Social and political discourse
INTRODUCTION
This textbook is for advanced students willing to build up their comprehension of political, social and economic texts.
The textbook has six chapters:
1. Rule of Law
2. Elections
3. Visits. Talks. Agreements
4. International Organizations
5. Economy Matters
6. Natural Disasters
Each chapter is a coherent unit presenting and practicing vocabulary points, skills of summary translation, annotation and rendering. It also aims at helping students expand their knowledge of extralinguistic issues.
The methodological principles serving as the basis for the textbook are a systematic and functional approach and the communicative nature of the used teaching materials and instruction methods.
The textbook is in conformity with the requirements of the course “Practice of Oral and Written Speech” which has the advanced module “Mass Media” as one of its constituent parts.
Apart from a structural overview of the units to be studied within the Mass Media course, this Introductory Unit also presents an attempt to provide students with helpful recommendations and tips, which, hopefully, will enhance the value of this book as a source of practical knowledge and help have a better understanding of the intricacies the mass media language entails. Having completed the present course, students will substantially improve their awareness of the major contemporary political and economic issues, and will be able to draw on a broad range of vocabulary items presented and practiced in the units to freely discuss the topics introduced in the book. Other benefits students will derive from closely studying the contents of the course include skills of translation and summary translation.
Each unit consists of three parts: Focus on Vocabulary, Focus on Texts and Focus on Rendering and Translation. We suggest that students observe the following sequence of actions while working with the book. Before completing any exercises in the book, the student is advised to
This textbook is for advanced students willing to build up their comprehension of political, social and economic texts.
The textbook has six chapters:
1. Rule of Law
2. Elections
3. Visits. Talks. Agreements
4. International Organizations
5. Economy Matters
6. Natural Disasters
Each chapter is a coherent unit presenting and practicing vocabulary points, skills of summary translation, annotation and rendering. It also aims at helping students expand their knowledge of extralinguistic issues.
The methodological principles serving as the basis for the textbook are a systematic and functional approach and the communicative nature of the used teaching materials and instruction methods.
The textbook is in conformity with the requirements of the course “Practice of Oral and Written Speech” which has the advanced module “Mass Media” as one of its constituent parts.
Apart from a structural overview of the units to be studied within the Mass Media course, this Introductory Unit also presents an attempt to provide students with helpful recommendations and tips, which, hopefully, will enhance the value of this book as a source of practical knowledge and help have a better understanding of the intricacies the mass media language entails. Having completed the present course, students will substantially improve their awareness of the major contemporary political and economic issues, and will be able to draw on a broad range of vocabulary items presented and practiced in the units to freely discuss the topics introduced in the book. Other benefits students will derive from closely studying the contents of the course include skills of translation and summary translation.
Each unit consists of three parts: Focus on Vocabulary, Focus on Texts and Focus on Rendering and Translation. We suggest that students observe the following sequence of actions while working with the book. Before completing any exercises in the book, the student is advised to