Role-Assignments:

Student 1. You know how to ensure a fairer distribution of wealth.

Student 2.You speak about the greatest problem facing our country nowadays and you know the ways to solve it.

Student 3. You are a great believer in law and order.

Student 4. You believe that the death penalty is a primitive ritual and should be abolished.

Student 5. You know the reasons for the capital punishment.

Student 6. You are for (against) strict gun control.

Student 7. Your basic principle is self-help. All social problems must be run by people themselves, not waiting for the government support.

Student 8. You know the ways to stop terrorism. It is up to you to decide which of the ways is more preferable prevention or retaliation (vengeance).

Student 9. You believe that aggression is innate in a man, i.e. is in his genes.

Writing practice

Task 1. You are a local police officer. Make a list of some measures (including preventive) to stop crimes in your area.

Task 2. Make a list of social problems, which have touched you personally.

Task 3. By definition terrorist wants publicity. The mass media provide extensive coverage of every major or minor terrorist attack. Do they not play into the hands of the terrorists by doing so? To what extent should the media withhold publicity about terrorist acts? Write an essay to reflect on the problem.

Task 4. Crimes are caused by a number of factors. Reflect on the issue trying to focus on psychological, genetic, political, moral factors.

Task 5. Write an essay: “The world is suffering from a social and moral crisis which, in many societies, is of immense proportions.”

Achievement test

I. Give appropriate terms to the following definitions.

1. illegal trading;

2. wrong use; mistreatment; a corrupt practice;

3. a person who is captured and held prisoner unless certain demands are met;

4. organized violence designed to create fear in a given population;

5. all the rules for regulating the behaviour of members of a community or country;

6. misdemeanor committed by young people.

II. Match the synonymous/antonymous pairs.

1.	criminal (syn)	a)	adolescent
2.	disgusting (ant)	b)	involved
3.	later on (syn)	c)	attractive
4.	worthy (ant)	d)	offender
5.	engaged (syn)	e)	afterwards
6.	adult (ant)	f)	worthless

III. Choose the most suitable word to complete the sentence.

1. The direct … should be taken to curb the growth of delinquency rate.

1. considerations b) conditions c) conclusions d) measures

2. Social instability was the … outcome of such an evanescence of values.

1. learning b) logical c) living d) legal

3. The issue is too … to come to a simple conclusion.

1. sensitive b) sensible c) severe d) acceptable

3. The report calls for a ... rethink of the policy.

1. rhetorical b) radical c) rude d) rough

5. Globalization improved many people’s ...

a) prospects b) plans c) circumstances d) ideas