11.4 Extending skills


making effective contributions to a seminar


A Study the terms in box a. 1 Explain the meaning of the terms.


2 Mark the main stress in each term.


B Study the words in box b. 1 Match the words to make phrases.


2Listen and check your answers.


C Study the CIEL web page (A) on the opposite page.


1 How important is each of its goals? 2 How achievable is each of its goals?


D Study the phrases in box c.


1 When would you use these phrases in a seminar and what for?


2 Which phrases can you use for linking your new point to a contribution by another speaker?


EListen to some students taking part in a seminar; they have been asked to discuss the


precautionary principle and its relevance to environmental laws. While you listen, make a note of


1 The main topic of each extract. 2 Further details of each topic.


F Study the CIEL web pages (A and B) and discuss these questions.


1 What is the main message from these pages?


2 What do you think lawyers can do to help protect the environment?


3 Look at ‘CIEL’s programs’ on web page A. What do you think are the aims of CIEL under each of the following headings?


a trade and sustainable development b law and communities c biodiversity and wildlife


Which categories in the program do you think are the most important for lawyers to do something about and why?


G Discuss your research findings on law and environmental issues with your group.


One person from the group should report the conclusions of the discussion to the class.


90 c I’d like to start by explaining …


To carry on from this first point, I want secondly to look at … I don’t think that is the main reason.


That seems like a very good point X is making.


I’m going to expand the topic by mentioning …


On the other hand, you might want to say that …


As well as this issue, we can also look at a very different issue.


So to sum up, we can say that …


Does anybody have any opinions or anything they would like to add? I think we need a different viewpoint. OK, to continue then …


Following on from what X has said … b Rio


Kyoto human League of Geneva


Friends of the Emissions Trading European


Intergovernmental Panel on


Earth


Declaration Scheme Protocol Union


Climate Change rights Nations


Conventions


a climate change programme international financial institutions public interest movements environmental law systems European Union law unified legal framework


international environment agreements human rights abuses


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