Theme 2. International economic integration

MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND SCIENCE

OF THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN

KAZAKH ABLAIKHAN UNIVERSITY

OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND WORLD LANGUAGES

A.M.Kurkimbayeva, R.Sh.Amrayeva, N.Dh.Iskakova, A.L.Ospanova

English for Specific Purposes in the Context of Intercultural Communication (FL 1)

(a course book for the 4^th-year-students of the University Translation Department)

Almaty

Aizhan Muratovna Kurkimbayeva, Raya Shaiakhmetovna Amrayeva, Nazira Dhunusbekovna Iskakova, Anar Lespayevna Ospanova

«English for Specific Purposes in the Context of Intercultural Communication (FL 1)»

(a course book for the 4^th-year-students of the University Translation Department)

Almaty 2015. ___________pages

The course book has been designed for the tutors and the 4^th year students of University Translation Departments.

The aim of the textbook is to develop students’ practical skills and abilities in mastering the English language within the framework of general professional communication area for specific purposes- translation and at the same time to provide the students with the Certificate of Advanced English (CAE) devices and technology and the ways of its training, which corresponds to the European Competence Level- C1. The materials are prepared for 12 weeks.

The target course book is a systematic and methodological presentation of topic units(blocks) that cover social, cultural, professional, public, political, business, economic and intercultural communication areas and are accompanied by the set of the up-to-date teaching approaches adequate to the Advanced Level-C1of the International Education Standars.

Module I COMMUNICATION AREA: FOREIGN POLICY

Theme 1: The global aspects of development

· File 1. Contemporary World Politics: Problems and Prospects…………..

· File 2. Political leaders and their role in world politics……………………

· File 3.The effect of the media on world politics…………………………

Theme 2: Modern security problems

· File 4. Security and Disarmament

· File 5. International terrorism. The historical aspect. Types and forms of terrorism. Causes and effects of terrorist attacks

Theme 3: International organizations and their role

File 6. The role of the UN in world politics
File 7. Membership in international organizations of Kazakhstan: SCO, OSCE and others.
File 8. Protection of human rights. World Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen. The rights and duties of a citizen, approved by the Constitution of CLL and the RK

Module II COMMUNICATION AREA: ECONOMICS

Theme 1: International Trade

File 1. The role of free trade in the economic development
Effect of the foreign exchange market on international trade
The role of the state in international trade

Theme 2. International economic integration

File 2. Membership of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the WTO: pros and cons
The role of the EAEC and the Customs Union in the economic development of the CIS countries (imports and exports)

Theme 3. International investment cooperation

File 3. International investment

Financial Foundations of the investment process
Attracting foreign investors

Theme 4. Logistics

File 4. Production logistics
Service and transport logistics