- • Start-up
- • Vocabulary
- •What is Law?
- •What is law?
- • Asking Questions
- • Extend your skills
- • Jokes and Puns
- • Start-up
- • Vocabulary
- •Islamic legal system
- • Focus on grammar. Passive vs. Active
- • Extend your skills
- •Russian and American legal systems: comparative analysis
- • Jokes and Puns
- • Start-up
- • Vocabulary exercise 1. Fill in the table according to the given example. Not all the forms will be used for each word. Use dictionary, if necessary. Translate the words into Russian.
- •Exercise 2. Choose the correct word from the list to complete each sentence. Translate the sentences into Russian.
- •Exercise 16. Read the text given below. Make up questions that may lead to further classroom discussion. Ask your questions to your classmates.
- • Extend your skills
- • Paraphrasing
- •Basic Paraphrasing Techniques
- • Jokes and Puns
- • Start-up Discuss the following questions:
- • Reading and language study Classification of Offenses
- •Intoxication
- • Extend your skills
- • Vocabulary exercise 1. Fill in the table according to the given example. Not all the forms will be used for each word. Use dictionary, if necessary. Translate the words into Russian.
- • Reading and language study Elements of Crime
- • Legalese
- • Extend your skills
- •The Causes of Crime
- • Start-up
- • Vocabulary exercise 1. Fill in the table according to the given example. Not all the forms will be used for each word. Use dictionary if necessary. Translate the words into Russian.
- • Reading and language study Torts
- •A Comparison of Criminal and Tort Law
- •The Law of Torts
- • Start-up
- • Vocabulary
- • Reading and language study How to Become a Lawyer
- • Extend your skills
- • Additional Material
- •Honor Сode
- •Exercise 18. Read the story the new lawyer by Mike Wiecek. Do the tasks and answer the questions given below. The New Lawyer
- • Vocabulary
- • Reading and language study Legal Professions
- • Jokes and Puns
- • Additional Material
- •Conclusion
- • Useful Language
- •Good luck with your presentations!
- •Great lawyers, great speeches Additional materials for reading and summarizing
- • I have a dream
- • Inaugural address
- •List of reference books
Extend your skills
EXERCISE 14. Working in small groups, decide whether the following laws would be fair or unfair. Express your opinions in class. Be prepared to explain your choices.
All businesses need a license to operate.
People are allowed to keep poisonous pets at home.
Left-handed children must sit in the back of their classroom in school.
People with AIDS should not be allowed to work in hospitals.
Religious materials may not be handed out in public parks.
Males at age eighteen must register for military services.
Senior citizens are entitled to a 10% discount for any type of purchase.
All mentally ill citizens must be placed in hospital care.
List some examples of other laws that you consider to be fair or unfair.
EXERCISE 15. Imagine that you and your friends were washed ashore on a tropical island. The island is uninhabited but has ample food, water, and shelter for everyone. No one owns the island, and no one knows you are there. You may be trapped on the island for days or years. Would you want to have laws to help the group together peacefully? Describe some of these laws.
EXERCISE 16. Read the information about Mind Mapping and do your mind map for the text WHAT IS LAW?
Mind Mapping
Mind mapping (or concept mapping) is a tool
which can help you to think and learn;
which can help you to understand and remember the important issues in your readings;
which can help you recognize the central idea and think over the related ideas which radiate out from the center.
By focusing on key ideas written down in your own words, and then looking for branches out and connections between the ideas, you are mapping knowledge in a manner which will help you understand and remember new information.
Use lines, colors, arrows or some other ways of showing connections between the ideas generated on your mind map. These relationships may be important in your understanding of new information or in constructing a summary, a well-structured presentation or creating visual aids for your presentations. By personalizing the map with your own symbols and designs you will be building visual and meaningful relationships between ideas, which will assist in your recall and understanding.
FOUR STEPS in creating mind maps that can help you to summarize your reading.
Read the source material in one sitting and then go back to any parts you are not quite sure of.
Do a mind map. It is important at this stage to do the mind map from memory, so don’t consult the text or any other source of information. Doing your mind map
put the main idea in the middle of the page. This gives you space for other ideas to radiate out from the center.
leave a lot of space. After initial drawing of the mind map you may wish to highlight things or add some information and your comments.
Stop and study the mind map you have just done. Your mind map is very valuable as it shows both areas you have understood and areas you are not sure of. Study your mind map to discover the gaps in your knowledge and refer back to the text to fill in any of these gaps.
Personalize. Using different colors and symbols add your own comments to the mind map. It is in this personalizing stage your mind map stars to help you with your learning.