies widely; historical examples include:
Secession of a territory to form a new sovereign state
Dominance of territory or resources by various ethnic groups
Imposition of a particular form of government, such as democracy, theocracy, or anarchy
Economic deprivation of a population
Opposition to a domestic government or occupying army