- •4. A. My country in the world
- •! Bear in mind that Unit 4 will be completed with a final event – a project on an Ideal Society.
- •Globalization
- •1) You can hear the term ‘globalization’ very often now.
- •2) First listen to the words and phrases that are used in the text:
- •What is politics?
- •Political profile of a country
- •Political systems: belarus, uk, usa
- •Text 2 the state system of the united kingdom
- •Text 3 the usa political system
- •Political profile of a country
- •Sort out the functions into four categories as belonging to the
- •Definig democracy
- •I Match terms with their definitions
- •II. Correct mistakes, changing the sentences below and writing the right variants.
- •III Complete the text with the derivative from the words on the right.
- •IV Read the text and do the tasks that follow. The bill of rights
- •IV. 1. Mark the statements as t (true) or f (false).
- •IV. 2. Choose the best alternative.
- •I Choose the best alternative from the variants in the text below.
- •II Make the following jokes reported
- •General knowledge quiz (State Structure of Great Britain, the usa and the Republic of Belarus)
- •Finding Markers of Integration a technique of team-building
Finding Markers of Integration a technique of team-building
Integration is the act or process of combining
two or more things, so that they work together.
Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary
INTEGRATION IS BUILT AT SEVERAL LEVELS: one should to know who integrates, their good qualities, their common actions, why they get united - purposes of integration.
A flag, a coat of arms, an anthem are symbols of state integration, as well as a company logo, company colours, company uniform are symbols of company integration.
Events and common actions shared by multitude of people can also contribute to integration: a National Day, New Year, Easter and other holidays celebrated by everyone.
Also mentioning the texts known for everyone in the group: like fairy tales, cartoons or quotes that everyone knows, appeals to common knowledge and has an integrative effect.
Some words have integrative meaning, thus, increase integrative potential of the text:
adjectives: common, shared etc.
pronouns: we, us, our
adverbs: together
verbs of common action: participate, share, unite, do together etc.
nouns with meaning of multitude: people, group, nation, team
They are markers of integration.
Integrative character of oral communication is determined by markers of involvement, American sociolinguists D. Tannen and W. Chafe present a list such involvement markers:
- personal character of communication via employment of details, imagery and particularization,
- 1-st and 2-nd person pronouns,
- focus on personalities and personal relations between people.
Integration is strengthened by back channel signals and attention signals:
- the audience members listen attentively,
- nod,
- look at the speaker,
- finish the phrase instead of the speaker, showing that they understand his ideas,
- speak with the speaker cheerfully,
- ask «comfortable» questions, that are easy and nice to answer.
Signs of integration are singled out by the Russian scholar E. I. Sheigal. She divides them into specialized and non-specialized signs of integration. Among the specialized signs of integration are markers of «ours»:
- inclusive «we»;
- commonality lexemes (together, all, our, unity, solidarity, union, association);
- vocatives with connotation «I am yours» (friends, comrades, brother and sisters, fellow citizens, compatriots, colleagues);
- grammar forms of indirect imperative (1-st p. pl.) with the meaning of inclusion in speaker’s sphere of activity (Let us make our land strong … We won’t allow the aggressors …).