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form of dialogue or polylogue. The following exercises
are methodological examples of implementing the sec-
ond principle:
Employment law
Internet Activity.
a) Group work. Study information about employ-
ment legislation in the USA, the UK and Russia. Visit
the official web portal of the United States federal gov-
ernment:
https://www.usa.gov/labor-laws;
United Kingdom public sector information website:
https://www.gov.uk/browse/working/contract- working-
hours
Russian consulting company website: https://www.
awaragroup.com/blog/labor-law-and-russian- business
b) Share the information you have learnt with your
group.
Work with a partner and write about similarities and
differences of employment legislation in the UK, the
USA and Russia (see Unit I–II for useful language) [4,
p. 328].
The principle of “self-awareness” at the border of
cultures and forming a culture of self-presentation in
a cross- cultural environment is realized through un-
derstanding the cultural differences between one’s
own culture and the culture of the country of the tar-
get language. Students learn to put themselves on
a supra- cultural level and to achieve a communica-
tive goal with the help of a foreign language. In this
regard, it is especially important to organize business
games that can take place in the format of an inter-
national conference, where students can act as both
organizers and participants. Students are divided into
groups. Each group represents their own country and
speaks at the conference. The groups that represent
other countries ask questions and discuss the topic.
Thus, the students actively participate in the confer-
ences that focus on human rights issues.
Another example of a business game is a role
play – a job interview for an opening position at a mul-
tinational corporation, where students act as both em-
ployers and employees.
Duties and functions of lawyers
Read the questions and role-play the dialogue be-
tween an employer and a perspective employee.
Why do you want to become a lawyer?
Tell me what education you have relevant to the
position.
What do you think some of the main personality
traits of a successful lawyer are.
Is there any importance of interpersonal skills for
a lawyer? If yes, then why? [4, p.85]
Another task can be a role-play game, the purpose
of which is giving legal advice, which is an active train-
ing of abilities that are significant for the implementa-
tion of professional activities of a future lawyer:
Company law
Role play. Work in groups (pairs). One of you is
a lawyer. Advise your clients who want to start a new
business which form to choose. Give your pros and
cons. Ask your clients questions about their wishes as
to the size of the company, availability of capital, re-
sponsibility for decision- making. Your clients should
ask you about advantages and disadvantages of each
of the legal forms and answer your questions, and then
come to the mutual decision which form to choose [4,
p.176].
To implement the said methodological principles
a teacher is required to possess a high level of knowl-
edge in the subject he/she teaches and a high intellec-
tual potential in the sphere of intercultural relations and
modern information technologies. To convey the ideas
of tolerance and multiculturalism to students, teach-
ers need to navigate the flow of information, know the
political situation, and be aware of current trends. It
is important to participate in international conferenc-
es, communicate with native speakers, and engage in
research activities. One cannot but agree with A. Fan-
tini that a modern university teacher participates in in-
ternational events while working and acting in his/her
own country, bringing important cross- cultural experi-
ence based on intercultural competence into his/her
activities, which helps him/her to be effective in his/her
field of activity [5]. Consequently, we must conclude
that the teacher should be more careful planning the
content of classes focusing on intercultural character.
Thus, language competence is the key to cross-
cultural dialogue. It is necessary to stimulate this dia-
logue precisely at the stage of a student learning. The
tasks solved in English classes help to overcome dif-
ficulties in intercultural business communication, pro-
mote the inclusion of future lawyers in a dynamic mul-
ticultural world, which contributes to the development
of a multicultural linguistic personality when teaching
a foreign language in a law school.
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