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Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Uzbekistan Tashkent State Law Institute T. K. Sattarov ENGLISH for Law Students (third edition) Tashkent–2005 T.K.Sattarov. English for Law Students The textbook English for Law Students has been approved and recommended as a textbook for law students by the Ministry of Higher and Secondary Special Education of the Republic of Uzbekistan. English for Law Students is for students studying law. It consists of 16 units based on legal topics. The selected topics have been designed so as to progress from generally introductory matters to the constitutions, legislative, executive and judicial bodies of Uzbekistan, the UK and the USA. Each unit contains linguistic material, conversational phrases, texts for both skimming and scanning, exercises and topical vocabulary. The textbook teaches four basic skills of language: listening, speaking, reading and writing. Tashkent State Law Institute 2005. 3 Preface English is widely used in the legal profession. The people in legal professions use English for study, for work (present and future), for promotion and for recreation. They have to use it in speaking, listening comprehension, skimming and scanning, writing and translating activities in various official and nonofficial situations. This book is a part of the production of the author‟s project English for Law Students sponsored by the Morley foundation at the English Language Institute, the University of Michigan. The book consists of 16 units each which are based on special topics. These units have been designed so as to progress from general introductory matters (About myself, Our Institute, The Republic of Uzbekistan) to the Constitution, legal, executive and judicial bodies of Uzbekistan, the UK and the USA. In topic selections special attention has been paid to interdisciplinary connections. Law and its variations are designed to be studied in the second year of study. Much attention has been paid to comparative study of the native country of the students with the UK and the USA, their legislative, executive and judicial bodies which motivates the learners to speak and to read. The book English for Law Students has been produced using English- language texts compiled by the author or taken from various published sources. For each text the writer or source is identified. The texts have been selected to reflect a wide range of subject matters and a wide range of styles in English. English for Law Students teaches four basic skills of language: listening, speaking, reading and writing. Each unit contains linguistic material, conversational phrases and texts. Linguistic material: Phonetic drills are aimed at improving pronunciation skills of the students. In this section peculiar features of English vowels are designed to be taught as they cause more difficulties than other phonetic phenomenon. Vocabulary section includes two groups of lexicon – topical words and newspaper words. The first group represents the professional topic which is studied in this or that unit and the second group consists of key words of newspaper articles presented for skimming. Word-building section is aimed at developing students‟ skills to form words with suffixes, prefixes and conversion. Every unit contains at least one way of forming words and exercises for practice. Grammar section consists of exercises for improving grammar skills of students. Keeping in mind the methodological provision that grammar is not a 4 purpose but it is a means of teaching four skills of speech activity the section doesn‟t contain theoretical material on the use of grammatical phenomenon. Exercises of this section are designed to train only those grammatical phenomenon which cause difficulties. Conversational phrases are situation-based, the emphasis on realism and naturalness to the extent that these are possible within the limitations imposed by a short, self-contained text. Each unit contains a number of texts, which may be divided into three groups: a) texts on the topic of the unit , b) newspaper articles, c) texts on problem solving. Topical texts contain information on the government construction of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the UK, the USA and their legistative, executive and judicial bodies. The texts are arranged so as to create for students to learn the topics in a comparative way. The newspaper articles taken from the US press are closely connected with professional topics. They contain information on the procedure of law adoption, description of various wrong-doings, misdemeanors, criminal cases, activity of law authorities, law protecting bodies, court cases. The texts on problem solving are based on legal problems existing in everyday life and the ways how they should be solved in accordance with the acting law. Every unit ends with the exercise on writing an essay. The essay topics suggested in this exercise cover all the subject matters studied in the unit. So the students may choose any topic they wish. The exercises on writing an essay are recommended as homework. This book is further supported by separate books on Reference Grammar, Home-reading, by tests and by visual aids. 5 Acknowledgements The book was thoroughly reviewed by a group of professionals. I wish to express my heartfelt thanks to professors John Swales, Christine Feak, Joan Morley, Carolyn Madden from the University of Michigan (USA), professors Jamol Jalolov, Khurram Rahimov (Tashkent State Pedagogical University) Urinboy Khoshimov (University of World Languages, Tashkent) and J.Chester (The Global SourceNet in Uzbekistan) for their valuable comments, suggestions on the structure, contents of English for Law Students. I wish to express special thanks to the instructors – V. Normuratova, N. Khismatullina - senior teachers of the Department of Foreign Languages of Tashkent State Law Institute for their job they did in reviewing the manuscript, in preparing it for the publication. Tojimat Sattarov Тошкент Давлат юридик институти, 2005 й. 6 UNIT 1 Topic: 1. About myself. 2. Uzbekistan – Milestones of its History. Linguistic material: Phonetics: Peculiarities of Vowels; Vocabulary: 1.Topical words, 2.The words with the suffixes – er, -or; Grammar: Noun: plural form; Pronouns: personal, possessive; To be in Present Indefinite; Word-formation: the suffixes –er, - or. Conversational phrases: Greetings. Texts: 1.About myself, 2. Uzbekistan – Milestones of its History. Exercises Ex.1. Read the words according to the pronunciation rules: kid – Kate did - date pip - pipe men -man tell - tale life - lift fad - fed hen – hint red - ran did - dad bit - bite bed - bad pet - pat plane – plan mate - mad Ex.2. Listen and repeat: 1.Pleased to meet you. 6.A sailor went to sea, 2.Greek meets Greek. To see what he could see, 3.Pete eats chiefly meat. And all he could see 4.Steve is eager to please the teacher. Was sea, sea, sea. 5.Steven Green made a long speech at the meeting. Conversational phrases: Greetings. Ex.3. Try to memorize the phrases: How do you do? Cheer oh! Hallo (Hullo, Hello)! Evening! Good morning! Hi! Morning! Glad to meet you! 7 Good afternoon! Nice to meet (see) you! Good evening! Pleased to meet you. Ex.4. Read the dialogues: 1 3 - How do you do, Mr.Brown? - Good evening! - Good evening. - How do you do, Mr.Shorish? - Hi! - Hi. 2 - How are you? - I‟m fine. Thanks, and - Good morning! - Morning. you? - Good afternoon! - Hi. - O.K. Thank you Ex.5. Respond to the greeting of your friend: -Hallo, Otabek! - Cheer-oh, Rano! - …………….. - ……………… - How do you do? - Good morning! - ………………. - ……………. Ex.6. Compose short dialogues using the appropriate greeting forms between: 1) a teacher and a student, 4) a husband and a wife, 2) a young man and an old man, 5) a teenager and an old woman, 3) peerage young couple, 6) a child and a parent. Ex.7. Learn the vocabulary and make your own sentences: First name - Rustam Surname - Ahmedov Last name - Ahmedov Middle name - Karimovich Patronymic - Karimovich Nationality - Uzbek Date of birth - April 12, 1985 Place of birth - Kokand, Ferghana valley, Uzbekistan Citizenship - Uzbekistan Position - Student Languages spoken - Uzbek, Russian, English Skills - Dancing, drawing, computer Hobbies - Fishing Sport activity - Football, tennis. Ex.8. Make a statement about yourself using the text below: 8 About myself My first name is Rustam. My last (sur) name is Karimov. My middle name (patronymic) is Zokirovich. I am Uzbek. I am 18 years old. I was born in 19 … in Samarkand. I finished school last year. Now I am a first year student at Tashkent State Law Institute. I want to become a lawyer. I can speak Uzbek, Russian, Tajik and English. I am fond of sport. I like swimming, playing chess and football. My hobby is to read detective stories. I like listening to music. Ex.9. Fill in the questionnaire below: First name … Surname … Middle name … Date of birth … Nationality … School finished … Languages spoken .. Favourite subjects … Position … Future profession … Hobbies … Ex.10. Interview your classmate to know him/her better. Use the following interview form: 1. Classmate‟s name _________ 2. Date of birth ___________ 3. School finished ___________ 4. Languages studied a)______ b)______ c)________ 5. English language proficiency: a) listening: b) speaking: c) reading: d) writing: 6.Favourite school subjects________________ 7.Hobbies______________________________ 8.Learning styles he/she prefers: a) individual work______ 9 b) group work__________ c) pair work _________ __ 9.Sport activity_______________________________________ 10.Future