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WORKING ON THE TEXTEx.1. SKIMMING: a.Read the headline and the first sentence of each paragraph of the text. Pair up to discuss the guessed-at topic of the article. b. Read the first paragraph and the last paragraph of the text. Then work in pairs to discuss the guessed-at contents of the piece. c. Read the text during two minutes. After two minutes, get into pairs to discuss the contents of the piece. Ex.2. SCANNING: a. While scanning the text find the answers for content-specific questions given by the teacher. b.While scanning the text read the sentences containing the key vocabulary words given by the teacher. Ex.3. READING:Read and translate the text “World Trade Organization”. Ex.4. CHAT: In pairs/groups, decide which of these topics or words from the article are most interesting and which are most boring. contractual obligations, implement, trade legislation, evolve, collective debate, adjudication, political backing, employment, income growth, embodiment, administering, multilateral and plurilateral trade, seeking to resolve, overseeing, portion of national sovereignty, cooperating, global economic policy-making, individual legal texts, agriculture, textiles, clothing, procurement, rules of origin, intellectual property, declarations, decisions, spell out, commitments, run throughout, trading system, non-discrimination provisions, preshipment inspection, investment measures, sanitary and phytosanitary measures, investors, employers, employees, consumers, investment and job creation, stable and predictable, secure and predictable, customs duties, quotas, transparency of domestic laws, regulations and practices, disclosure, publication, accurate to say, dedicated to open, fair and undistorted competition, fair conditions, dumping and subsidies, GATT rules, impose compensating duties. Have a chat about the topics you liked. Change topics and partners frequently. Ex.5. WTO:What was the main aim of the WTO creation? Talk about this with your partner(s). Rate each item from 10 (This is essential) to 1 (How ridiculous). Change partners and share your ideas.
Ex.6. Non-discrimination provisions:Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate with the word combination ‘Non-discrimination provisions’. Share your words with your partner(s) and talk about them. Together, put the words into different categories. Ex.7. QUICK DEBATE:Students A; The WTO principles provide all necessary conditions for free trade: the Students B are strongly against this. Change partners again and talk about your roles and conversations. Ex.8. TRUE / FALSE: Look through the article and guess whether these sentences are true (T) or false (F):
Ex.9. PHRASE MATCH: Match the following phrases from the article (sometimes more than one combination is possible):
Ex. 10.WORD SEARCH: Look in your dictionaries / computer to find collocates, other meanings, information, synonyms … for the words ‘contractual obligations’and ‘dumping and subsidies ’.
Ex.11. ARTICLE QUESTIONS: Look back at the text and write down some questions you would like to ask the class about the text.
Ex.12. VOCABULARY: Circle any words you do not understand. In groups, pool unknown words and use dictionaries to find their meanings. Ex.11. TEST EACH OTHER: Look at the words below. With your partner, try to recall how they were used in the text:
Ex.13. STUDENT “WTO” SURVEY Write five GOOD questions about the topic. Ex.14. WRITING: Write about the World Trade Organization for 10 minutes. Correct your partner’s paper. Text 2 Russia’s accession to the WTO On 16 December 2011, Russia cleared the final hurdle to become a WTO member. WTO Ministers adopted Russia’s WTO terms of entry at the 8th Ministerial Conference in Geneva. Trade Ministers welcomed Russia as a new member to the Organization and called this accession a historic achievement. According to WTO Ministers, Russia’s accession to the WTO will strengthen the multilateral trading system, making the WTO a more universal organization. As part of the accession accord, Russia has agreed to undertake a series of important commitments to further open its trade regime and accelerate its integration in the world economy. The deal offers a transparent and predictable environment for trade and foreign investment. From the date of accession, the Russian Federation has committed to fully apply all WTO provisions, with recourse to very few transitional periods. The Russian Federation’s commitments will include the following: Date: 2015-12-24; view: 1550
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