
- •1. Skim the joke and express your opinion.
- •Section b Reading and speaking
- •2. Discuss statements and quotations of well-known people. Do you agree to them or not. Express your own vision of this problem:
- •3. Read the text and decide whether these statements are true (t) or false (f).
- •Introduction to the litigation, arbitration and mediation
- •4. Learn the following words and expressions:
- •5. Read and translate the text: Text b
- •6. Work in pairs.
- •Section c Language study
- •Vocabulary
- •7. Match the English words with their Ukrainian equivalents:
- •8. Match the words with their definition:
- •13. Find the right definition:
- •14. Complete the following text about arbitration with the words from the box.
- •15. Translate the sentences into English and compare them with the text.
- •Section d Listening
- •14. You are going to hear the text about “Bankruptcy”.
- •Listening
- •Section e Scanning reading
- •18. Skim the text and give the main idea of it.
- •Types of commercial arbitration
- •Scanning reading
- •19. Scan the text in order to find answers to the following questions as quickly as possible.
- •Mediation in different countries
- •Section f Test
- •1. Skim the jokes and express your opinion.
- •Section b Reading and speaking
- •2. Discuss statements and quotations of well-known people. Do you agree to them or not. Express your own vision of this problem:
- •It is difficult to imagine going very long before making some kind of agreement enforceable by law. Whenever we buy goods and services, we enter into a contractual relationship.
- •4. Learn the following words and expressions:
- •5. Read and translate the text. Contract Law
- •Language study
- •7. Do your best to understand the meaning of the terms "transaction", "contract Law" and others. Match each term on the left with an explanation on the right.
- •8. Complete these sentences using the words in the box.
- •13. Translate the sentences into English
- •Section d Listening
- •14. You are going to hear the text about Uniform Commercial Code.
- •Listening
- •Section e Skimming reading
- •15. The text given below deals with the contract. Skim the text and answer to the following questions.
- •Contract
- •16. There are many different kinds of contract for different situations. Look at the following paragraphs, and decide what kind of contract is being described or talked about.
- •Scanning reading
- •17. Scan the text "United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods” in order to find the translation of the following sentences as quickly as possible.
- •Section f Test
- •Bankruptcy
6. Work in pairs.
Answer the following questions to the text.
1. What is arbitration?
2. Where is the arbitration located?
3. When are the rules of international agreement applied?
4. How can you explain the word “court”?
5. What agreement do trade relations include?
6. Under what conditions is any written notice regarded as obtained?
7. What does arbitration agreement mean?
8. What can you say about bound of court interference?
Section c Language study
Vocabulary
7. Match the English words with their Ukrainian equivalents:
1. proceed |
a) межа |
2. application |
b) покупка (купівля) |
3. legal |
c) угода |
4. enterprise |
d) установа |
5. participant |
e) продаж |
6. agreement |
f) підприємство |
7. establishment |
g) правовий |
8. sale |
h) випадок |
9. bound |
i) учасник |
10. purchase |
j) застосування |
11. case |
k) виходити |
12. item |
l) пункт |
8. Match the words with their definition:
1. “the court of arbitration” |
a) - any arbitration tribunal irrespective of the fact whether it is created to settle a certain dispute or is administered on a permanent basis by an arbitration establishment; |
2. “resolution” |
b) - a relevant body of the judicial system of the state; |
3. “court” |
c) - a formal statement of opinion or decision, agreed to after the consideration of a motion. |
9. Match the verbs (1-5) with the nouns in the box they collocate with. Some of the verbs go with more than one noun.
an agreement |
a dispute |
a judgment |
a lawsuit |
an outcome / a settlement |
to reach
to file
to deliver
to decide on
to settle
10. Complete this table with the correct forms.
verb |
abstract noun |
personal noun |
settle |
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|
resolve |
|
|
arbitrate |
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|
mediate |
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11. Use the words in the box to complete the collocations.
alternative |
legal |
parties |
resolution |
resolve /settle |
disputing ______________
to ____________ a dispute
a _____________ dispute
_________ dispute _______
12. Complete the sentences below using the words for parties involved in disputes resolving from the box.
a) arbitration tribunal |
c) arbitrator |
e) barrister |
g) claimant |
i) court |
b) disputing parties |
d) defendant |
f) solicitor |
h) third party |
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In litigation, the ____(1)____ files a lawsuit against the ___(2)____ . Usually, a ____(3)____ carries out pre-trial work in preparation of the case, while a _____(4)______ represents the claimant or defendant in court. When the case has been heard, the _____(5)______ delivers judgment.
In arbitration, an _____(6)____ or ____(7)____ decides on the outcome of the case.
In mediation, an independent _____(8)______ helps the _____(9)_____ reach a settlement.