- •Unit 1 What is globalization Key terms:
- •Text 1 The concept of globalization
- •I. Vocabulary
- •II. Answer the questions
- •III. Suggested activities for students:
- •IV. Comment on the following quotations:
- •Text 2 From diatribe to dialogue
- •I. Vocabulary
- •II. Answer the questions:
- •III. Comment on the following quotations:
- •IV. Suggested activities for students:
- •VI. Render the article
- •Unit 2 Globalization of world economy Key terms
- •Text 1 Surprise! Тhe balance of economic power in the world is changing. Good.
- •I. Vocabulary
- •II. Answer the questions:
- •III. Comment on the following phrases from the text:
- •IV. Suggested activities for students:
- •Text 2 Rich man, poor man
- •I. Vocabulary
- •II. Answer the questions:
- •III. Comment on the following phrases from the text
- •IV. Suggested activities for students:
- •V. Render into Russian
- •Unit 3 The usa and the world Key terms
- •Medicaid (in the us) – a federal system of health insurance for those requiring financial assistance.
- •Text 1 From sea to shining sea
- •I. Vocabulary
- •II. Answer the questions:
- •III. Suggested activities for students:
- •IV. Comment on the following quotations:
- •Text 2 The isolationist temptation
- •They take our jobs
- •I. Vocabulary
- •II. Answer the questions:
- •III. Comment on the following quotations:
- •IV. Suggested activities for students:
- •V. Render the article
- •Unit 4 American economy Key terms
- •Text 1 Red tape and scissors
- •I. Vocabulary
- •II. Answer the questions:
- •III. Comment on the following quotations:
- •The economy depends about as much on economists as the weather does on weather forecasters.
- •IV. Suggested activities for students:
- •Text 2 Losing faith in the greenback How long will the dollar remain the world's premier currency?
- •I. Vocabulary
- •II. Answer the questions:
- •III. Comment on the following quotations:
- •IV. Suggested activities for students:
- •V. Render the article:
- •Unit 5 Monetary cooperation: The imf Key terms
- •Text 1 The imf
- •I. Vocabulary
- •II. Answer the questions:
- •III. Comment on the following quotations:
- •IV. Suggested activities for students:
- •Text 2 Controversy about the imf
- •I. Vocabulary
- •II. Answer the questions:
- •III. Comment on the following quotations:
- •IV. Suggested activities for students:
- •V. Render the article:
- •Unit 6 a closer look at the imf Key terms
- •Text 1 The imf, World bank is a major cause of Poverty in Africa
- •I. Vocabulary
- •II. Answer the questions:
- •III. Comment on the following quotations:
- •IV. Suggested activities for students:
- •Text 2 Not even a cat to rescue
- •I. Vocabulary
- •II. Answer the questions:
- •III. Comment on the following quotations:
- •IV. Suggested activities for students:
- •V. Render the article
- •Unit 7. International organizations Key terms
- •Text 1. The origins and growth of International organizations
- •I. Vocabulary
- •II. Answer the questions
- •III. Comment on the following quotations
- •IV. Suggested activities for students:
- •Text 2. Roles that igOs play
- •Interactive Аrеnа
- •Independent International Actor
- •I. Vocabulary
- •II. Answer the questions:
- •III. Comment on the following phrases from the text and the quotations:
- •IV. Suggested activities for students:
- •V. Render the article
- •Unit 8. The European Union Key terms
- •Text 1 Focus on the European Union
- •I. Vocabulary.
- •II. Answer the questions:
- •III. Comment on the following quotations:
- •VI. Suggested activities for students:
- •Text 2 Future of the European Union
- •I. Vocabulary
- •II. Answer the questions:
- •III. Comment on the following quotations:
- •IV. Read the texts and comment on their headings and answer the following questions:
- •Big Brother is still watching Prospective members get their knuckles rapped
- •V. Suggested activities for students:
- •Unit 9 Integration of European countries in the eu Key terms:
- •Text 1 The Norwegian opinion23
- •I. Vocabulary
- •II. Answer the questions:
- •III. Comment on the following quotations:
- •IV. Suggested activities for students:
- •Text 2 Europe, Russia and in-between Russia's “near abroad” is becoming Europe's neighbourhood
- •I. Vocabulary
- •II. Answer the questions:
- •III. Comment on the following phrases from the text and quotations:
- •IV. Suggested activities for students:
- •V. Render the article
- •Unit 10 The United Nations Key terms
- •Text 1 Focus on the un
- •I. Vocabulary
- •II. Answer the questions:
- •III. Comment on the following quotations:
- •If the United Nations is a country unto itself, then the commodity it exports most is words. (Esther b. Fein)
- •If the United Nations is to survive, those who represent it must bolster it; those who advocate it must submit to it; and those who believe in it must fight for it.” (Norman Cousins)
- •IV. Suggested activities for students:
- •Text 2 The un’s activities
- •I. Vocabulary
- •II. Answer the questions:
- •III. Comment on the following quotations:
- •IV. Suggested activities for students:
- •V. Render the article
- •Unit 11 The un in the 21st century Text 1 Courage to fulfil our responsibilities By Kofi a. Annan (December 04th, 2004)
- •I. Vocabulary
- •II. Answer the questions:
- •III. Comment on the following quotations:
- •IV. Suggested activities for students:
- •Text 2 The spirit of principled pragmatism By Ban Ki-moon (November 15, 2007)
- •I. Vocabulary
- •II. Answer the questions:
- •III. Comment on the following quotations:
- •IV. Suggested activities for students:
- •V. Render the article:
- •Unit 12 The International Law Key terms
- •Text 1 International law and world order
- •I. Vocabulary
- •II. Answer the questions:
- •III. Comment on the following quotations:
- •IV. Suggested activities for students:
- •Text 2 The relevance of International Law
- •I. Vocabulary
- •II. Answer the questions:
- •III. Comment on the following quotations:
- •IV. Suggested activities for students:
- •V. Render the article
- •Unit 13 Human Rights Key terms
- •Text 1 The nature of human rights
- •I. Vocabulary
- •II. Answer the questions:
- •III. Comment on the following quotations:
- •IV. Suggested activities for students:
- •Text 2 Many rights, some wrong The world's biggest human-rights organization stretches its brand
- •I. Vocabulary
- •II. Answer the questions:
- •III. Comment on the following quotations:
- •IV. Suggested activities for students:
- •V. Render the article
- •Unit 14 Human-rights law Key terms:
- •I. Vocabulary
- •II. Answer the questions:
- •III. Comment on the following quotations:
- •IV. Suggested activities for students:
- •Text 2 Controversies and culture
- •I. Vocabulary
- •II. Answer the questions:
- •III. Comment on the following quotations:
- •IV. Suggested activities for students:
- •V. Render the article
- •Part III Text for additional reading Globalization – an unstoppable force?
- •From City-States to a Cosmopolitan Order
- •Was he a Keynesian?
- •In the long run, we are still confused
- •Ever higher society, ever harder to ascend
- •It's sticky out there
- •Denial or acceptance
- •That empty-nest feeling The World Bank, founded to fight poverty, is searching for the right role in places that need its help less and less
- •Rigged dialogue with society
- •What Lisbon contains
- •Turkey and the eu: Norwegian or British model?
- •Unruly neighbours
- •The un's missions impossible
- •War crimes and international justice. Always get your man Bringing war criminals to justice is a slow business. But the net is widening
- •Stand up for your rights
- •Television on trial
- •Part IV Additional texts for rendering Глобализация как объективный процесс
- •“Антиглобалисты” - это такое ругательство
- •Шанс для новой парадигмы в мировой политике
- •Критическая массовость
- •За здоровый американский образ жизни
- •Всемогущий доллар обречен?
- •Мы надолго стали беднее
- •Евросоюз начинает жить по-лиссабонски
- •Россия и ec в разных координатах времени
- • Россия должна подать заявку в Евросоюз
- •Реорганизация Объединенных Наций
- •Эпоха ответственности
- •День прав человека
- •Право - для человека
- •Appendix 1
- •Appendix 2
- •Interrupting the speaker
- •Introduction
- •Interpreting information
- •Introducing arguments
- •Introduction
- •Appendix 3
- •Group discussion worksheet
- •Group leader worksheet
- •Audience shift of opinion ballot
- •Group discussion (individual participant)
- •Group discussion (group leader)
- •Group discussion (group as a whole)
- •Debate assignment
- •Bibliography
I. Vocabulary
A. Translate the following words and word combinations into Russian:
Abundance of smth; raw materials; the fourth-largest country; mores; to administer affairs; voter turn-out; military spending; work ethic; to echo smb; intrinsically different; to inherit from; to be open to smb; to persist over times; to be consistent with; gallop through the history; economic inequality; deplorable rates; to boast a standard of living; non-exemplary; a think-tank; to pass…%; to encapsulate; to organize smth on… lines; share prices; to shrink the size of the state; to bottom out; replacement level; median age; technology gap; to diverge; recession; to average; divergence; to dramatize tensions;
B. Find in the text English equivalents for:
Рыбопромысловый район; доход на душу населения; децентрализованная политическая система; раз в четыре года; «домашняя» версия; зависеть от воли случая или силовых решений; Америка, как образец для подражания; не продвинуться ни на йоту; иметь под собой основание; способность создавать условия для ассимиляции иммигрантов; палка о двух концах; получать всеобщее одобрение (поддержку); эпоха (период) сближения [различных систем]; по наиболее существенным аспектам; снижение уровня рождаемости; более разнородный по этническому составу; демографический «изгой»; бум на фондовой бирже; относительная экономическая прибыль; дефицит бюджета; быть в меньшей степени заинтересованным в развитии отношений с Европой; получить «разнос»; задеть за живое;
II. Answer the questions:
How did Alexis de Tocqueville describe America?
What does the phrase "Physical causes contribute less [to America's distinctiveness] than laws and mores." imply? Discuss.
What are the features that contribute to America’s distinctiveness?
What can be said about America’s political structure?
Are there any incongruities in this description?
The notion “exceptionalism” is all just about being different from the rest of the world, isn’t it?
Enumerate the reasons for thinking that America is special.
Can America be a model for the world?
How did Lovestome explain failure of communism to influence America?
Why is it said that the two versions of American exceptionalism have more in common that might seem on the face of it?
What essential aspects of exceptionalism should be paid attention to?
Is there any evidence of changing America?
When did the period of convergence begin?
What made America and Europe seem alike?
What fields of life remained unaffected by convergence?
How does the situation with population stand in Europe and in America?
Is there any technology gap between Europe and America?
Do the USA and Europe diverge economically?
When and why did the divergences begin?
What conclusion does the author come? Do you share his viewpoint? Why or why not? Discuss.
III. Suggested activities for students:
According to Mr Fukuyama, countries were going to become more alike, more democratic, more liberal, more globalised. There would be less exceptionalism, of the American or any other kind. Can you share his opinion? Why or why not?
Are there any reasons to believe that the position of the USA as an influential actor has considerably changed? Give your reasons. Support your arguments with examples.
It is reputed that in increases sense of national distinctiveness in any big power must worry the small fry who live in its shadow. Express your own viewpoint on the matter.
They say that there are two external constrains upon American exceptionalism. One is the sheer difficulty of engagement abroad. The other is economic one. Do you believe these constrains to be reliable enough to keep balance in the world?
Doctrines of exceptionalism seem to fit with the notion that the post-cold-war world is a battle-ground of warring cultures and hostile ideologies, the “clash of civilizations”. In such a world the anti-exceptionalist tenets – that countries should play down their differences – seem to offer a safe haven. Exceptionalists reply that the world’s conflicts are there for all to see that power is likely to promote not chaos, but safety. Whose point of view you find more persuasive? Why?