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Decide whether they press emotionality a) towards the issue, b) towards the partner? If yes, what is their tone?

What response do they suggest? What response do they actually produce? Why?

What are the situations in which you find these phrases and intonation acceptable/unacceptable?

6c

Fill the gaps with the proper means of turn-taking and steering the discourse taken from the first 10-minutes of the main body of the discussion.

1)_________________________you’ve lost control of large areas of Syria (…).

Has Syria become ____________________________?

2)_____________________________________________________ when all this started in 2011. You’ve said there were mistakes made.

_____________________________________________________?

3)No,

I ____________________________________________________________________________. I said ___________________________________. There’s difference between talking about or __________________________________________ about policies and about practice. If you want to ______________________________, … If you want to talk about mistakes…

4)__________________________________________________ personally, in your handling of the crisis?

5)________________________________________________________. If we deny the mistakes, we deny the human nature of the people.

6)____________________________________ the influence of terrorism… But

________________________________to go to some of those early

demonstrations. And people there

_______________________________________ they wanted an Islamic Caliphate, they _______________________________________ they wanted …

6d

Express positive and negative attitude to the thought given below, using the means of pressing attitude and conversational phrases you wrote above.

“I've never met anyone who wanted to be a terrorist. They are desperate people.” ― John Perkins, an American author

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Professional Communication

PRESS CONFERENCE

Work in two groups:

Group A: media corps (a group of journalists)

Group B: a panel (a group of experts on International Relations).

You are going to take part in a press-conference devoted to the prospects of the Syrian conflict resolution and the international campaign against ISIS.

The main question is whether Bashar al-Assad and his Syrian rivals are able to become partners in the struggle against ISIS.

Each journalist is to prepare a list of questions to ask the experts at the press-conference. The questions should be based on facts and aimed at getting a substantive response

Please, avoid vague “What do you think about...” questions.

Each expert is to do some additional reading at home and prepare to defend their point of view.

Please, save the links you used for your additional reading into a hot-list and submit to your teacher when required.

One student chairs the conference: his / her task is to decide on the order of the questions in the discussion and the way to allow each expert present their opinion.

Each participant has to use topical vocabulary in their speech (3- 5 units).

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Нome Task 4

Learn words and phrases given in the Unit. Use the words and expressions from Glossary Unit 1.

Unit 2. BBC HARDtalk Interview with Doyin Okupe, the Senior Special Advisor of Nigerian President.

Home Task 1

1) Prepare to speak in class on one of the topics below. Be brief and substantive. Your talk should be more than 1 minute long:

1)Nigeria: geography and history

2)the modern state system of Nigeria

3)the current political situation in Nigeria.

4)the history of Boko Haram Organization

5)the goals of the organization and its recent activity

6)Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping.

1)Watch the video: HARDtalk Interview with Doyin Okupe, the Senior Advisor of Nigerian President.

Lead –In

1)What are the most common problems of African States?

2)Does Nigeria differ a lot from the rest? Why?

3)What forms of terrorism are typical for the terrorist organizations in Africa?

4)What is a typical secondary school in Africa like?

WORK IN PROGRESS

1a

Watch the presentation to the program and answer the following questions:

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1.What event in the North Eastern Nigeria is in the focus of international attention?

2.What organization is responsible for that violent attack?

3.What is the attitude of the government to the organization activity?

4.Why is Senior Advisor of the president invited to the interview, and what is the main problem to be discussed?

1b

Watch the interview with Doyin Okupe (up to 09:15 min.) and write if the following sentences are True or False.

1.There were teachers, the principle and the girls at the site when the school was attacked.

2.There are more than 5 thousand schools in Borno State.

3.The military in Borno State got the information about the possible attack.

4.In the very early hours after the attack the government tried to tell the media the girls were freed and returned home.

5.The Doyin Okupe knows actly how many girls are still missing.

6.It took the government 1 week to make any official public statement about the situation.

7.According to Doyin Okupe the military know where the girls are.

1c

Answer the questions on the main body of the program.

1.Why is it difficult for the government to run some regions of Nigeria according to Doyin Okupe?

2.What did the Pentagon official say to the Congress about the military forces of Nigeria?

3.What did a Nigerian soldier tell the press comparing Boko Haram and the Nigerian military?

4.What is the attitude of Doyin Okupe to the western media namely Reuters?

5.Has the president already visited Chibok, the town where the girls were kidnapped?

6.What is the attitude of Doyin Okupe to the possible negotiation with Boko Haram on the girls abduction?

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7.What is the attitude of the international community to the security forces of Nigeria?

8.Why should the Nigerian government reform its approach to fighting against Boko Haram?

9.Does Doyin Okupe see any connection between the poverty of Borno State and high activity of Boko Haram in the region? Who, he believes, is responsible for such extreme poverty of the region?

10.What characterises the corruption in Nigeria?

Home Task 2

Watch the video again and write out all words and word combinations that might be helpful for discussion of the problems of Nigeria.

GAINING THE LANGUAGE

2a

Watch again and make a list of topical vocabulary phrases. Then put the phrases under the following headings in your exercise book.

Group A

Noun + Noun

Verb + Noun /Noun+Verb

Group B

Adjective/Participle + Noun

Adverb + Adjective

Group C

Adverb + Verb

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other/ mixed

2b

Use the words combination within the context of the program.

Language Practice 1.

3a

Match parts to build combinations from the t t.

1.	commit	a)	poverty
2.	respect for	b)	the human rights
3.	make	c) corruption
4.	credible	d) tortures
5.	desperate	e) impotent
6.	root out	f)	a public statement
7.	completely	g) to the challenge
8.	signs of	h) information
9.	adequate	i)	a terrorist attack
10.	reform	j)	the approach

3b

Fill in the gaps with the words or phrases from the box.

1)Boko Haram regularly _____________________ on the territory of Nigeria.

2)To cope with the terrorists the government should _________________

_______________ to fighting against Boko Haram.

3)Thousands bodies with the _______________________ are transferred daily from the prison to the hospital morgue.

4)Boko Haram is tremely active in Borno State, the region characterised by _____________________________ .

5)The government has failed to __________________________ in the oil sphere.

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6)The military forces of Nigeria are ________________________ to struggle against terrorism.

7)Only two week after the attack did the President _____________________

_____________ about the situation with the abducted girls.

3c

Paraphrase using words and phrases provided below.

1) respect for the human rights		6) secure areas
2)	detain people	7)	possible attack
3)	address the people	8)	official sources
4)	neglect poverty	9)	civilian population
5)	systematic corruption	10) extrajudicial killing

1)The security forces of Nigeria are blamed for executing people without trial.

2)The president of Nigeria has not visited Chibok to deliver a speech to the people and press condolences.

3)The Military Headquarters was informed about a forthcoming tragedy.

4)The Islamic terrorist organization Boko Haram is so active that there are no places where people are out of danger on the territory of Nigeria.

5)Not only possible terrorist but also innocent ordinary people suffer from the actions of the security forces.

6)The fact that the government has done nothing to make people live better in Boron State contributes to popularity of Boko Haram in the region.

7)The government of Nigeria is completely impotent to cope with the widespread bribery especially in the oil sphere.

Language Practice 2.

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4a

Watch again and make a list of the means of expressing attitude towards what is being said. Highlight the ones you have come across in the interview as many times as they appear:

combinations with modal verbs

adverbs pressing expressing attitude towards facts and events

impersonal constructions

emotionally coloured vocabulary

metaphors pressing opinion

euphemisms

4b

Provide examples Watch the episode from the interview and fill the corresponding column in the chart below

Group A. Scan for the means of expressing attitude towards facts and events used by the host

Group B. Scan for the means of expressing attitude towards facts and events used by the guest

4c

Look through your lists of expressing attitude towards facts and events means and analyse them:

What attitude to the issue do they press?

What attitude to the partner’s words do they press? What are they probably meant to conceal or emphasise?

4d

Paraphrase these statements using grammar and vocabulary means from the program to show one’s attitude towards the fact, opinion or event.

a)You are supposed give me an opportunity to ask some questions.

b)I am not able to take some of this information as credible. (Doyin Okupe)

c)I do not want you to comment….(Doyin Okupe)

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d)It looks like the Security Forces are completely impotent to actually deliver a rescue.

e)Do you think there possibly is any relationship between the militant movement Boko Haram and the fact that the North East is suffering the most desperate poverty?

Language Practice 3.

5a

Focus on the interviewer’s turns. Choose some to analyse. Consider the following:

1)how many sentences are there in it?

2)are they questions or side notes?

3)what phrases are used by the host to exercise smooth transition from one discussed issue to another?

4)what is the question itself?

5b

Now focus on the guest’s answer. Choose some and practice in summarizing them giving the main idea of the guest’s turn.

For example:

Stephen Sackur: Why did Boko Haram so brazenly challenged the government (kidnapped 204 girls) and this challenge your government failed to meet?

Doin Okupe:

Stephen that is wrong the act itself is dastardly enough, I agree, but it’s not a reflection of seriousness of the challenge. I ‘ll explain to you. The girls were soft targets. There no Principal on site, the Vice Principal was not there, none of the teachers was there. There were just the girls, no light ( something unintelligible) no generators… They were just sitting targets..

Doin Okupe:

The terrorists took advantage of the situation as the girls had no security, but this is not the proof of the government’s incapability to protect them.

5c

Watch the programme in full and schematize it using the flowchart below. Remember that the flowchart may be extended so that to fit this particular programme.

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Interviewing

Host __________________________________________ Guest________________________________

Presentation ( summarise)

Host’s turn(Q1)

Guest’s answer(A1)

Q2

A2

Q3

A3 ( you may continue when necessary)

Host conclusion

Home Task 3

1)fill in the flowchart from 5c.

2)prepare to participate in the event from PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION task.

GETTING READY FOR PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION

Processing Discourse Features

6a

Analyse the interview -specific means of steering the discourse. Highlight those means of turn-taking and steering the discourse you observe in the interview. Focus on reformulations and put a tick in the appropriate box.

topic changes

REFORMULATIONS

discourse planning

stressing

hedging

backchanneling

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