- •Предисловие
- •Методические указания по организации самостоятельной работы
- •Как нужно развивать технику письма на английском языке:
- •2. The Revised Kyoto Convention
- •Customs conventions and recommendations
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- •The Revised Kyoto Convention
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- •Ex.9. Summary: Write down a Summary of the text “The Revised Kyoto Convention”. Ex.10. Text rendering: Render the text “The Revised Kyoto Convention”.
- •Grammar revision
- •The London Dungeon
- •Working on the article Kyoto Protocol heated bra developed
- •Tasks for the article
- •Kyoto Protocol heated bra developed
- •Kyoto Protocol heated bra developed
- •Student a’s questions
- •Additional tasks
- •1. Vocabulary extension: Choose several words from the text. Use a dictionary or Google’s search field (or another search engine) to build up more associations / collocations with each word.
- •2. The Istanbul Convention
- •The hs Convention
- •Working on the text
- •The Istanbul Convention Convention relating to temporary admission
- •Working on the text
- •Grammar revision
- •Working on the article Anti-tobacco treaty begins (from: www. Breakingnewsenglish.Com)
- •Tasks for the article
- •Anti-tobacco treaty begins
- •Additional tasks
- •2. The cites
- •The tir convention
- •Working on the text
- •What is cites?
- •Working on the text
- •Grammar revision
- •Hadran’s wall
- •Working on the article un agrees to ban on ivory trade (from: www. Breakingnewsenglish.Com)
- •Tasks for the article
- •Un agrees to ban on ivory trade
- •Ex.12. Read and fill in gaps. Un agrees to ban on ivory trade
- •Ex.17. Student poaching survey: Write five questions about elephant poaching. Ex.18. Ivory trade discussion:
- •Ex.20. Speaking: role play:
- •Ex.21. Writing: Write about the elephants and ivory for 10 minutes. Correct your partner’s paper. Additional tasks
- •2. Customs enforcement and compliance
- •Customs technologies
- •Working on the text
- •What is Customs Enforcement and Compliance
- •Working on the text
- •Grammar revision Ex.1. Functions of transitional words and phrases revision:
- •Ex.2. Transitional words and phrases finding: read the text and put transitional words and phrases into the table below:
- •Identify any transitional words and phrases, comment on their function and find an equivalent for them.
- •Ex.4. Words:Put the following transitional words and phrases back into the text: moreover, and not only…but , finally, because; working on the article
- •Internet Piracy Bill in Trouble
- •Tasks for the article
- •2. Obligations, Powers and Liability of the eu Customs Authorities
- •Application of Customs Control International Standards. Moving goods across the borders
- •Working on the text
- •Obligations, Powers and Liability of the eu Customs Authorities
- •Working on the text
- •Grammar revision
- •Working on the article
- •Ireland ‘No’ vote plunges eu into crisis (from: www. Elsdiscussions.Com)
- •Tasks for the article
- •Additional tasks
- •Customs Union between the Russian Federation, Belarus and Kazakhstan
- •Working on the text
- •Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan
- •Working on the text
- •Grammar revision
- •Working on the article Moscow is the world’s costliest city (from: www. Business.English.Materials.Com)
- •Tasks for the article
- •Moscow is the world’s costliest city
- •Ex.14. Reading: Read and fill in the spaces. Moscow is the world’s costliest city
- •Ex.17. Language: Put the correct words from a–d below in the article. Moscow is the world’s costliest city
- •Ex.19. Student cost of living survey: Write five questions about living costs. Ex.20. Living costs discussion:
- •Ex.22. Speaking: cost of living presentation:
- •Additional tasks
- •2. General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
- •World Customs Organization
- •Working on the text
- •General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
- •2. Major Provisions of gatt
- •1. Tariff
- •2. Quantitative Restrictions
- •3. Other provisions
- •4. Achievements and Problems of gatt/wto
- •5. Difference between gatt and wto
- •Working on the text
- •Ex.16.Writing:
- •Grammar revision
- •Working on the article Airport security New body scanners see through clothes
- •Tasks for the article
- •Ex.8.Airport security discussion:
- •Ex.9.Writing: Write about airport. Correct your partner’s paper.
- •2. Russia’s accession to the wto
- •What is the wto?
- •Working on the text
- •Ex.14. Writing: Write about the World Trade Organization for 10 minutes. Correct your partner’s paper.
- •Russia’s accession to the wto
- •Industrial and agricultural subsidies
- •Working on the text
- •Grammar revision
- •Working on the article Arabs Want Arabic as a wto Language (from: www.Esldiscussions.Com)
- •Tasks for the article
- •Ex.2. Gap fill: Read the article and fill in the gaps.
- •Ex.3. Phrase match: Match the following phrases from the article.
- •Ex.5. Spelling: Spell the jumbled words (from the text) correctly.
- •Ex.5. Put the text back together: Number these lines in the correct order.
- •Ex.6. Word order: With a partner, put the words back into the correct order.
- •Risk management in Customs procedures
- •Working on the text
- •Intellectual Property Rights
- •Working on the text
- •Grammar revision
- •Working on the article The Inellectual Property Day (from: www. Elsdiscussions.Com)
- •Tasks for the article
- •Ex.2. Phrase match: Match the following phrases from the article.
- •2. Us Customs and Border Protection (cbp)
- •3. Australian Customs and Border Protection Service
- •Ex.3. Reading: Read and translate the text “hm Revenue and Customs”.
- •U.S. Customs and Border Protection (cbp)
- •Working on the text
- •Australian Customs and Border Protection Service
- •Organizational arrangements
- •Working on the text
- •Ex.3. Reading: Read and translate the text “Australian Customs and Border Protection Service.”
- •Ex.9. Computer presentation: Make a computer presentation on the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service.
- •Grammar revision
- •Working on the article Rate of uk immigration rises sharply (from: www. Breakingnewsenglish.Com)
- •Tasks for the article
- •Ex.8. Immigration problem discussion:
- •Rate of uk immigration rises sharply
- •Rate of uk immigration rises sharply
- •Ex.19. Writing: Write about immigration for 10 minutes. Correct your partner’s paper.
- •2. International Customs Cooperation
- •Green Customs Initiative
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- •International Customs Cooperation
- •Working on the text
- •Grammar revision
- •Working on the article Loss of Nature Will Damage Economies (from: www.Breakingnewsenglish.Com)
- •Tasks for the article
- •2. The Russian Customs Academy Overview
- •Fcs International Customs Co-operation
- •Working on the text
- •The Russian Customs Academy Overview
- •Working on the text
- •Grammar revision
- •Working on the article The Russia Experience
- •Tasks for the article
- •2. International Activities of the Russian Customs Academy
- •International Network of Customs Universities (incu)
- •Incu Administration
- •Working on the text
- •International Activities of the Russian Customs Academy
- •Working on the text
- •Grammar revision
- •Working on the article The way to the 10th anniversary…
- •Tasks for the article
- •Working on the article The 6th annual picard Conference
- •Tasks for the article
- •Reference grammar materials
- •Verb Tense Overview with Examples
- •Active / Passive Verb Forms
- •Active Form
- •Passive Form
- •Active / Passive Overview
- •Transitional Words and Phrases
- •1. Why do we use transitional words and phrases?
- •2. Different functions of transitional words and phrases
- •2.1 Functions
- •Transitional Phrases
- •What are Phrasal Verbs and Prepositional Verbs
- •Modal Verbs Tutorial Modals are special verbs which behave very irregularly in English. What are Modal Verbs?
- •Common Modal Verbs
- •Modal Forms
- •Gerunds and Infinitives (Part I)
- •Verbs Followed by Gerunds
- •Verbs Followed by Infinitives
- •Gerunds and Infinitives (Part 2)
- •Subjunctive Form
- •Verbs Followed by the Subjunctive
- •Expressions Followed by the Subjunctive
- •Negative, Continuous and Passive Forms of Subjunctive
- •Should as Subjunctive
- •Reported Speech (Indirect Speech)
- •Statements
- •Questions
- •Requests
- •Additional Information and Exemptions
- •Addendum II writing instructions materials
- •How to summarize an Article
- •How to write a Speech
- •How to write an Essay
- •How to write an Annotation
- •Abstract writing guidelines
- •Writing a Message
- •What are Skimming and Scanning
- •How to write a Welcome Letter?
- •How to write a Newsletter?
- •Addendum III. Types of documents used in international co-operation activities Treaties
- •Agreements
- •Conventions
- •Charters
- •Protocols
- •Declarations
- •Memoranda of Understanding
- •Modus Vivendi
- •Samples of documents used in international co-operation activities
- •Invitation letter
- •Newsletter
- •Invitation letter
- •Memorandum of understanding
- •Russian language articles
- •Фтс в 2011г. Перевыполнила план
- •Наше присоединение делает вто абсолютно универсальным институтом
- •Таможне надо помогать инвесторам, а не быть барьером, заявил Медведев
- •Беларусь выравнивает условия на автомобильном рынке с партнерами по Таможенному союзу
- •Киотская конвенция Всемирной таможенной организации вступила в силу для Беларуси
- •Принцип оформления «одна остановка - одно окно» позволит ускорить прохождение границы
- •Ситес решила создать фонд для защиты слонов и расследовать нелегальную торговлю змеиной кожей
- •Прогноз «Стратегии-2020»: Выгоды и риски вступления России в вто
- •Счетная палата недосчитала 725 млрд. Рублей
- •Будущее таможни – в международной интеграции и новых технологиях (итоги работы Магнитогорской таможни)
- •English language articles
- •Corruption in Russia
- •Начало формы Конец формы Global Meltdown
- •Green Living
- •Preview some of the lesson material:
- •Marijuana to Fight the Munchies
- •Nations Increasingly Strict on Immigration
- •New Language Boom
- •Preview some of the lesson material:
- •Начало формы Конец формы Oil, Water, and the Future
- •Начало формы Конец формы Soda Tax
- •The Amnesty International Report
- •Gun Law Reform
- •Preview some of the lesson material:
- •Extreme Views on the Internet
- •Depression on the Horizon
- •Digital Age
- •Список литературы
- •2. Официальный сайт комиссии Таможенного Союза: www.Tsouz.Ru.
- •Содержание
- •2. The Revised Kyoto Convention
- •Addendum II. Writing instructions materials …..……………...………286 addendum III. Types of documents used in international cooperationactivities………………………………………………….....……...305
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Ex.1. SKIMMING:
a. Read the headline and the first sentence of each paragraph of the text. Pair up to discuss the topic of the article.
b. Read the first paragraph and the last paragraph of the text. Then work in pairs to discuss the contents of the piece.
c. Read the text. 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 pick out the sentences containing the key words given by the teacher.
Ex.3. READING: Read and translate the text “International Activities of Russian Customs Academy”.
Ex.4. TEXT QUESTIONS: Look back at the text and write down some questions you would like to ask the class about the text.
Share your questions with other classmates / groups.
Ask your partner / group your questions.
Ex.5. CHAT: Discuss with your classmates the key ideas of the text.
Ex.6. VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Choose the words from the text. Use a dictionary or Google’s search field (or another search engine) to build up more associations / collocations with each word.
Ex.7. VOCABULARY: Circle the words you do not understand. In groups, pool unknown words and use dictionaries to find their meanings.
Ex.8. INTERNET: Examine the site of the RCA. Find some additional information on the RCA international activities.
EX.9. WRITING: Consult the ADDENDUM on Writing Instructions. Write a Project of “Memorandum of Understanding”.
Ex.10. SPEAKING: In pairs speak about the RCA international activities.
Grammar revision
Ex.1.REPORTED SPEECH: Complete the sentences in reported speech. Note whether the sentence is a request, a statement or a question and whether you have to change the tenses or not.
"I was very tired," she said.
She said ______________
"Be careful, Ben," she said. She told Ben ____________
"I will get myself a drink," she says. She says _____________
"Why haven't you phoned me?" he asked me. He wondered ___________
"I cannot drive them home," he said. He said __________
"Peter, do you prefer tea or coffee?" she says. She asks Peter __________
"Where did you spend your holidays last year?" she asked me. She asked me ___________
He said, "Don't go too far." He advised her __________
"Have you been shopping?" he asked us. He wanted to know ___________
"Don't make so much noise," he says. He asks us __________
Working on the article The way to the 10th anniversary…
by: S.V. Filippenko, Pro-rector on international cooperation
of the Russian Customs Academy
The state public educational institution of high professional education «The Russian Customs Academy» (RCA) was founded on 22 September 1993 by the decision of Russian Federation Government.
The Academy – is a basic high educational institution of Educational and Methodological Association of high educational institutions in the field of customs which consists of 84 educational institutions of the country.
Academy's structure consists of two institutes – The Institute of E-learning, retraining and qualification improvement and The Institute of law enforcement activity, three faculties – the Faculty of customs affairs, The Faculty of economics and the Faculty of law, 24 departments, postgraduate and doctoral, three branches – in Vladivostok, Rostov-on-Don and St. Petersburg.
Today at the departments of the Academy work more than 50 doctors of science and professors, more than 200 candidates of science and associate professors.
In RCA there is a modern informational-educational environment, the basis of which is the situation and analytical training center with the help of which it is possible to connect with real functioning structures of FCS Russia and its regional customs departments, and also the system of distant education of FCS Russia employees is being successfully developed.
The scientific activity of the Academy is many-sided and effective; it involves organizational, researching, informational and library – informational fields.
During the graduate school in RCA, where 250 people are studying today, for all of form of studying, they have opportunity to get high scientific and scientific – pedagogical qualifications as well as the citizens of foreign states.
In order to provide training, research and other activities at the Academy there are: 2 training and laboratory complexes, educational and scientific building,
a library, fitness, 2 hotel buildings, a canteen. Educational and material resources
are developing dynamically.
According to the “Memorandum of Understanding between the
World Customs Organization and the State Customs Committee of the Russian Federation” of 25 November 2002, the Academy has received international status and now there is the Regional Training Centre of the World Customs
Organization in the Russian Customs Academy, which is training a highly qualified customs personnel, providing organization and holding WCO regional meetings.
More than 600 representatives of customs services of CIS countries, officials of customs and law-enforcement bodies of Russia have been trained at the WCO RTC – Russia during the 9 years of its existence. Leading WCO experts train students on the most urgent customs issues such as risk management, fight against smuggling, customs procedures, customs audit and struggle against fraud, WCO technologies, international deliveries safety, WCO framework of Standards, etc.
Heads and staff of the WCO Secretariat and leading WCO departments have visited the WCO RTC - Russia many times. The Secretary General of the WCO Kunio Mikuriya also has.
International events, such as meetings, conferences, lectures, have been carried out in the framework of the WCO Programmes on cooperation and training of customs officers at the WCO RTC – Russia:
- in 2003 the meeting with the heads of operational-search agency of Germany, the meeting on the topic : “A Role of Customs Services in the 21st Century”, in which the representatives of the United Kingdom, Sweden, Canada, Belgium and Russia participated; Mr.Kunio Mikuriya gave a lecture on the current WCO Programmes;
- in 2004-2006 in the framework of bilateral cooperation between the Federal Customs Service of Russia (FCS) and the Customs Service of Germany a complex of events was carried out at the academy and at the WCO RTC - Russia. The complex included seminars on qualification improvement of the teaching staff of the academy on intellectual property protection;
- in 2007 a WCO Workshop on the principles of the E-learning Programme implementation was held. This Workshop was carried out by experts of the WCO Modernization Department;
- in collaboration with the Federal Customs Service of Russia the WCO RTC – Russia prepared and held the WCO international Workshop «WCO data model. Unique delivery number» on the base of the FCS of Russia from 12 to 14 February 2008. The WCO experts participated in the seminar. The representatives of 17 foreign countries, including CIS and European countries took part in the seminar;
- a regional seminar on customs valuation problems in the European region was held in May-June 2010. It was sponsored by the Japanese fund of customs collaboration and the FCS of Russia. The objective of the seminar was the assistance to uniformly implement and apply the Agreement on the WCO customs valuation by WCO member states of the European region;
- the international Workshop on non-intrusive methods of inspection was held in the Saint-Petersburg branch of the academy in June 2010. The Workshop was attended by representatives of the WCO and customs administrations of 20 WCO member-states, the staff of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, the Russian Federal Customs Service, regional customs departments, the Russian Customs Academy and its branches. The workshop participants shared their professional experience at meetings and practical trainings, as well as during a video-conference of Brussels –Moscow - St. Petersburg - Rostov-on-Don - Vladivostok. The participants became familiar with modern types of technical means of customs control and took part in an out-door training on the basis of stationary customs inspection complex of the Baltic customs North-West customs department.
- in the period from 15 to 19 November 2010 the WCO international Workshop “Revised Kyoto Convention” was carried out at the Russian Customs Academy by the WCO RTC - Russia. Heads of the academy, Russian customs officers, the representatives of the CIS and foreign countries customs services, scientists and professors of the academy and its branches took part in the workshop;
- according to the WCO Secretariat Plan the 3rd Europe’s ROCB/RTCs Meeting was held at the Russian Customs Academy from 27 to 28 January 2011. Representatives of the WCO Secretariat took part in this Meeting;
- the Russian and Kazakhstan WCO RTCs meeting was held at the WCO RTC –
Russia on June 20, 2011. During this meeting prospects of the joint cooperation in
the field of customs officers training were discussed.
In 2009 there was made a preparation work for academy connection to the WCO PICARD Programme, which provides cooperation of universities and scientific circles in the course of the WCO and preparation work for academy connection to the International Network of Customs Universities. In 2009 the academy became a member of this international network, which includes more than 100 institutions of higher education. Memorandum of understanding between the World Customs Organization (WCO) and the Federal Customs Service (FCS of Russia) to promote cooperation in the development and provision of world-class customs training, education, capacity building and research was signed on 20 October, 2010.
The WCO RTC - Russia organized the speech “Development of performance measurement for the Russian Customs Service” of Alexey Gubin, professor of the customs business economy sub-department of the Russian Customs Academy at the 6th annual WCO PICARD Conference, which was held from 14 to 16 September 2011 in Geneva, Switzerland. This article was published in the World Customs Journal, issued by the International Network of Customs Universities.
According to the WCO Secretariat’s recommendations the WCO RTC - Russia made work on implementation of the WCO E-learning Programme. The employees of the WCO RTC - Russia developed a method of working with the E-Learning Programme; there were trained four tutors from the academy and its branches were presented with the WCO certificates.
Currently the work with the specialists in the field of customs business of Russia for their study of the WCO E-learning Programme modules continues.
On April 28, 2011 the first issue of electronic scientific customs journal "Customs" was published. It was created by three WCO RTCs of the European Region: the WCO RTC – Russia, the WCO RTC – Ukraine, the WCO RTC – Macedonia.
There were published two articles of the scientists of the Russian Customs Academy in the first edition of the journal: A. Gubin, Ph.D., professor of the customs business economy sub-department: "Problems of the assessment of customs authorities activity effectiveness", and P. Afonin, Ph.D., professor, head of technical means of customs control sub-department of the St. Petersburg branch of the Russian Customs Academy: "The technology of ensuring safe use of customs examination X-ray equipment of the Federal Customs Service of Russia”.
From 19 to 20 October 2011 there was held the XII International Exhibition "Customs Service - 2011" in Moscow "Expocenter". It was dated to the 20th anniversary of the Federal Customs Service of Russia.
An exposition with information and promotional materials from the Russian Customs Academy was presented at the exhibition. During the event, the Rostov branch of the Russian Customs Academy was nominated as the "Best IT-integrator."
The prepared by the WCO RCA – Russia materials for the exhibition aroused great interest among the participants and were highly appreciated by the Head of the Federal Customs Service of Russia Andrey Belyaninov and the Deputy Secretary General of the World Customs Organization Sergio Mujica.
In recent years the representatives of customs services of the USA, UK, Germany, Turkey, Sweden, Denmark, China, India, Hungary and other states have visited the academy and the WCO RTC - Russia. During the meetings the prospects of students and teaching staff exchange were discussed.
The creation of the WCO RTC - Russia was an important milestone, which demonstrated the possibilities of the Russian Customs Service to participate in the promotion of conceptual ideas. The Center, established with the support of the World Customs Organization, the Government and the Customs Service of Russia trains personnel not only for the Russian Customs Service, but also for the CIS countries.