Read the text a second time and divide it into several parts.

Answer the following questions about the text.

1. How does the author define conflict? What’s the role of perception in it?

2. What are the possible effects of conflict?

3. What kind of conflicts are there according to the author? How are they different?

4. Why is conflict “natural” and “inevitable”?

5. What’s the purpose of paragraphs 2, 3 and 4?

6. What’s the explanation some countries give for building arms? How does the author view the end-result of this?

7. What’s the author’s definition of peace?

8. What kindles conflict?

9. What’s equity? How is it different from equality?

10. What are the two examples of misperceptions?

11. What are the ways of ‘creatively managing a conflict’?

12. What are the main strategies of peacemaking?

13. Find all the instances when the author mentions a pie. What does this metaphor add to the understanding of conflict?

14. What are win-lose and win-win views?

TEXT BUILDING STRATEGIES 1

NOTE TAKING STRATEGY : BUILDING A GRAPH

Notes are written work, including visuals, symbols and numbers which help you record and remember things. It is very important to develop your note taking skills as at university information may be complex, which requires that you should look at it in more depth and more critically. When taking notes it is essential that you avoid writing down things in a full, polished way but write down only important information or details. You should also as much as possible shorten what you write so that only key words and phrases give the main ideas of the reading. Also use margins for your own ideas, questions, comments or criticism.

Charts or diagrams are good note taking devices which give a visual idea of the structure of the information.

Fill in the diagram with the information from the text.

PEACEMAKING STRATEGIES

Ø APPLYING WHAT YOU READ

STRATEGY:

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