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6b

Consider 2-3 examples

Decide whether they express emotionality a) towards the issue, b) towards the partner? If yes, what is their tone?

What response do they suggest? What response do they actually produce? Why?

What are the situations in which you find these phrases and intonation acceptable/unacceptable?

6c

Fill the gaps with the means of proper turn-taking and steering the discourse taken from the main body of the discussion.

1)_______________________ you have to give me an opportunity to ask some questions.

2)___________________, the girls were taken on the eve of the 14-th……

3)_____________________, ______________________, the options are not just either military or negotiation.

4)_________________________________________________. Do you think your boss the president of Nigeria ……

5)__________________________________there could be any relationship between……

6d

Express positive and negative attitude to the thought given below, using the means of expressing attitude towards facts and events and conversational phrases you wrote above.

“Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder” - George Washington

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Everybody's worried about stopping terrorism. Well, there's a really easy way: stop participating in it. - Noam Chomsky

Home Task 3.

2) fill in the flowchart from 5c.

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3)prepare to participate in the event from PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION task.

Professional Communication

A MEDIA INTERVIEW

Work in two groups:

Group A: a group of governmental officials

Group B: a group of representatives of the international mass media.

You are going to take part in the interview.

The main question is whether the Nigerian government is effective in its fight against Boko Haram.

Group A: Each governmental official is to read more about the situation at home and analyse the results achieved and offer their own proposals to make the struggle more efficient.

Please, compose a list of 2 or 3 your propositions.

Group B: Each representative of the international mass media is to read more about the situation at home and to formulate the most urgent aspects of the conflict of the government and terrorist organization Boko Haram in terms of the respect to human rights

Please, compose a list of 2 or 3 your claims.

Please, save the links you used for your additional reading into a hot-list and submit to your teacher when required.

NB: Each participant is supposed to actively use topical vocabulary (3-5 units) and means of steering the discourse (from 3- 5 units).

Нome Task 4

Learn words and phrases given in the Unit 2. Use the words and expressions from Glossary Unit 2.

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Module 2

REGIONAL CONFLICTS

Unit 3. BBC HARDtalk Interview with Omar Abdullah, Chief Minister of the Indian State of Jammu and Kashmir

Introduction: REGIONAL CONFLICTS

1.When it says "regional conflict", can it be any disagreements between countries (regardless of what it's about), or just ones pertaining to claiming and fighting over lands?

2.How would you define “regional conflict”?

3.Do you agree with the following definition? Why?

"Regional conflict" is difficult to define precisely, and experts use the term in a variety of ways. The term means an armed upheaval, either crossborder or internecine, that affects a limited area but has little direct impact on the security of the rest of the world.

4.What practical steps should be taken both internationally and domestically to resolve the conflict?

5.Why did Bill Clinton characterize the state of Jammu and Kashmir as the most dangerous place on Earth?

Home Task 1

Prepare to speak in class on one of the topics below. Be brief and substantive. Your talk should be more than 1 minute long:

Why is Omar Abdullah - Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir -the most disputed and intriguing politician?

1)What is Omar Abdullah background and education?

2)Why is Jammu and Kashmir an unusual Indian state?

3)What is the kernel of the conflict in Jammu and Kashmir?

4)Why does the conflict cause international concern?

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WORK IN PROGRESS

1 a

Watch the presentation to the program and answer the following questions.

1)What is the main issue to discuss?

2)How does Omar Abdullah estimate Jammu and Kashmir compared to the rest states of India?

3)What argument does the host resort to in order to doubt Omar Abdullah point of view?

4)What fact does Omar Abdullah admit?

5)What points are open to discussion according to Omar Abdullah?

1b

Answer the questions on the main body of the program.

PART 1

Watch the first 10 minutes of the program and answer the following questions:

1)Why does Jammu and Kashmir seem an abnormal Indian state to the host?

2)Why doesn’t Omar Abdullah reveal the quantity of Indian security forces presence in the state of Jammu and Kashmir?

3)How does Omar Abdullah justify a very high level of personal security?

4)What has been the way to introduce democracy locally? What was the outcome of the campaign?

5)What is the main problem to be discussed and why is it so acute?

PART 2

Watch the program and answer the questions

1.Why is Omar Abdullah in an extraordinary difficult position?

2.What is president central rule confirmed by?

3.Why does the influx of militants rise according to the host?

4.How does Omar Abdullah estimate the activity of security force?

5.What is the aim of the fortified border-wall in Kashmir?

6.When was the opportunity to improve the situation in Kashmir lost?

7.What prevents good neighbor relations with Pakistan?

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8.Where have the militants in Kashmir come from?

9.What statement did Omar Abdullah uncle voice? 10. How does Omar Abdullah consider the statement?

Home Task 2.

Watch the video again and write out all words and words combinations that might be helpful for discussion of the problem of the conflict settlement.

GAINING THE LANGUAGE

2a

Watch again and make a list of topical vocabulary phrases. Then put the phrases under the following headings in your ercise book.

Group A

Noun + Noun

Verb + Noun /Noun+Verb

Group B

Adjective/Participle + Noun

Adverb + Adjective

Group C

Adverb + Verb

Other mixed

2b

Use the words combination within the cont t of the program.

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Language Practice 1 3a

Match parts to build combinations from the text.

3b

Fill in the gaps with the words or phrases from the box.

1“An investor from thousands of miles away is as shy as a deer and will always___________________________________such as is provided by bylateral investment agreements,”he said at a function attended bt senior representative pf the Stoll family.

2Grief _____________________ like the ocean tide. Some waves rise to engulf us and suck us into the undercurrent. Others cause us to merely loose our footing and throw us off balance.

3Heavily armed police deployed tear gas into a North St. Louis City residential neighborhood last night (August 19) in an attempt to quell

__________________ that incited after city police shot and killed an 18-year- old black man, Mansur Bell-Bey.

4It is just one of several _____________________ in the country where women face discrimination both in law and practice and those from the Shia minority have limited access to government services and employment.

5I was advised not to save passwords in my browser because they can be harvested somehow. From a______________________________________, should we not allow the browser to save login credentials?

6Your _________________________ does not have to be left up to

chance. Though you can not eliminate all possibility of becoming a victim, there are steps you can take to reduce the odds.

7Due to the successful activity of the military the situation in the region

has been returning to stability. Unrests are unlikely in both

___________________________.

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3c

Paraphrase the sentences using the word combinations bellow

1)Pakistan officially became the world’s ninth country to successfully develop an unmanned combat aerial vehicle, which it used in an operation against Taliban militants in the distant parts of the country along the border with Afghanistan.

2)Guatemala's recent history bears the mark of a 36 year long, painful internal armed conflict, during which the State often abused the rights of the Mayan population.

3)Syria matters, the better part of American officials admit it , not because of its economic or strategic importance but because of its outsized capacity for mischief, its relationship with Iran, and its ability to frustrate U.S. diplomacy across the Middle East.

4)A great many human rights defenders, in every region of the world, have been subject to violations of their human rights. They have been the target of ecutions, torture, beatings, arbitrary arrest and detention, death threats, harassment , as well as restrictions on their freedoms of movement, pression, association and assembly.

5)Since the tragic incident, several businesses, mainly tech companies, have tended their services to provide assistance and psychological aid to the victims and families who were affected by the attack.

6)Administrators at colleges and universities should stop spending enormous sums to remain in denial about their institutions' problems.

7)Taliban attacks considerably protected Kandahar airport. At least 22 officers killed and hostages held as regional leaders meet in

Pakistan to discuss Afghanistan's future.

Language Practice 2 4a

Watch again and make a list of the means of expressing expressing attitude towards facts and events. Highlight the ones you have come across in the interview as many times as they appear:

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combinations with modal verbs

adverbs expressing attitude towards facts and events

impersonal constructions

emotionally coloured vocabulary

metaphors pressing opinion

euphemisms

4b

Provide examples Watch the episode from the interview and fill the corresponding column in the chart below

Group A. Scan for the means of expressing attitude towards facts and events used by the host

Group B. Scan for the means of expressing attitude towards facts and events used by the guest

4c

Look through your lists of expressing attitude towards facts and events means and analyse them:

What attitude to the issue do they express?

What attitude to the partner’s words do they express? What are they probably meant to conceal or emphasise?

4d

Paraphrase these statements using grammar and vocabulary means from the program to show one’s attitude towards the fact, opinion or event.

1)The number of people who are apt to accept that they are separatists by nature might increase. (Omar Abdullah)

2)Can’t only one family have been providing leaders in terms of thriving open vibrant democracy. (Stephen Sackur)

3)I can’t share the accurate number with you. (Omar Abdullah)

4)It is not as large as the issue might imply. (Omar Abdullah)

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5)Had you pursued you’re your promise to deliver truce and reconciliation, you would know more about reconciliation(Stephen Sackur )

Language Practice 2 5а

Focus on the interviewer’s turns. Choose some to analyse. Consider the following:

1)how many sentences are there in it?

2)are they questions or side notes?

3)what phrases are used by the host to ercise smooth transition from one discussed issue to another?

4)what is the question itself?

5 b

Now focus on the guest’s answer. Choose some and practice in summarizing them giving the main idea of the guest’s turn.

For example:

Omar Abdullah: Well, article 3.56, I think, it is of the Indian Constitution does allow the centre to impose President’s Rule or direct rule from Delhi if the situation’s so worrisome. But let me, for the sake of the audience members who do not remember the recent issues in Jammu and Kashmir – central rule was not imposed in J&K in 2010, sorry in 2008, because of disturbances. It was imposed because of the Coalition Government of that time fell apart. It was a political disagreement that resulted in the Government rule was imposed. Not the internal security environment.

Omar Abdullah:

According to the article 3.56 of the Indian Constitution President’s Rule may be imposed if the situation is worrisome. The direct rule was introduced not because of the internal security background but due to a political discord in the Coalition Government in 2008.

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5с

Watch the programme in full and schematize it using the flowchart below. Remember that the flowchart may be extended so that to fit this particular programme.

Interviewing

Host __________________________________________ Guest________________________________

Presentation ( summarise)

Host’s turn(Q1)

Guest’s answer(A1)

Q2

A2

Q3

A3 ( you may continue when necessary)

Host’s conclusion

Home Task 3

1)fill in the flowchart from 5c.

2)prepare to participate in the event from PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION task.

GETTING READY FOR PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION

Processing Discourse Features

6a

Analyse the means of turn-taking and steering the discourse. Highlight those you observe in the interview. Focus on means to signal discourse planning and put a tick in the appropriate box.

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