WEDNESDAY
CURRENT ISSUES
- How did Norway’s left beat the populist right
- Summarise the video, speaker’s viewponits on the topic of the discussion
- Comment on the ideas expressed in the Round table
THE WORLD THIS WEEK
- Analyze the events, be ready to comment on them
- Choose one piece of news and make an analytical commentary on it
- Structure of an analytical commentary:
| INTRODUCTORY SENTENCE = PRESENTATION OF THE EVENT | The EVENT is happening/has happened /due to, as a result… etc (Reference to causes or/and historical background is acceptable if necessary but should be limited to the absolutely indispensable details — mind the task and the number of words) |
| ASSESSMENT OF THE EVENT (the degree of importance, the nature of the event etc.) | The EVENT 1. SIGNIFICANT/ OF MINOR IMPORTANCE 2. EXPECTED/ UNEXPECTED = PREDICTABLE/ UNPREDICTABLE 3. RELEVANT/ REASONABLE/ DUE —————————- is of utmost importance/ of only marginal importance/ is a result of…/ an achievement of…/ an attempt…/ shocking evidence…/a step…etc GIVE YOUR ARGUMENTS (Mind transitional phrases and linking words) |
| IMPLICATIONS | AN INTRODUCTORY SENTENCE 1. IMPLICATIONS FOR THE COUNTRY 2. IMPLICATIONS FOR THE REGION 3. IMPLICATIONS FOR THE WORLD 4. IMPLICATIONS FOR RUSSIA GIVE YOUR ARGUMENTS (Mind transitional phrases and linking words) |
| CLOSING SENTENCE | Thus, ….. |